Lag time this month on better weather. Sure, the days are longer – I went out late for a ride on Raudi tonight. And I am no longer dealing with frozen fingers. But I could use some 60˚ F temperatures and sunshine. So looking forward to seeing robins and going for trail rides.

I’ll find the time to do this.

Hoping that good weather will coincide with better health. Last night I was in a lot of pain. I had applied too much Grape seed extract, a hot essential oil, to my gums and I burnt the gun tissue on the right upper side. Oh did it hurt. I got up, took some Ibuprofen and did my biofeedback exercises. I laid for some time in a state of abject fear, thinking about having to have the implant removed surgically.

I felt better this morning. I looked up alternatives to this sort of surgery tonight – there are options and I will act upon them.

Pete, when he was in town. picked me up some arnica. Is better than Ibuprofen. I did notice that two other ingredients are lactose and sucrose, to which I say, what gives?

I had mentioned last night being concerned about how I’d get through today. I did it. It wasn’t that difficult a day. Early on, I took care of smaller hands on things, like straightening up and categorizing books. And later on, Pete came in with a pallet full of books from the Anchorage school district, so I began getting them ready to be cleaned and stamped.

The plans for Summer in the Park(s) progress. The news is that we are going to receive a grant from the Mat-Su Health Foundation, so on Tuesday we’ll be able to pass this information on when we meet with program funders at the Rasmuson Foundation. This is an instance in which we applied for matching grant funding, from differing sources, and they came through. This increases the likelihood of our getting this final funding source.

The best news of all is that tomorrow is Pete’s final day of classes. This has been finals week. These days, I am very dependent upon him for support not just because he is adept at giving me an assist but also because having him around lowers my now very high anxiety levels.

I just keep raising the bar. I should hold it steady.

The horses also lower my anxiety levels. Tonight I rode Raudi around the loop. Granted, it was not a lengthy ride, but it was a ride, nevertheless. She’s now stiff and rusty. I will be riding Raudi and in addition Hrimmi and Tyra because I have evening time.

It appears as though the playground of higher learning is fairly dry, so I will be able to start working in there with all the animals.

Tomorrow, I feel more up about it than I did about today. Once again, onward and upward and tally ho.

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