Thankful.

trying my best to use this bounty of energy to best use.  it's day four.......it's not prefect, but it's a much lighter version of the normal pain/symptoms.  i've been using it to work outside in the earlier morning hours, when it's not so hot.  i've been spray painting my trigger fingers off.  a few days ago i scrubbed the mail box and post.  today i painted them with clean fresh white paint.  yay.

later i went on to paint several metal pieces, a table topper that looks like a fairy riding a snail, a few windchimes.......they are drying now.  using bright yellow, brilliant blue and fire engine red.  vibrant alive and what i had handy in the garage!  silly......true.  i refreshed the white on a side table for the front porch.....washed some other hanging outdoor art........a beautiful blonde lady with pretty curls dangling on the breeze.....she's so vintage.  washed the hanging water bowl for the birdies.......when i walked back in i was soooo hot.  felt like the wicked witch when she cried out, "I'm melting..........!"

as I was about to cover my face with a cool cloth by the kitchen sink i was rewarded for my efforts out side........there in the tiny hole leading in to that  tiny pottery birdhouse were two wide open mouths......i can see bright golden yellow beaks....so itsy bitsy, so alive, so young! 

let's all do a happy dance......spin to our hearts content, feel the breeze in our hair......blow kisses into this summer's day with dandelion wishes for everybody!!!!!!!!!  yup, feeling happy! 

usually this little spate of symptoms reduction and energy comes much earlier in the  year.......usually april or may.  but this year it waited all the way to july.  a long wait, a joy to experience.  yes, when i sit in my chair i am sore, when i get up it's hard as the devil.....i hurt, but i feel more normal than i have in many many many months.  a blessing, the kind of days you don't give back.

the lady across the street has put out more plants.  i don't want to be the neighborhood plant pig, but they are calling my name. i already got 8 plants which seems way more than my share.  but there they are, and here i am.........i have two  big bags of dirt waiting and places they can thrive.  there are two empty rectangular planters next to the patio that would love to hold pretty green growing things.......a couple more bigger planters sitting idle in the garage......

i'm trying hard to pace myself.  taking hour long rest breaks and i had a lovely snack of fresh orange slices.  so yummy.

Thank YOU God for all this wonder, for getting to feel like a productive almost a real girl sort of person.  it's AWESOME!!!!!!!