Odd Time Of year

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It's an odd time of year.

Wet and cold.

Looking forward to warmer days.

Hoping that the blooms

of last year

arrived again this Spring.

I am cold to the bone.

Need to warm this soul a bit.

Just saying ...

 

~ JC ~

This Time Of Year

 

This time of year can just get to you.
A bit of sunshine thrills the air.
Everything seems new.
You breath it in and it smells good.
Sit in it and it warms your soul.
A cloud stops by and you look mean at it.
It just took your best new friend, warmth.
I smiled today.
I sat in the sun.
I sat for a while in the clouds.
In I went.
Now, the dullness of what was light
is just plain mean and terrible.
I want that sunshine and bright smell back.
Enough of this cold stuff.
No more ice shows.
I like waking to the birds telling their stories.
I don't mind a drip drop on the window
but enough is enough of it.
I want Spring to actually be here.
Just the right temperature.
Not too cold .. tired of that.
Not too hot .. don't want to get the fans out of the attic.
I want that purrfect day.
And, I mean iced tea with no sweater
and flip flops.
Yes, I want to wear them.
They are on the shelf .. waiting for me to call their names.
That's what I want.
I get this instead.
Even the dogs are sad.
Seriously, sad dogs over here.
Do I really have to make some hot tea ?

~ JC ~

I'm Too Old For This

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Maybe it's just that I'm getting too old.

I don't know.

I got this cold. It seems semi easy.

As easy as a cold can be.

Nope, it fooled me.

I'm going into week two.

Terrible. Lousy. Yucky.

I need a break from this sneaky thing.

Add in that my back went out the day after

and well, I'm a mess over here in the woods.

I can't bend over to feed the Purr and Fur Gang.

I can but that includes a scream or two.

The cold / cough is just nasty.

Just when you think it's going away,

It add something new to the main attraction.

I'm just too old for this.

Two weeks of coughing.

I need a vacation !!!

~ JC ~

Danger

Spring arrived and left me with a cold.

I've been thinking of

 Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman.

Nasty little suckers.

Taking everything I can think of.

Just when I think I've won,

nope, the sore throat comes back.

The voice is going today.

That's ok.

I didn't have too much to say.

The back went out yesterday morning.

And, I mean really really out.

Been using everything I can think for that too.

Ice packs and pain sprays.

It's a double special this week.

Why ?

I leaned over to refill my Siamese's water dish.

Yes, that's a hard one to do.

Should have had a DANGER notice on it.

Been dealing with sharp pain all day.

So, Nasty Little Suckers

just seemed like the right thing

to explain what ails me lately.

I still like Spring though.

In case you all were wondering.

I'd just like to walk and bend over.

That's not too much to ask for,

is it.

Cold but Springlike

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It's a cold but sort of nice Tuesday.

The sun is trying to warm up the ice that's left from the snow.

Yes, we got snow. What a Winter we are having.

Anyway, the sun has melted most of it.

The dogs water dish is a slushy mix though.

Reminders of what was and is suppose to arrive soon.

Snow on Thursday. Say it isn't so.

I like it on trees. So pretty but driving in it. Yikes !!!

The one day I actually have appointments

and down the big hill too.

Puppy class is on Thursdays.

Not that I'm thrilled to go.

She and I aren't doing well with our homework.

I'm too old to be doing tricks.

I need a stunt double.

She's not interesting in the treats I got

so no down or come for her.

I am feeling just a tiny bit better.

Still have other appointments to make

to find out what's what and all that.

For today though, I have sort of hope.

That this struggle that I'm in is fine for today.

Mentally, I am having some thoughts.

Going over this and that and the other.

To go back, I think I'd pick the other path.

It would be hard but maybe I'd be happier.

Who knows though.

Crystal ball would have been nice to have.

And, that's my Cold but Springlike update.

~ JC ~

Looking Forward

I looked at my cat calender today

and it's almost the end of January.

YEAH !!!

Seems like it's been a bad month.

Cold as can be.

I've been sort of sick with this and then that.

Still, I don't feel like myself.

Whatever that is but I know it's not this.

I have a better attitude though.

I will forge through and feel better soon.

I at least hope I will.

So, today I make a list.

Things I need to do.

Get done, clean up, throw away.

That kind of list.

In my world, I don't have big dreams.

Just small ones.

Like keeping my pain level below a five.

Just a hum so to speak.

I think I live with a lot that most people

wouldn't be able to survive with.

Nope, not me.

I can do most anything.

I have that hope that I will be ok .. again.

I don't think I'll ever lose that.

I've been to hell and back.

I still remember it but try not too.

So, today I look forward to February.

Whatever it brings.

It better be warmer and I better feel better.

I have that list after all.

Oh, and that new puppy.

And, those are my thoughts

as January comes to an end

and this Old Lady Who Lives In The Woods

takes a look at what is.

~ JC ~