No Work Monday

It started raining yesterday evening and rained hard during the night. I'm determined not to take any more pain medication so was up a lot to witness the downpour. I'm not in a lot of pain, just wound tenderness which is nothing like the bone on bone pain before the surgery, plus the pain medication has side effects, it makes me drowsy and light headed, groggy, no appetite and the worst side effect is constipation. Even writing that word is embarrassing, sorry girls, although Diane brought over some magic pills that are guaranteed to help. The wound from the surgery is not down the side of the leg, more up into the gluteus maximus muscle so sitting around is not an option for long. Today is Monday there is usually much work to do to get ready for the week but not this week. Since sitting for hours is not an option, no Bible studies can be processed, I can't bend and am limited on how much house work can be accomplished although I figured out how to do a few loads of laundry washing and drying all the futon bedding in case anyone brings over a baby that needs a nap by using the grabber. Sure don't want to drop that very important item.
The walkers stopped in this morning, the weather is suppose to be windy and warm so they took a chair outside and set it up against the building if I want to sit outside later. Now that I'm off the pain meds, my mind is allowing me to read. I've just about finished Willis Ehnle's book My First Year in Japan. What an amazing account of his life during that year. He puts us all to shame. Rhonda dropped off 2 books from Gail Hodel yesterday and both look like very enjoyable books.
Steven stopped by to let Lily out of the stall. She is such a patient mare but when let out has to go antagonize Raven. We are putting her in the pasture behind his paddock during the day to keep her out of the mud. She is due in exactly a month but has gone a month early in the past. We really don't want her to deliver for a couple of weeks. The foals born a month to 3 weeks early have to be taught to nurse which takes hours of milking Lily and bottle feeding the foal up by her udder. She had 2 that were only born a couple of weeks early and they were fine. This is Lily's 7th foal, she is an amazing mare surviving EPM at 8 months of age, then colic surgery while carrying a pregnancy through to term with 3 week old Ciera by her side.

The picture above is Lily and Rhoda at Bridlewood the year we had the 12 inch snowfall obviously before her colic surgery but well after the EPM. They were having a ball making designs in the clean white snow.