Finally Some Sleep

Saturday night decided to take a bit of Delsym for my cough.  And yes, it helped.  I slept.  Decided to repeat that process last night.  Yes, it helped.  I'm still only feeling about 75% of good.  But I guess 75% is w-a-y better than the 10% of the last 10 days or so.

It was an ok weekend, I guess.  I had to skip the Bishop's Storehouse on Saturday.  Too much coughing and nose-blowing.  Didn't want to make people feel uncomfortable.  Meanwhile I was uncomfortable at home.  The pool finishing next door was underway with many, many cars lining both sides of the street, most of them directly in front of our house.  Then the neighbors across the street had many, many more cars show up for a demolition project (they must be re-doing again).  The mailman had to use all his skill to thread his way through.  Our street isn't really wide enough for both side parking and traffic.  By afternoon most of the cars were gone,  what a relief.  I dislike feeling penned in not to mention the safety issue.  

I skipped out of RS at church.  Just couldn't do it.  Came home early.  Getting to happen more and more often and while I feel somewhat guilty, apparently not guilty enough to stay only to find myself leaving church feeling super down.  

It was hot yesterday, broke a record for the date:  87 degrees.  I'm simply not ready to turn on the air conditioner yet.  Today is supposed to be warmer. 

But it was cool enough by 7 p.m. that we went for a slow walk.  I have zero energy.  This cold has really taken a lot out of me, probably more than I let on (even though I'm a vocal whiner). So we meandered around.  Dodged all the other people out for a walk.  And took a few pictures of the flowering trees.  We don't have any yet.  Most of our trees are barely leafing out.  The Hawthorne looks pretty good and the maples will have leaves popped out by the end of the week, the but tricolor beech is struggling, I think.  Along with the Blue Atlas Cedar in the front. The honeylocusts in the front are always the last to leaf out.  I'm not ready to call it quits just yet, but I think several of our trees are done for.  And that makes me sad.  We've spent an inordinate amount of time and money and worry over all our trees.  Makes me wonder how people have yards without them.  And this is just my opinion, but trees are vital.  Taking them all out to fill a yard with cement and sport courts just feels "hot" to me. I'd rather have shade and green.

Read this article this morning.  I'm guilty of this, too, though not on a regular basis.  I try to dress appropriately.  But thought he makes a compelling point. How We Dress

Grateful for hope that one of these days I'll wake up peaceful and chipper/upbeat and feeling good. It's been a long time since that.