Hi Christine
How are you today? Better I hope.
Yes I think it’s true that if you have had extreme stress like you have had with Porsche your body tends to feel it after the event, as it’s only then that it can relax instead of running in “flight or fight” mode. Its the adrenaline surge I think that keeps us going at the time and then as you say, the delayed reaction of exactly what has been happening starts to descend. At least there is the comfort of a positive outcome for you both. Thank goodness she needed her claws doing, I remember that’s why she found herself at the vets originally.
Sometimes Christine the notion of having a camper van in the middle of a deserted field is extremely liberating. It’s never something I would do as it would be helpful to be able to drive and I can’t!, but just the absolute solitude of it for a while is an ideal notion. People these days can be incredibly judgemental I find. Possibly more so than they were before Lockdown started. I can’t fathom the reasoning of it. Its the same everywhere, in the workplace, social media, just in everyday life. If you keep yourself to yourself people either assume you are anti-social or just plain stuck-up. You are seen as “different”. Sometimes I look out of my windows and don’t really recognise the street I’ve known for 46years, even those years I lived away Id spend a few days here every week, but it just seems alien now. That aside, compared to many years ago it’s not too bad. The guy next door “weedy” I shall nick-name him, is no trouble. He goes out at 8.15am for his “supply” and you can smell him smoking it in his back garden. I should be floating on a happy cloud if the drugs effect were transferred in the atmosphere but sadly not! He lives with his family or he probably could be a handful so I can’t complain. The other guy next door doesn’t really do much outdoors now as all his vegetable planting isn’t ready for picking yet.
Zoe is completely covering the floor with dog hair and fur right now with shedding. I have to go on the floor on my hands and knees and brush it out because it’s a heavily textured carpet and it gets in the pattern. A hoover simply doesn’t come close, but in three hours it’s just as bad so the cycle starts again. Zoe is 2 tomorrow.
I hope this debilitating tiredness lifts for you and you can get back to doing what you love doing which is your garden. Sometimes, someone calling round gives you a bit of incentive because it’s all too easy to think “I won’t bother because no-one is here to appreciate it”, or even notice you’ve done anything at all. That does get you down a bit. Well it does me!
Just currently sat in the kitchen as the sun is out but it’s incredibly windy and if must be an easterly wind as it’s cold. At least it will dry the washing!
He will be back shortly so I will see if I can squeeze In coffee.
I’ll pop again before the end of the day.
Hope it’s not been too stressful.
I can just visualize Porsch enjoying her mince!
Much love xx