I'm not only feeling up to doing a post, but also up to using proper capitalization!
We've been very lucky with it being a very mellow winter so far. I'm in no condition for our walks yet, but Mike has taken the pups out and played with them in the yard quite a bit. Emma often likes to chew on her toys with her butt sticking up in the air. She's such an adorable dork.
It went from almost 50 degrees with no snow around at all......
to 20 degrees with a nasty wind chill and our first snow storm of the season. It didn't drop a ton of snow, but there was enough for the wind to make some taller drifts. It also looks like we're going to get actual winter weather for a while now, which for us means below freezing temps combined with a nasty wind and barely any sun. The mostly mellow weather we've had so far will make the winter feel much shorter, at least, and for that I'm very grateful.
I haven't gotten a good capture of Crystal in a while, but got lucky today. She'll be 19 1/2 years old in a little less than a month! Her heart condition and overactive thyroid have been in check which is another thing I'm extremely grateful for.
It's back to work for me on Monday and I'll also (hopefully) be finding out more about the extent of damage in my arm & elbow then. I haven't been able to go for much longer than 6 hours without taking a pain pill, so I'm getting a bit worried about making it through an entire work day without being very uncomfortable. The pain has gotten less intense, though, so I'm hopeful. While I could take the next 5 weeks or so off until this heals, my workplace makes us use up all of our vacation and sick days before taking unpaid days (or getting short term disability). I'm not willing to go the majority of the year with no time off, so I'll just have to deal with the situation. It could always be worse, though, and at least I
have a good job, right?
