A Little Catching Up

My goodness! I cannot believe that I have not written anything here since August! I guess I have a lot of catching up to do, so let's get to it.

In August, my husband, a German professor, left for Germany. He was taking his German students on a foreign term to Germany. I was left to manage the rest of the fall harvest on my own, which kept me very busy. Then I went off to Germany myself, to spend some time there with my husband. We returned just before Thanksgiving, and then there was the holiday rush. Those of you who have lupus can probably imagine how all of this left me feeling. I think it took the entire month of January for me to recover. (We had a great time in Europe, though, and I don't regret a minute of it.)

By the time February came around, I felt like I had to get moving and make some progress with my Etsy business, so I have been sewing and designing my heart out. My enthusiasm is always stronger than my body, though, so I spent many days trying to recover from the previous day's efforts. Even after nine years of living with lupus, I still haven't really learned to pace myself. I think I may be too stubborn to ever learn that skill!

Now it is suddenly March, and I am so relieved that the winter has passed and that spring is on the way. The birds are singing, the sun is finally shining today, and the crocuses are bursting from the ground and opening up their lovely buds. Of course, there's also a ton of work to be done in the yard, so I anticipate many days of soreness ahead of me. Nonetheless, it will feel good to be outside working in the sunshine (fully covered and wearing sunblock, of course) once again.



The sunshine, the singing birds, and the coming blossoms all help me to shake off the winter woes and look forward to a season of happiness despite the struggles. So get out that sun hat, get outside, listen to those songbirds, and breath in the smells of spring. We've made it through a long winter, and now it's time to let go and laugh out loud!