I definitely have to admit that I love living on my own & being able to take care of things myself without having someone getting in the way & messing up my life.

however......
There are times when it's nice to have someone around. I have been spending so much time trying to get things moved from the garage into the house. That became even more important when it started raining....the water under the garage door & wet furniture. OOps. Trying to quickly move things into the house so they wouldn't get wet. I put rags across the floor to soak up the water, but they held only so much.

I spent a few nights working on the house, only to find the sun coming up before I was done. I know not to push....really I do, but for some reason, I that is what I must have done because I ended up getting very sick. What started out as just a simple cold turned into larangitis......just before I was supposed to sing in the choir at the church I am going to here in KY. Great timing....either that or God's trying to tell me something (stick to flute playing...& leave the voice to others).

The cold turned into breathing problems, but no Dr here to go to, so hope it goes the way of all good colds & doesn't turn into anything more serious. For some reason, this cold drained me of any energy & I have been curled up in my little pool side chair I use for a bed...with my pillow & blanket....sleeping for the last 2 days. Not good when you have to let the doggie out for his potty walk.....a few oopses around the house because of it.

It's been rainy here (thank heavens since the draught has been bad) so my timing on getting sick is really bad. It turns out that the dog food I left here had been taken home by the painter (he thought the rodents might get to it). I was looking all over the house for it & so didn't go out & get dog food while I was feeling good (I use a special brand of dog food that can't be found at the local store). Luckily last night I had some hamburger to cook up....but now I have to go out & get some more. It was always nice to have someone to do the erands when I wasn't feeling good, but being independent has it's price.

Funny how men do think that women need cared for however. I ran into a guy at the store the other day (refurbishing a farm just outside of town). He dropped by Sunday afternoon & was said he could help me with cleaning my pool & since he is building, he could use some of the doors & windows I have in the garage from the remodeling I'm doing in exchange. He was looking at the fixes & things I'm doing to my house & actually fixed the leak under my kitchen sink that got worse while I was gone.

He called after he had left & let me know that it was getting into the very cold season soon & was offered to make sure the pilot light on my furnace was lit......this came up because I had been showing him the changes I was planning on doing to the heating system in the future. I had to laugh a bit....why do men always think that women can't do things like that???? Told him it was on my list of things to do the next day.....I successfully lit the pilot light myself the next day!!!!!!! But I really do find it entertaining that men think women must be totally helpless....cause I'm sure he wouldn't have offered a guy friend to get his pilot light lit.....lol.

Anyway, I do know that it's nice when you aren't feeling good to have help & not have to force yourself out into the cold to go shopping, or sometimes even get enough energy to fix a meal. It's much easier when not feeling good to just lay in bed (or in a chair in my case) & just sleep it away.....hoping to feel a bit better when waking up.

I wouldn't change being alone for the fights any day.....I'll keep my having to take care of myself.....that feeling of independence without the arguments & fights is definitely worth the small hassles that come with it.

Just a few more days of sleep, the baporizer going full blast, some hot tea & I should be back to normal.....good thing I don't have anyone around right now....cause I do get grumpy when I don't feel good. (The painter better not show up until I am feeling better if he knows what's good for him.....lol)
Debbie