Been Away a While

 Hi Readers (if there are any of you left). 

I apologize, I basically ditched this blog. 

I was going through some grief stuff having lost my dad, then I worked more than usual in the summer. Then add Covid-19 to the mix and I just had no inspiration or energy. Any energy I have had has been spent outside whenever I can (I worked hard training my younger dog in back yard agility this spring and summer).

I'm going to make this short. 

I had a big birthday this year but due to Covid-19 both my camping trips were cancelled. I did get out one night with my roommate/friend on my actual birthday which was amazing. I also ended up doing (and surviving) two solo wilderness trips with the dogs. One was four nights, the other five nights.

Fall is now here and I've had a bad patch M.E. wise. I believe I continue to be improved overall, but it doesn't always feel that way. Today the M.E. is heavy in my chest, making it ache to breathe. And I feel heavy and exhausted, the sick kind of exhausted. 

I'm also dealing with on and off anxiety these days. Not sure what that's all about, but the only way I find to curb it is going outside. Which can work if I'm not too sick and exhausted and/or if the weather is agreeing.

I took the dogs for a walk in the woods the other day. Here are a few photos.