Happy Thoughts

So now I am back to work at a job that I don't love,

I am grateful I have it....don't get me wrong.  I have

had it for 24 yrs.  I have good benefits, insurance and

retirement in 8 yrs.  I just don't love going there

especially when I currently have a co-worker that

annoys the crap out of me.

My solace is that eventually they will be

transferred out for a promotion.

So like I said I have 8 years until I

can retire... and my thoughts this morning

as I was getting ready to leave for work was

to look around and focus on the positive

things that make me happy and bring me

joy and  not going to work. 

  So these are the

things I looked at this morning

to make me happy

before I left

Watching my bunnies get all happy

and excited for their breakfast

My happy bunny room

My art room, yes it is a mess at the moment

but that makes me happy...

because I am using it!!!

I am in the process of carving a

memorial bunny plaque

 that will hang on the wall

outside where Giddy and Gwennie

are buried.

I also have been painting and working to

complete this painting

You can see the fish tank  behind my easle

They were moved inside from the pond,

the only survivors as a heron

feasted on all our fish

So these guys are staying safely

in the tank and make me smile!

A quick stroll outside and

the bright colors of the flowers

make me happy. 

Also I might add... I couldn't have bought

the  flowers without the job

that gives me money!

Finding old junk someone tossed

away and redoing it makes

me happy.  That is what I did with the

red wheel barrel crate.

I love having vines grow up stuff...

It just makes me feel like I'm in a

jungle.  Happy to see the seedlings

I planted grow like crazy

I almost can't see out my kitchen window!

So I am going to make a conscious effort

to focus on my positives...

Spinal Fractures

 

This girl put my out of commission.

While riding her another

horse spooked and set of a

chain reaction which resulted

with me hitting the

dirt.  Although in a lot pain,

I thought that my hip was

knocked out and a trip to the chiro

would set me straight.

However as I drove home

I knew the intense pain

was more than something just

being knock out.

When I reached home

 I couldn't get out of the truck

and my husband said you're

going to the Emergency Room.

After many tests I was

admitted and ended

up fracturing L1-L4 bones.

Thankfully no organs

were injured.  

 

 

I have to say I think it was

the most pain I've ever felt

in my life, and I've had

a few intense injuries

that hospitalize me much

longer than this one.  

It was quite

humbling & scary to

need help to get to the bathroom

or into the shower and

not being able to even

sit up or roll over in bed.

I am thankful that I will

totally recover.

 

 

I am so grateful for my husband.

He did everything for me.

Drove me, helped me walk,

helped me get up, took care

of the household and all

my fur/feather babies.

He's a saint!

I couldn't do anything and am

on disability for another week.

I'm happy to say I am slowly

getting better.

 

 

....the first question

everyone asked, is are you

going to ride again?

At first I didn't know, I was

in so much pain.  As the pain eases

I want to ride again.

...And yes I plan to get

back on her. 

I obviously can't until the

bones heal and I get the

OK from the spinal surgeon.

 

 

Although I am scared

to death of ever experiencing

pain like this again, the

thought of never riding

again brings tears to my

eyes.  I will take it

one step at a time.

So for now, I can clean and

condition my saddle

while I sit and recover.

 

 

And with my husbands

help  clean out my

tack box.

 

 

I have been forced

to slow down and

stop and smell the flowers.