Put Your Left Arm in and Shake it All About

I almost didn't have any weird shaking/spasms/jolts today. Almost. My body behaved for most of the day and then kind of went nutso later on. Strange, strange sensations. It's not quite the hokey pokey, but I had to laugh at these leaves. They are playing the hokey pokey for me.

Today's quest for beauty started with my job. These flowers are from the desk of my co-worker who sits next to me. Beauty is all around us, within us, and here to help us with our struggles. I love the color combination of these.

I went to physical therapy today. These are from outside the PT office. The manual traction felt good. I have a lot less pain after seeing her but still have the jolts.

The next few are from my cafe visit yesterday. I couldn't work them into yesterday's post.

And then there are the snails. I keep seeing them. This is today's snail. He got up on the rock and posed for me. Here's the conversation I had with the snail.

Me: "Man, oh man. I wish my spinal cord and whatnot would stop doing all this crazy stuff."

Mr. Snail: "Jen, at least you have a spine!"

Me: "Yeah, but I have all these bizarre sensations."

Mr. Snail: "Jen, I have to pull my house on my back everywhere I go. I don't have arms and legs. Give me a break, will ya? Don't complain, ok?"

Me: "You do have a point. Thanks, Mr. Snail."

Oh, the lessons to learn!

Peace and hugs,
Jen

Rain Down, Rain Down

Yesterday when I was at church, and we sang the song Rain Down. Yep, Somebody listened.

Both of my umbrellas were under my desk, wouldn'tcha know. I finally stopped waiting for it to die down after a half hour. I didn't end up terribly wet, though, because...

Well, because, lo and behold, I "borrowed" my husband's jacket from the back seat and made sure it got drenched instead of me.

Too bad I was already wearing a sweater and it was in the mid to high 90's. The humidity and heat were as thick as thick can be.

Yeah, I know. Pictures of sunsets are prettier, but sometimes you have to have the darkness and the downpours to appreciate the sunshine too.

I was out in this rain three times today because I went to physical therapy for the first time today. It's funny how I forgot that I was tingling and mildly shaking/twitching part of the day when I was in near monsoon weather. The next time I'm all full of bizarre sensations from this cyst inside my spine, maybe I'll pray for a monsoon. I'll only ask for a small one, though. I don't want to hurt the farmers.

A shout out to all my friends and family in Iowa :-) Yeah for farmers!

Peace and hugs,
Jen