Its May! Beautiful May! Its greening up, crab apple trees are flowering, I may have to mow my lawn soon!
I may be partially immune to Covid now. In two weeks I will be 92% immune. I may spend a lot of money in two weeks.
I had my shot yesterday! I felt great and worked outside in the afternoon but by dinner I was extremely tired and thirsty. Felt kind of yucky last night but other than a sore arm, I’m ready to work outside again.
I wish I could do more. I go out so gung-ho to make my gardens beautiful but I only have 2 or 3 hours of energy in me. When you are younger, even in your 50’s, you can keep working tired or get a second breath. In your 60’s, your arms just give up. You start to stumble easily, trip on vines (I have lots of wild grape and Virginia Creeper). My brain starts to whine: “I don’t wanna do anymore.”
So I use the ‘chipping away’ method. I try to do a little everyday because I know I won’t last long. I work on the thing I really want done most and what doesn’t get done isn’t important enough. It seems like a monumental job but by going out every day and chipping away at it, a surprising amount gets done!
The monumental job at hand is weeding and digging out old compost piles to fill a bathtub. I bought a cast iron bathtub when I moved into this house 15 years ago, hoping to put it in because what was here was the most shallow bathtub ever. But it would have been a huge job as the floor underneath would have to be supported and the bathroom re-done as it had legs so would have to re-do the floors and walls.
So the bathtub stayed outside: I bought an acrylic soaker tub.
But now its May! Time to plant! The bathtub was sinking into grass and old irises for years but now I am preparing it to grow 2 cannabis plants.
Yesterday I got my shot in the morning and got the soil in the tub in afternoon. I felt victorious! Also, tired, thirsty and a little woozy.
Its May! I’m chipping away! Feeling so much more hopeful than last year!
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It is good to be active, at least for some time every day. .
I chipping away method is the best to me even when I had more energy than I do these days. Cheers to shot #2 and being 92% immune.
I’ve mown my lawn twice! It needs it every 3 days… really needs it!
Seems I could watch it growing if I had time to sit. lol