Firefighter

There are days when I feel that all I accomplish in a day is putting out fires - with my patients, with my co-workers, with my family.  Yesterday was one of those days.

Today, the day dawned with pouring rain, but so many things happened that have soothed my soul.  I'm not saying that all the fires in my life have been put out, but I'm down to a manageable amount.

I finished another puzzle.

The girls had a 4 day weekend last weekend.  We didn't go anywhere, but we managed to smell the flowers.  I have a new Hellebore blooming, and the primroses popped out seemingly overnight.  The bees are busy buzzing the crocus.

JP and I planted my latest impulse buy:  a pussy willow - it's so cute!

J spent hours braiding L's hair in different fashions, that she called "Daenerys Hair" after the Game of Thrones character.

And to top it off, we had one of the best no-bake cheesecakes that I've ever made - Irish Cream flavored for St Patty's day.  (By the way, I used oreos for the crust and I did use chocolate chips, even though the recipe warned not to.)

My mother had back surgery last week, so I've made several trips down to the tertiary Hospital to visit - plan to go again tomorrow.

And so passed another week!

Corona-versary

Tomorrow is the 1 year anniversary of the schools closing due to the pandemic.  Just this week, I have started to see a glimmer of hope on the horizon for the end of this pandemic.

I haven't written for a while, because things got really busy, but we've been here...plugging along.  We got more snow in February - hardly knew where to go with the piles JP was plowing off the driveway!

The girls started back to school 2 days/week in late February.  2 weeks ago, they started back 4 days/week, so all the kids are together in the building again.  J is happy with the arrangement.  L, who struggled mightily with remote learning for the past 6 weeks or so, is not - she got behind, and has been anxious about facing her teachers!

Once we turned the corner into March, however, the sun came out!  I made 50 little newspaper pots for planting seeds indoors to put into the garden later.

They are mostly all sprouted by now!

We have been taking advantage of the sunshine!

That's J up in that tree!

Just like clockwork, at the end of February, my Hellebores started blooming - I have 3 varieties blooming so far, and looks like a new one is budding.

This morning, I worked 4 hours at the vaccine clinic, then drove over to the High School, where the girls were painting props.  I joined my friends in painting some of the 100 dresses for the show!  I came home to find a package came in the mail from my employers as a thank you for helping out during the craziness of last year:

And now, I'm heading outside into the sunshine to throw balls for the dog.  Enjoy your weekend!