Few additions to Today

I'm feeling bad about my last post.  I am feeling better after thinking and writing about what I'm grateful for. Oh, yeah, and talking to my sister on the phone.  Also, thinking back about my day, I did have some times I laughed.  My sisters and brother will probably appreciate these stories more than anyone.

Last night, Nathan was not feeling so hot (that's not the part I was laughing at), so I ended up going walking today without him.  I was trying to figure out how to keep myself entertained while walking while I was getting ready.  I grabbed an mp3 player out of the electronics box and headed out the door.  When I turned it on, I realized that it was set to all of Janeen Brady's songs.  So, that is what I listened to while I was walking.  I tried not to sing out loud, or at least make sure that no one was too close when I did, but I did catch myself singing "I'm a Mormon" somewhat loud while walking down the greenbelt.  After realizing that, I hurriedly looked around and had to laugh at myself.

A few days ago, Nathan moved our horses across the street to our neighbor's house.  We've just been checking their water while we walk past.  We (okay, Nathan) have a 5 gallon bucket we've used to dip water out of the canal.  I realized this morning that I should check the water so Nathan didn't have to worry about it.  I checked and it was a little low.  I've seen Nathan fill the bucket and use it to fill the water trough.  I thought for sure I could do it.  So, I dipped the water in the canal.  First of all, it didn't get hardly any water in it.  So, then I angled it so it would fill with more water.  It filled up nicely.  Then, I tried to lift it out of the canal.  I felt like Matthew Buckley in "Chickens in the Headlights."  I couldn't lift the bucket.  Matthew could dump a little out until he could lift it.  I didn't have that option.  My options were to let the bucket go and lose it down the canal, or buck up and lift it.  Another problem I faced was that I was precariously perched on the bank of the canal and didn't have a lot of leverage.  I finally dug my feet in and leaned back heaving the bucket up out of the water, slopping water on my sweats in the process.  I didn't really care, though.  The water and I were both out of the canal.  I sloshed my way up the bank and filled the trough.  Then I realized that I had to do it again.  I was smarter that time and didn't angle it quite so much.  It still took some doing to get us both up the bank, but I did it.  The trough wasn't quite full, but I decided that it would do for today and I'd let Nathan fill it tomorrow.  I sloshed and laughed for the rest of my walk.  Luckily I did it on my way home and not when I was just starting.

Some good news:  I checked on the caterpillar/butterflies and two of them are in a cocoon.  The other three are hanging upside down like they are thinking about it.  Hopefully soon we'll be able to transfer them over to the butterfly habitat.

Feeling better about my post.