Tired and Wishing Life was Simpler

May 16, 2013
Bald Eagle
 
Home maintenance issues including a need to save and upgrade our landscaping has taken up a lot of my time the last couple of weeks.  It's surprising how wiped I feel after the numerous appointments that seemed to have piled up.

Meanwhile I get a strange phone call from back East that is promising to churn things up in my extended family life for awhile.  Not sure I'll be able to share what that's about for awhile, but it will affect my time and mood for some time to come.I really need a week without phones and dogs and maybe even a husband to get some sleep and figure out what to do about everything.  I hate having a problem that doesn't have a clear or good solution.  My mind doesn't seem to want to let me focus on it either.  Protecting my hard earned peace?  No one has walked in my shoes or at least not in the same color of shoes.  So I know it's something I have to figure out.  My husband wants to help and simplify it, but I think he knows it's not that easy.  My siblings have their own baggage, but hopefully we'll agree to take the same trip.

A lack of sleep due to Moose, our Springer, waking up and howling at 2 am and then often enough after that just as you start to fall asleep again, is not helping my emotions either.  He's 1.5 weeks in to a new medication, phenobarbitol, for his grand mal seizures.  It's a very strong drug and for more than a week it made him weak and loopy.  I am finally seeing some improvement though so hopefully this will work out.

This is all sounding a bit maudlin and really my life is blessed.  But we all have those times when you feel overwhelmed, right?  On the bright side I am warm and safe in my home while looking out at stormy skies, waves, and swaying trees.  I hear our eagle calling.  It's time for his breakfast and mine.