Tired of being Tired

This morning it looked like it was going to rain just about the whole morning, so after eating, washing the pots and pans and putting the dishes into the dishwasher I noticed that the sun looked like it was trying to come out. Since I also noticed that not many leaves had fallen since I last raked I decided to take a walk instead.

I felt pretty good when I finished my walk so I got out my garden tool and reset the stepping stones that I had put down the other day. I removed the top stone and put more dirt underneath where it was to raise it up with the ground. When I got it to the point where it looked pretty good I went and got my level and made sure and then made a couple adjustments until the bubble was on center.

Next I laid the level out east and west and got that level with itself; once I had it level east and west I leveled it out north and south. Once I had the first stone level I leveled out the second stone with the first one and then followed the same procedure as I did on the first stone with the second and following stones.

When I finished the bottom stone was a little higher than the ground to the east of it so I started dumping dirt around that stone to make it a gradual slope from the east and then level on the west, north and south sides. Once I had that done I dumped more dirt on the remaining stones and made the stones level with the ground around them.

I also took the birdbath apart and placed a stone under where the birdbath was to go and leveled it out and then reassembled the birdbath and then filled it with water. While I was filling it up I also washed down the area that I had been working on to settle the dust and also to help the dirt to settle in better.

Then I put all my tools away, went into the house and cleaned up. Since it was around noon I got the mail and opened it, as usual there was not a lot worth keeping. Kathleen did get a prescription and something from the sleep doctor but I think that the rest went right into the recycling pile.

By the time I took care of everything it was about time for me to make myself something to eat for lunch. I heated up the rest of the fried rice for yesterday's lunch and had the last of my brats on a whole wheat roll.

After putting my dishes into the dishwasher I went and sat in my chair and promptly fell asleep. There seems to be some connection between taking Vicodin and sitting in my chair and falling asleep. Kathleen woke me up when she came downstairs around 1430.

It took me fifteen or twenty minutes until I was able to get my mind functioning again and then I did I asked Kathleen to come outside so that she could see what I had been working on. So she put one of my old flannel shirts on over her PJ's and put on her Crocks and went out and toured my work in process. While we were out there we munched on some raspberries and then I cut some more roses for the house.

We are still having enough roses so that I can keep the house pretty well stocked with fresh roses. That will be ending in a month or so, but we are enjoying them while they last. Pretty soon I will be doing my fall rose pruning where I trim them back to three or four branches and about two feet from the ground. In the spring I will cut them back a little further and then thin them out as needed throughout the summer.

Well, it is 1800 and it is time for me to check with Kathleen to see what and when she is planning for dinner.