So how do you get rid of stress?

I keep wondering when I am going to have the time to myself and the creativity to work on my books. Whenever I think I am going to have the time to myself, life interferes.

If it isn’t The Curmudgeon, it’s the dogs. If it isn’t them, it’s me. I had a nagging headache all day the other day, when I could’ve been working on a book, I couldn’t sit in front of the computer. Instead, I wanted to crawl into bed and sleep the pain away.

Guaranteed the headache was stress induced. I’d spent the day before sitting in the hospital waiting for The Curmudgeon to get his MRI done.

I am a complete disappointment to myself.

Better to go outside and cut down a bunch of stuff in the yard and dig around in the garden. Well, what is left of the garden that is. I managed to cut down many of the weeds in what is left of the pond garden. It is getting overgrown with hummingbird vine that I need to deal with.

This weekend I plan to spend time digging out and moving plants since the temperatures are so perfect for that sort of work. For me working in the yard and garden helps to temper my stress levels.

You all have a good one!

HPIM3986Now If only I could get the high parts flattened.

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Agented Mystery Writer, Bull Terrier owner--I have one at the present time, Avid gardener.

Posted on August 17, 2014, in Misc and tagged , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.

  1. I hear you about the stress of having dogs, although we only have one! She brings us so much joy that stress gets balanced out. I hope the gardening balances out your stress. A good book will usually get ride of my strest as I can lose myself in another world for a while.

    • The dogs don’t stress me as much as interrupt me for attention, which I gladly give. My stress comes from being a caregiver for The Curmudgeon who had secondary progressive MS. I never know if I’ll have a moment to myself to take a breath each day.

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