Thursday, February 20
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gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
Feeling like I got very deep, restful sleep. I didn't sleep "longer", just..better? I know when I am REALLY getting sleep when I have dreams that feel like they're real. The kind that when you wake up it almost feels like you actually had that experience.
Today was finally warmer. Only -6 C, which feels AMAZING after the stretch we've had of hovering below -20 C and dipping down to around -30 C at night for the last almost three weeks.
I changed the cat litter and added some fresh water to the turtle tank.
There were all kinds of things that needed to be done with the break in the weather. I took the blankets off of Wonder, Dandy, and Ursula, and they were so happy to finally get at their itchy spots.
I needed to clean the pony/goat water very muchly, as it is a big tub with a heater in it that gets full of hay and gets algae in it. It takes time to dump it out, haul it to the house to clean it out under the tap (which only runs if it's above -10 C in spite of us putting in special taps that weren't supposed to freeze) and take it back to the pen and refill it. I didn't want to do that in the cold weather because it takes about 20 minutes to do.
Anyhow, the water was pretty yucky, and I'm glad it's clean and fresh now.
THEN I picked up some of the manure from the pony/goat pen. Again, it's been too cold for me to take the extra time to rake it up, shovel it into a sled, and haul it to the compost pile. I got two good sled loads taken away today.
Then I brought the goats from the garage back to their pen outside with the ponies.
I also did the usual chore of hauling hay for everyone.
My Sweetie got home in decent time, and now that the days are longer we could go to the park down the road and snow shoe in the good weather.
It was pretty much perfect weather and snow conditions for it. -6 C is a good temperature for snow shoeing, and there was still a fair amount of sunshine. The snow was pretty deep, and the good, powdery stuff on top.
I got tired out pretty quickly, but whether it was the granola bar I brought, or my body finally started metabolizing some fat for me, I got a good second wind which made things a lot more enjoyable. We went for about an hour, and saw several big, healthy deer in the trees.
I felt pretty good overall today, body-wise, and it was good to USE my body and get some stuff done and get outside at the park.
I'm sure it's nice for my Sweetie to spend some time in nature since his job is all indoors these days.
Then we came in, made supper, and watched "Burn After Reading", which is a pretty hilarious movie in a dark but goofy way. Great cast.
Feeling like I got very deep, restful sleep. I didn't sleep "longer", just..better? I know when I am REALLY getting sleep when I have dreams that feel like they're real. The kind that when you wake up it almost feels like you actually had that experience.
Today was finally warmer. Only -6 C, which feels AMAZING after the stretch we've had of hovering below -20 C and dipping down to around -30 C at night for the last almost three weeks.
I changed the cat litter and added some fresh water to the turtle tank.
There were all kinds of things that needed to be done with the break in the weather. I took the blankets off of Wonder, Dandy, and Ursula, and they were so happy to finally get at their itchy spots.
I needed to clean the pony/goat water very muchly, as it is a big tub with a heater in it that gets full of hay and gets algae in it. It takes time to dump it out, haul it to the house to clean it out under the tap (which only runs if it's above -10 C in spite of us putting in special taps that weren't supposed to freeze) and take it back to the pen and refill it. I didn't want to do that in the cold weather because it takes about 20 minutes to do.
Anyhow, the water was pretty yucky, and I'm glad it's clean and fresh now.
THEN I picked up some of the manure from the pony/goat pen. Again, it's been too cold for me to take the extra time to rake it up, shovel it into a sled, and haul it to the compost pile. I got two good sled loads taken away today.
Then I brought the goats from the garage back to their pen outside with the ponies.
I also did the usual chore of hauling hay for everyone.
My Sweetie got home in decent time, and now that the days are longer we could go to the park down the road and snow shoe in the good weather.
It was pretty much perfect weather and snow conditions for it. -6 C is a good temperature for snow shoeing, and there was still a fair amount of sunshine. The snow was pretty deep, and the good, powdery stuff on top.
I got tired out pretty quickly, but whether it was the granola bar I brought, or my body finally started metabolizing some fat for me, I got a good second wind which made things a lot more enjoyable. We went for about an hour, and saw several big, healthy deer in the trees.
I felt pretty good overall today, body-wise, and it was good to USE my body and get some stuff done and get outside at the park.
I'm sure it's nice for my Sweetie to spend some time in nature since his job is all indoors these days.
Then we came in, made supper, and watched "Burn After Reading", which is a pretty hilarious movie in a dark but goofy way. Great cast.
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Date: 2025-02-21 08:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-02-22 08:21 am (UTC)When my sleep is disrupted, like I need to get up early for some reason more than one day in a row, or my husband sleeps in with me on the weekends, I can be prone to not sleeping through it.
If I get "too tired" it can create this awful situation for a while where my body is like an angry toddler that can't fall asleep properly anymore.
I would say that being allowed to get up when I'm ready is key, and sadly, I usually sleep better when I'm in bed by myself.