Tuesday
I awoke in the night and played wordle, connections and duotrigordle. I read for a while and went back to sleep. At 7:30 AM, I awoke again. I let the chickens out, made Angel breakfast and made myself tea. I started laundry, then attempted to drive the 4-wheeler to my friend Sunshine’s house. I made it halfway there when the 4-wheeler suddenly died and would not start again. It was uphill to push it home and downhill most of the way to push it to Sunshine’s house, so I pushed it to Sunshine’s house. She said I could park the 4-wheeler there until I figured out what was wrong with it.
I helped Sunshine do some things around her place and walked home. As I was walking home, I saw a friend who is also on the board for the chamber of commerce. I just joined the chamber a month or so ago. My friend reminded me that we are starting to fill up Easter eggs today for the upcoming Easter Egg hunt. I had to leave to help Mr. and Mrs. H so I told her I would help out later on.
When I got home, I started out for Mr. and Mrs. H’s. I had just gotten outside of town when Mrs. H called and canceled me coming. I was happy to have the day off. I went back home and sent Angel off to jujitsu. While she was gone, I laid down and rested. When Angel got home, she had some friends over. I walked downtown and got a big box of plastic Easter eggs to fill. I brought it home, had the kids fill up the eggs with prizes. I was thankful they were filled with stickers and toys rather than candy.
One of Angels friends joined me when I brought the eggs back. Since I was near where my 4-wheeler was parked, I tried starting it again. It started but died right away and wouldn’t start up again. I left it there, then walked to the grocery store before going back home.
The rest of the day was uneventful. I spent the afternoon and evening sitting outside watching the chickens and reading. I made a yummy salad for dinner. Angel stayed the night at a friends and I went to bed at around 10 PM.
Wednesday
I woke up at midnight and didn’t get back to sleep until 5 AM. I woke again at 7 AM and I was tired. I had overslept and I had to leave to take Mrs. H to an appointment in Boise. I quickly got dressed, made tea and a smoothie and made it to Mrs. H’s by 8 AM. It’s a 2 hour drive to Boise and I was dragging, I was so tired. We made it there and thankfully Mrs. H’s appointment didn’t take very long. It’s difficult for me to listen to Dr.’s talk to my clients. They never try to address the cause of the issues my clients are having, which most of the issues are caused from inflammation. They never suggest eating an anti-inflammatory diet or even eliminating things that cause inflammation. The Dr.’s just offer either pills or surgery, the things that make them money. They tell my clients it’s just part of getting old…ugh. It’s difficult for me to hold my tongue. I do throw in a hint here and there to my clients and their Dr.’s, suggesting that they might try other ways to resolve the issues but I’m not pushy. I know that we all get to choose and I don’t want anyone telling me what to do with my body and it’s not my place to tell others what to do with theirs.
By the time we left Boise, I was even more tired. We stopped to eat and I had steamed vegetables and rice which felt heavy my tummy since I’ve been eating all fresh food. My stomach was upset and I just wanted to go home. Mrs. H needed to stop at a few places and I thought we were never going to be done. Finally we made it back to Mrs. H’s and after getting her settled in, I was thankful to be going home.
At home, I got Angel from her friends, then I briefly laid down and rested. A friend stopped by for a while. After they left, I worked on putting together a 7-day raw food menu plan for a coaching client. It took me a few hours but I got it done. Yay!
I packed an overnight bag for myself and Angel and drove to an overnight pet sitting opportunity in New Meadows.
I greeted the dogs and we got settled in. Angel and I went to bed and I fell asleep right away at 10:30 PM. It had been a long day.
Thursday
I woke in the night for a couple of hours. I read and played wordle, connections and duotrigordle. At 7:30 am, I woke again. I let the dogs out and fed them. Then I woke up Angel and we got ready to go home. At home, I let the chickens out, fed Angel and made my tea.
I went to a cleaning opportunity and then went to help Mr. and Mrs. H. After I finished work and was back home. I got ready to go to New Meadows to be with Lucky and Sid. Right as I was getting ready to leave, the solar powered automatic chicken door I had ordered on Amazon arrived. I was excited to put it on so I wouldn’t have to manually open and close the door to the chicken coop.
I took the automatic door out to the chicken coop and if was too small. I measured the automatic door and it was not the same measurements it was advertised as having. I felt angry about not receiving what I ordered and got ready to send it back. Then I thought about how I could make it work. I cut out a section in the middle of the manual chicken door with a jigsaw and screwed the automatic door to it. It worked perfectly and I was happy with my amateur handy work. I felt thankful to have an automatic chicken door now.
I headed to New Meadows. When we arrived, we hung out with the dogs for a while. Then we left Little-bit and Tiny-boy with the other dogs and went to Zim’s hot springs. I love pet sitting in New Meadows because that’s where Zim’s is at.
We soaked at the hot springs for an hour or so. I am extremely grateful to live in the mountains near hot springs. Hot springs are amazing! When we got home, I was relaxed and refreshed. Angel and I got ready for bed. We read for a while and went to sleep at around 9:30 PM.
Friday
I awoke in the night and played my on line word games. I slept more and woke again at 7:30 AM. I let the dogs out and fed them. We had a nice morning hanging out with the dogs and I started cleaning the house. I was hired to clean the house along with pet sitting. I had until Sunday morning to finish getting it cleaned and I decided to do a little here and there so I wouldn’t have to do it all at once.
We got ready to go and drove home. I checked on the chickens and Angel went to jujitsu. Then I went a did a couple of cleaning opportunities, one was the Assembly of God church. When I finished, Angel went to a friend’s, saying that they had made plans to hang out. She came back home shortly and was upset because her friend had left to play with another girl and had ditched their plans. I hugged her and encouraged her to play with the neighbor girl who had been wanting to play. After a while, Angel got over her hurt feelings and went to play with the neighbor girl.
I walked over to the Nazarene church and cleaned it. I was grateful to have both churches cleaned on Friday so I wouldn’t have to do it over the weekend. I went to the grocery store, bought groceries for a client and delivered them to him. Then I went to the thrift store and bought a few little things I thought would be useful.
The rest of the afternoon, I laid outside in the sun and read. It was heavenly. When my older sister got home from work, Angel went over there to stay the night. I left for New Meadows. I cleaned more of the house and then soaked at Zims for an hour. I floated on my back fully relaxing my mind and body. When I got back, I read for a while and went to sleep at 9:30 PM.
Saturday
I awoke in the night and played my daily word games. In the morning when I awoke again, I fed the dogs and let them out. Then I cleaned more of the house before heading home.
At home, a friend came over to do laundry and I started working on getting the hide tanned into leather. I called my older sister to see when I needed to get Angel from her and to see if she wanted to hang out. She said she was having breakfast with the family at a local restaurant. I was surprised that I hadn’t received an invitation and said so. I was told that everyone thought I was busy. They hadn’t even asked me and I felt sad about not being invited.
Later in the day, I messaged my sisters to invite them to go to the thrift store with me. They said they had already gone together earlier, again I wasn’t invited and the sadness returned. I sat with the sadness and allowed it to be.
I went to the thrift store and then I went to my older sisters where everyone was hanging out. They apologized for not inviting me and I told them that it made me sad and I felt like they didn’t want me to be a part of the family. They assured me that wasn’t the case and they just thought I was busy. I told them they are always welcome to call or text me and ask to find out for real. I stayed and visited for a half hour or so and Angel stayed there to go and stay the night with my younger sister.
I went home and worked on the hide some more. Then I made sunflower seed milk and juice. I visited with the neighbor for a while and my friend came and got his laundry. Then I went to my pet sitting opportunity. I greeted the dogs and let them out before cleaning more of the house. Before it got too late, I went to Zims and soaked for an hour. When I got back, I read and went to sleep at 9:30 PM.
Sunday
I awoke in the night and played my word games. Then I slept more and awoke at 7 AM. I spent the morning finishing cleaning the house. When it was spotlessly clean, I gave Lucky and Sid treats and told them their owners would be back later.
I got home at the same time as my younger sister arrived with Angel. Angel said she had fun but she had a slight stomach ache. She thought it was from the hot chocolate she’d had that morning.
I spent the afternoon lying in the sun and reading. The sun and warm weather felt so nice. My arms were really sore from working on the hide yesterday and unfortunately I still didn’t get it to the state of being leather. I will have to soak it in the tanning solution again and work it some more, but first I need to let my arms fully recover.
Angel had some friends over and they all ran around playing. As it got towards evening, I fed the kids and sent them all home. Angel said she was tired and her stomach was hurting again, so she went to bed early. A friend came over to shower and wash some dishes. We talked and hung out until late. I am not used to staying up late and when it was almost 11 PM, I sent my friend home. Angel woke up and said her stomach was hurting even more. I had her take a bath and she wanted to sleep on the spare bed in my room. I got it all set up for her and we went to sleep at around midnight.
Monday
I awoke at around 4 AM. I played my word games and went back to sleep. At 7 AM, I awoke again. I was still tired and wanted to sleep more but I had plans with a friend to go down to Hells Canyon. I forced myself you get up and get ready to go.
Angel woke up and still had a stomach ache. I was considering canceling the adventure when my friend called and he was having car trouble in New Meadows.
I drove to New Meadows and he thought he could drive his car to his house in McCall and asked me to follow him in case he didn’t make it. He got his car home without any trouble and since we were on that side of the mountain I had decided to go to Trail Creek hot springs, thinking it would be good for Angel.
My friend was all for going to the hot springs too and surprisingly when we got there, no one else was there. We soaked for a couple of hours and it was really nice. Angel said she was feeling better when we got out and my sore muscles from tanning the hide felt much better too. Hot springs are amazing!
On the way home, we stopped at Horsethief reservoir to let the dogs run and play. I had never been there before and wanted to drive clear up to the dam but I would have had to drive through a little creek that isn’t so little right now and I didn’t want to take the risk. So we stopped at a boat ramp and the dogs had fun running around exploring for a while.
I dropped my friend off at his house and went home. Angel said her stomach was starting to hurt again and she laid down while I did evening chores. When it was bedtime, Angel and I each took a bath, I read Angel a chapter from a “Hank the Cowdog” book. Then I read my book “Last Bookshop in London” until late. I turned off the lights and went to sleep at around 11 PM.
Tuesday
I awoke in the night and played my word games. When I woke again in the morning, Angel woke up at the same time and said she felt like she was going to throw up. I quickly got a bowl from the kitchen and after Angel threw up, she said she felt better. I checked her temperature and she had a low fever so I decided to cancel work and we would stay home resting.
We spent the morning and afternoon cuddled up on the couch while I read Angel a book called Naya Nuki about a Shoshoni Indian girl who ran from slavery. It was a really good book. After that we listened to an audiobook from the Island of Fog series and painted.
That evening, Angel broke out in a rash and I decided I was making a doctors appointment for her first thing in the morning. We went to bed early. I read a chapter from a Hank the Cowdog book and we went to sleep at around 8:30 PM.
Wednesday
I took Angel to the Dr. I was pretty sure she had scarlet fever even though she didn’t have a sore throat and her fever was low. The doctor wasn’t convinced that was what Angel had until she saw the rash. They tested Angel for scarlet fever and mononucleosis and both came back negative. The doctor still thought it was a mild case of scarlet fever and sent me home with antibiotics. I don’t like using antibiotics unless it is for something that is really serious because it weakens the bodies ability to heal itself. Scarlet fever can be serious and I didn’t hesitate to start her on them.
It was another quiet day. I did a couple of cleaning opportunities in town and a friend came over to hang out in the afternoon and evening. Then Angel and I bathed and got into bed. I read a chapter from a Hank the Cowdog book and we went to sleep at around 9PM.
Thursday
I slept all the way through the night and woke up at 5:30AM. I laid in bed writing my blog until 8 AM. Angel woke up and was still not feeling that good. She had been on antibiotics for 24 hours so she wasn’t contagious anymore but she was still sick.
Angel laid down and rested in the back seat of the pickup while I took a client to an appointment. On the way we stopped at a farm supply store and I picked up some things for a friend and bought a 300 foot roll of fencing.
After my clients appointment, I went and picked up about 100 t-posts and more wire fencing. The guy selling it to me gave me a great deal and I was grateful for that! I loaded up all the posts and fencing and it was a lot of work. The guy I bought them from had a back injury and couldn’t help.
I headed back to Council, dropped my client off, dropped off the stuff I had picked up for my friend and went home. I was feeling tired but I forced myself to unload all the t-posts and fencing from the back of the pickup because I needed to use the truck in the morning. Then on top of that, I put up a small dog run outside the doggie door so my younger sisters dog that I’m watching for a few days wouldn’t run off and chase people down the road like he did that morning. Just as I finished up and was going to bathe and get ready for bed, I remembered I needed to run over to a house across the highway and turn off the hot water heater. A client had asked me to do that today and I was grateful I remembered before the day was over.
Back at home, Angel and I each bathed and got into bed. I read Angel a chapter from a Hank the Cowdog book and we went to sleep at around 9:30 PM.
Friday
I slept all the way through the night again. Yay! I don’t even know what time I woke up but I’m guessing it was between 7 AM and 8 AM. Angel was still not feeling all the way better. I’m wondering if it wasn’t scarlet fever after all since the test for it came back negative. Maybe it’s just a virus because the antibiotics don’t seem to be doing much.
I met with some people that I will be doing a drop-in pet sitting opportunity to daily check on their cats for 2 weeks, starting next week. I helped a client move cattle panels and pull up black weed barrier from out of one of their garden beds. Then I cleaned the Nazarene church and when I got home, I started putting up a fence around my entire 1/4 property. Thanks to onX, I was able to find my property lines and I borrowed a neighbors chalk line to make my lines straight.
It was really hard to get some of the posts into the rocky ground. I pounded posts for 3.5 hours, then I went to put up the wire, which I had to cut into sections because the 300 foot roll was way too heavy for me to maneuver. I didn’t have a proper wire cutter and I went to the hardware store to get one. When I got home, Mr. and Mrs. H were there to check on me and to see how Angel was feeling. Angel was laying in the yard, getting some sun and listening to an audiobook. She was still not back to her high energy self.
I chatted with Mr. and Mrs. H for a few minutes, then I got back to work on the fence. It took me another 3.5 hours to run the wire fencing along all the posts and by the time I finished, I was dog tired. My arms ached and I still had to do a drop-in pet sitting opportunity.
I cleaned up and drove out to my pet sitting opportunity. I fed the dogs and cats and took the dogs for a long walk up the lane. It felt good to do a leisurely walk and watch the dogs run and play. When I got home, Angel and I each took a bath and went to bed. I read a chapter from a Hank the Cowdog book and we went to sleep at around 9:30 PM.
Saturday
I slept through the night again, I’m starting to get used to this. I awoke at 7 AM and had a message from a friend about something he was not happy with me about. I had mentioned something the other day to another friend, the friend I had helped make sure he got his car home on Thursday. I had mentioned something to the car friend about something my other friend was doing to find clarity. The car friend used what I had said as a snide comment against my other friend and made it seem like I was in on it. I was surprised my car friend would betray my trust like that and I messaged him asking him about it. He went off on me and told me what he thought of me, which was interesting and bewildering . Goodness, why was he even my friend if he felt that way about me? Why was I even his friend? He continued on until finally I had to block him. Sheesh!
I had a lot of intense strong feelings after this. I felt humbled for accidentally betraying my one friends trust while I felt anger at my other friend for in turn, also betraying my own trust but going even farther by using my positive message as a way to cause harm and cause discord. I felt more feelings too…. shame, fear, sadness, frustration, hopelessness and gratitude. I sat with all the feelings and allowed them to be. When my stomach would clench up, I would remind myself that it was more productive to feel the feeling without holding onto it. I would relax my stomach and the energy of the feeling would flow down through my bowels and fade away. When I would feel my shoulders tighten up, I would consciously relax them and feel the feeling I was holding onto flow down my arms and out through my fingers. I did this several times a day for the next few days and each time I relaxed into the feelings, I would receive a rush of clarity on how I desired to move forward. Eventually the intensity of the feelings eased and I felt immensely grateful for my ability to stay present with such intense feelings and all the clarity I received through the process. Happy dance!
I went to my pet sitting opportunity. I fed the animals and took the dogs on a long walk again. They ran and ran until they had full smiles on their faces. Happy dogs! Next, I cleaned the Assembly of God church. Then Angel and I went up in the mountains and found a sunny secluded spot to sunbathe. I sunbathed in the nude and it was heavenly. While we were up there, Angel said she was feeling better. The mountains were working their magic.
When we got back home, Angel went to my older sisters to stay the night and I went to my pet sitting opportunity. I fed the animals and took the dogs on a long walk. When I got home, I took a bath and went to bed early at around 8:30 PM.
Thank you for reading my blog and being a part of my life. I appreciate you.
Love, Victoria
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