Hiya Sweetie,
Up with the alarm, and got busy quick! After chores and breakfast, I scrubbed out the water trough and refilled it, then cleaned the bathrooms. As far as I know, that's not my job, but they were getting so bad I had to do something, so I did a quick clean. There's a leak in the men's room sink, and the boys camping here had turned it off, so when the two forestry guys came, that was their first priority. Anyway, Rick finally got the UTV over here, was supposed to be at 10:00 but it was more like 11:40 when we finally hit the trail. I was happy to see most of the ribbons on clothespins were still there, though a few had spun around the branches so much I had to let them down. A few of the intersection signs had come off, just not enough staples to hold them on the flimsy pine bark, so I had to really stick them good so they would stay. After doing the short orange, we came back to camp, then on to Helen's for a quick lunch, then back out to check on the white/red polka dot trail, and that was in good shape, too. Finally finished around 4:00, had just enough time to feed the horses and collect everything I needed before heading over to Helen's for dinner and the ride meeting. That finally broke up after 7:00, and once we updated the registration paperwork, I headed back to camp. Phew! Tiring day! Watched a one hour program, had my Sleepytime tea and Spanish lesson, now it's just a quick shower and early bed! Good night, my darlin'! Love you!

Hey Darlin',
Had a long, tiring and productive day today. Jo and I put out all the water buckets, a job that was made much easier when one of the other volunteers dropped off all the tubs right to me, so we didn't have to go fetch them like we usually do. Had those all dropped off by lunchtime, so we went to Willards for lunch and met up with the same two forestry guys who are filling the tubs for us! Had a lovely lunch, then we went to Helen's where the race HQ is, put up signs and ribbons to cordon off all the different areas, then had to run back over and pick up some of the ribbons I gave the gals to mark the trails with because I needed some to finish off, then back to one of the water stops because one of our signs fell down. Long day! Full from lunch so I don't have to cook and clean up dinner, at least! Will absolutely be going to bed early, I have an other long day tomorrow! I've arranged with forestry to get one of their UTV's in the morning so I can check on the markers, because there has been a very strong wind all day and I'm worried about some of them falling down, especially since it will be windy again tomorrow. Loving this volunteer gig! Never could get a UTV out at Dupuis, no matter how much I needed one. Anyway, won't be long out of bed! Good night, baby! Love you!

Hi Babe,
Since my part of the trails are done, I spent the morning doing laundry, then headed into town to drop off a book order at the post office, then picked up some horse feed at Tractor Supply and some groceries at Walmart and Publix. That kept me busy most of the day. Dinner and a movie, which was very intriguing and with an all star cast with Julia Roberts about a possible apocalyptic end of the world which was fascinating right up until it's very unsatisfactory ending. Heading to shower and bed shortly, I have an early morning tomorrow! Good night, sweetie! Love you!

Hey Babe,
Had a good night sleep, did my morning chores and breakfast, and was soon nodding off in my chair, a long way from recovered from my busy past could of weeks. I really crashed today! Finally got just enough energy to crawl back up to bed, read for a while, and spent some time working on my shoulder with my massager. I've gone from about 40% range of use to about 95%, and am thrilled to bits! There's just one tiny spot that still feels restricted, and only when I put my arm in an extreme crooked position, and that even felt like it might have shifted a bit today. Then Jo texted and invited me to enchilada night at her house, and I almost begged off because I was so tired, and there was a very big storm front coming through, but in the end, most of it had passed through by a little after 5:00, so I headed over there. Dinner was delicious, plus I picked up all the trail markers I'll need for this week, and a diagram her husband Jeff made for me on the electrical circuits in the trailer, for future reference. Got home about 7:15, fed the horses, put a blanket on Flash because it's supposed to get cooler overnight (Apollo doesn't seem to like it unless it's extremely cold), and prepared myself for a short evening, as I'm still feeling tired and I have a busy week starting tomorrow. Good night, sweetheart! Love you!

Hiya Sweetie!
Up before the crack of dawn this morning, headed down to Tidewater Trailhead where we had scheduled a trail cleanup day. We had more than a dozen volunteers show up, and the Forest Service lent us two UTV's for the day. We had a great time! Everyone worked hard, and we got a lot done. My group did the entire Blue trail, another groups did a good portion of the purple and yellow trails, and we were all back in time for the lunch the Forest Service provided. It wasn't in too bad shape, but it definitely looks a lot better! Stayed around and chatted for a bit, then headed back to camp, with a quick stop at Apex to say hello to my cohort DeDe, who was hosting an ETS event there. Got home a bit after 2:00, and faded fast after that. It's been a very hectic and physically demanding week, and I think I'm finally crashing. It's supposed to rain tomorrow, so I'm planning on taking a nice quiet day off to recover, and next week is going to also be very demanding, so I need to recharge my batteries! With that said, I'm going to bed! Good night, darlin'! Love you!

Hi Sweetie,
Woke up before the alarm went off, got up after a bit, did my chores, unhooked the trailer and put it in a nice tidy little parking spot near me, then headed off to town to get my doctor-requested lab work done, then stopped at Tractor Supply for some hay, which was pretty good, though small bales for the price, but I'm in Florida, I can't expect anything else when the price of diesel is still so high. I also noticed a big stack of Nutrena Balance, so I picked up a bag for Apollo, even though his feed bin is currently full, just because it isn't easy to find. After getting back to camp, I worked on trails on the computer for a bit, then remembered I needed to wash the small horse trailer, so I went out and did that. It was actually too cool to ride today, and almost too cool to be washing a trailer, but it really needed it, it was covered in algae, typical when it sits outside like it has been. Finally settled down for the evening, to a very weird movie that seems like the writers and director must have thought up when they were totally stoned, not my cup of tea, though I had to admire the acting skill of the principals. I was shocked to see Jamie Lee Curtis, I barely recognized her, sorry to say, she hasn't aged too well. Funny, when I went in to do my labs today, the woman asked for both my birth date and confirmation that Cigna was my secondary insurance and not my first, and I joked with her and said, "This is where you're supposed to say I don't look old enough for Medicare," and she quickly responded, "Well, that's why I asked, you DON'T look that old." Maybe she was blowing smoke, but she did ask twice, so maybe I am still looking pretty good for my age. Anyway, took my shower early so my hair will dry before bed, it's going to be a cold one tonight, getting down into the 30's. I even put the heavy blankets on the horses, and I'm going to leave the fireplace on all night so I don't wake up to a cold home in the morning. Hoping to ride tomorrow, supposed to warm up after a chilly morning, but we'll see. Good night, my darlin'! Love you!