The weather is doing its thing again, was -35 last night but it was nice enough to warm up to -24 this morning. Maybe it will continue to warm up? We shall see...The dogs and I were supposed to get out to the trail yesterday but since it was past our -20 cut off so we stayed in. Eventually I hope to break us into -30 something weather but its not worth the wear and tear to my vehicle right now.
Getting out today would be a possibility if I wasn't in the slumps so bad. Battling depression has been a great effort all my life and it reared its ugly head again yesterday. I am clueless as to what brings these things on but I keep working at it hoping to eventually figure it out and beat it once and for all. All these years Ive refused medication for treatment and continue to do so. I'm positive there is another way around this. I keep looking, finding moderate success along the way...
So today I think I will be staying in again, trying to get some work done and forcing myself to go for a drive into town for supplies. That might help break the cycle I seem to be in right now.
The one great joy Ive found, and that continues to bring me up to a higher level, are the dogs. When I say they have been my lifeline I TRULY mean that. I was so much worse off without them back in the nineties when I tried living without a single furry being for a few years too long. That was the lowest point of my life, the absolute lowest... if there was ever a time to be on medication it was then. I was lucky to get out of that with my life...
But I don't want to hammer on about my woes, that is not what this is about... more so it is a ray of hope for those of you who also battle depression, especially in the dark days of winter. Animal therapy literally saved my life so many times and if your against medication, as I am, I encourage you to try it...
Everything is getting along here the best way it knows how. The dogs are so very blessed by the continued donation of meat scraps from our friend and last night they had a stew of roast beef and bacon fat!! Mmmmm.... There is rarely a pup who turns down a bowl of that!
So even with the cold I know they are getting well hydrated and the fact that they are getting incredibly spoiled in the process brings me limitless delight. Their houses are filled with dry straw, since I emptied everyone out during our last warm spell, and filled up to the very top with new bedding when I heard the cold was coming on again.
Life is good, it always has been... we just have to see the positive more often than we tend to dwell on the negative...
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