I went outside and picked all the mint and white sage from two of my herb gardens. It’s supposed to get into the mid 20’s here by Tuesday so if I don’t get those two, they don’t dry as well after a deep freeze. I haven’t been outside in almost a week...unless you count the garage. Except for about three hours on a kind of had to help hubby mission. I have three herb gardens my husband helped me plant a few years ago to encourage me to get outside. I have sever agoraphobia that has gotten worse as I’ve aged. There are weeks I don’t even open the door except to let animals in and out and pick up deliveries.

But...I do love to travel with the hubby. For some reason, traveling is easier than convincing myself to go to the grocery store. When we travel, he never leaves my side unless he knows I’m in a good place. We don’t go to crowded venues and highly charged places. Doc thinks it’s more an interaction disorder. I’m of a mind it’s a bit of both. I can handle one on one meetings well. The Hubs is in an adventure motorcycle riders club so we play host to ADV riders from all over the world as they come through our area. He is good about asking me for a “weather” report before offering and usually I can deal fine. I can just excuse myself to other areas of the house if I need to. And travel is ok since he is with me except for the one trip I take yearly to Disney with the daughter and grand. (You wanna talk about intense session series of self talk that makes me ok to face that, lol)...I do it for them. I also do it for the memories the grand will have of time with his crazy Nono. I want to know that his heart and mind remember me with joy. I can get thru three days of discomfort for something that important.

Anyway. I put on shoes, a coat and gloves then picked herbs to dry for holiday cooking. I am happy with that.