Monday, May 5, 2014

It's a nail biter

I’ve been grounded. We’ve been grounded, Gumby, Pokey and me. I’ve been grounded for the next month and will not be traveling. I think this is good because I’m actually enjoying being able to get work done from the spot where I actually have all of my work resources in one place. Not to mention the partying that Gumby and Pokey were doing was starting to get out of hand. Have you ever seen a drunk rubber pony? I don’t recommend it. I will say, however, that after one week home I am already itching to get out and do things. I’ve been going for walks with a neighbor and in the evenings with the dogs and hubby but for someone who is constantly on the go and usually out with people (no matter how much I complain about them) being at home can take its toll. But I do believe that this is all for the better. I think that I’ve needed some grounding and this will be just the right dose of medicine. For what you ask? For the apparent anxiety that has decided to creep in late night.

I haven’t been sleeping for more than intervals of 2-3 hours without waking up startled for one nonsensical reason or another.  There hasn’t been any super crazy vivid dreams that startle me awake, that I can remember anyway, but I do wake up feeling like I am late for something or that I’ve missed a flight or that I missed something. It’s hard to put my finger on it… for more reasons that one. My anxiousness has decided to rear its ugly head in the form of me biting my nails, cuticles, etc., to the point where I don’t even realize how bad they are. The next morning I wake up and my finger is so hurting, red, scabbed that you can’t even touch it to anything without feeling like you have an open wound that is constantly being pressed on. Needless to say, this is making typing super fun and my investment in Neosporin and Band Aids fairly substantial.

Gumby and Pokey are having their own shenanigans here at the house. I’m fairly certain Gumby put Lou up to opening a bottle of expanding Gorilla Glue and ingesting it resulting in a $2,500 surgery and 17 staples. Gumby is in MAJOR time out right now but when he is back, I’ll post some pictures of him and his loyal steed on our collective hiking adventures. 

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