2nd day of get moving for summer went well

May 27, 2008

I spent the majority of last summer wasting away in my lazyboy

chair. It seems like the minute I won my SSDI instead of

celebrating, I went into a funk. I was bent on not repeating that

pattern. I did waste away in pain and depression most of the spring

but I started fresh on Memorial day. Yesterday I was active in

getting our pond running. When we put it in, I told my

Mother-in-law I would maintain it, and I wasn't keeping up with the

bargain. So I put about 3-4 hours in on that yesterday and then quit

before I was totally wracked with pain.

Today I had to push myself to go out. I went to the pond to see if

it had cleaned up any. I found a near drowned fledgling bird hanging

on for dear life and shivering. He allowed me to pick him up. I

yelled for Mom to get a towel and a blow dryer. We were able to get

him to stop shivering, but not to fly. His nest appeared to be about

30' up. We called Animal rescue and they said the best we could do

is put him in a basket, hang it on a tree, and hope the parents came

for him. As they were telling me this he hopped and flew away. Only

a foot or two at a time. I can only hope he survives the coming rain

and ferrule cats. He was able to jump up on a branch in a bush, so

we hope he can avoid the cats. I then pushed on and helped my

Mom-in-law pick up debrie from the yard. It was 82 or more. I was

able to work about 1-2 hours without getting sick, which is a

feat. Usually meds and sun make me sick. So day 2 of my one day at

a time plan is working. Though I'm allowing for not being

perfect. If I have a real bad day, I need to listen to my body, and

will give in. Dave

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