Hey, folks, thanks, for your support! I’m in a much better place today than I was yesterday. I’m not 100%, but I’m much much better. It’s been relapses, lots of wasted time, feeling emotionally and physically paralyzed and spiritually nearly dead, but now I’m feeling much better than yesterday.
I sort of took the day off again today. Well, I didn’t work on any cars. I did spend a large chunk of the day working on that business property tax inventory–hours and hours pulling out tools, writing down what they are. Still have hours and hours and hours left to do. It’s progress, though.
Found a tick on me this morning… or was it last night? I don’t remember. All latched on but not actually feeding yet. It was latched onto… uh… the nether regions. Which are now itchy and swollen. Sorry if that’s a bit TMI, but hey, it’s life. It’s what is.
I’ve been pretty lax with my tick checks–don’t really check much at all anymore. Just briefly and not thoroughly. But I probably had better be a bit more thorough, as it is tick season (May and June are the worst, if I’m remembering correctly), and we haven’t had the guy spray yet, and we let the grass get long with everything going on, so… it’s a bit of a perfect recipe for more ticks on the bod.
Its been warmer and muggy today, not awful but not comfortable. Just a tad uncomfortable sorting my tools outside. Not too bad, though.
Anyway, I don’t really know what changed today for me. I wasn’t doing very well last night, but I woke up with more determination. I watched a couple YouTube videos that Tish recommended in her comment yesterday (thanks, much!). Those were helpful, and that was nice. I had a friend remind me of my cold showers, and I went and took one, and wow! I came out all smiles and happy and energetic. It was great.
So I dove in–laundry, cleaning my room, tidying up a bit in the kitchen, and working hard on the assessment stuff. Making progress. Chatted with the Big Guy a bit. Trying to get back to feeling connected. I really miss that. A lot.
So… there you go. Another day, a better day, and I’m grateful.
#1. Grateful that Tish sent those videos.
#2. Grateful for all of you and your encouragement and suggestions and comments and love.
#3. Grateful to have made some progress in getting things cleaned up and organized a bit today
#4. Grateful for the thunderstorm rolling in. Enjoying that a little bit right now.
#5. I’m grateful for tarps that cover things and keep them from getting too wet.
Well, y’all, a couple steps forward today. Many thanks for lifting my world.
~ stephen
Lift the World 
I love you, Stephen!