Death and Renewal

Yesterday was brutal. I threw up violently soon after taking the medication and worried it hadn't had a chance to absorb. I bled so much I got scared. I cramped and took some of the Hydrocodone prescribed to me but not too much. I didn't want to numb myself so much I couldn't tell what my body was doing.

Today I'm feeling amazingly better and have energy again. D and I went to breakfast in Petaluma, then for a drive in the country, taking the back roads to my favorite bakery for a sticky cinnamon bun and (decaf) mocha.

Now I'm kicking ass cleaning house while D plays Shenmue on the Dreamcast. He did help a bit and deserves to relax after taking care of me last night. In order for him to come home early yesterday he stayed up at work all Thursday night without sleeping. He's crazy.

Today he helped me with the gross part: cleaning out the storage closet which has a mouse living in it. Do mice eat snails? Because the floor was covered in snail shells and mouse poop. The mouse ate the almond butter off the trap without getting dead. D adjusted the trap for more sensitivity so maybe it will work now. I saw the mouse one night, scurrying under the storage closet door as I was coming home. Who knows how long it would have taken me to figure out it's in there if I hadn't seen that streak of white fly from under the passion flower vines to under the door. I wonder if it's someone's escaped pet.

I'm moving things around and cleaning out stuff I haven't touched for awhile. I came across a humming-bird feeder I haven't used for years, filled it and hung it outside the window over the sage bush they love so much. I took down the robin nest from last spring.

Today was a nice day, the damp air from the past couple days of rain reminded me of the air in Whidbey Island. Refreshing.

Posted by Ari at 18:26:29