Rained Out

Today turned out to be a nice surprise.  We got caught up in a thunder and lightning storm and Smitty made the decision to call it a day.  Turns out that it cleared but,  it was still awesome to have the afternoon off.  Rain days do not come very often (especially this summer),  so you learn to really appreciate them when they do come.

I have not written in my blog for quite sometime which may be part of the reason I have been a bit up and down of late.  Writing down my thoughts in this forum really helps me to process the day or week that I have had.  My mind has raced quite a bit recently and I have not used anything as an outlet to ease the tension on the old cerebral cortex.  I have allowed myself to get frustrated by minor annoyances and sunk in to lapses of depression.  I have to remind myself that nothing is as bad as my mind makes it out to be.  That is one of the challenges with bi-polar or other mental illnesses.  It seems as though I am always fighting a war within myself,  a battlefield of the mind if you will.  That is what I find most difficult,  the challenge of forcing myself to embrace positive moments and ignore the negative bull shit.  Easier said than done at times but,  I certainly have more good days than bad ones at this point in my life.

Great day for Canada at the Olympics today.  Three more bronze medals and our women's soccer team qualified for the next round.  Our women's beach volleyball team lost a nail biter in three sets to Russia.  They had their chances at the end but, could not find a way to close it out.  Their play off hopes are basically dashed but, they did our country proud with their effort today.  The men play Brazil tomorrow and I believe they can pull off the upset.  They have an excellent shot at making the play off rounds.  Go Canada!!!!

Jodi turns 37 in a few weeks,  almost cougar age.  Guess I better get moving on the birthday shopping.  I know she wants Lulu Lemons but,  I have something better in mind.  I also cannot bring myself to drop a hundred bucks on fancy sweat pants.

Work is going really well these days.  We are almost done summer pruning so I hope the grass starts growing or their will be some shorter hours for us.  It seems as though August is going to be dry as a cactus though, so I may just start delivering papers.  I always wanted a paper route.

Hope this finds you well.

Take care,  Shawn.

It is easy to judge others,  it is more difficult to take the time to understand them.