It has been so long since I have had the chance to post. So much has happened.

I went back to work. For a while at least. I was working as a cook but my part time job turned into 10 hour days and it was really burning me out. I was payed good for our area and had recieved my first raise before I even got my first check. Then I got hurt. I tore the gastocnumeous or calf muscle in my lower right leg. I continued to work the next three days but it was very painful. I took two days off and then went back. I did this until I could not walk anymore. It wouldn't have been bad if we had employees we could have relied upon but such was not the case. These kids would just not even show up. So now I am out for a while. I haven't been to work in two weeks now. I can finally put some weight on it. It took 4 weeks total to get into a physical therepist. In the mean time I have been putting ice on it as well as a tens unit for electrotherepy. Then my hubby had a great idea. He told me to spin. So he brought me some wool from my stach and I started. I used my Ashford as it is double treadle and the small motions have been a real help. It helps reduce the swelling and gets the circulation going. Since I started spinning my muscle is able to flex and it is not so painful. I have also been messaging arnica oil into the area twice a day. The first two weeks I couldn't hardly touch it but now I can handle some manipulation.

My garden is off to a very slow start. It has been cool (yesterday we reached a high of 65 and todays forcast is 70)and rainy here and it seems like nothing I do helps to jump start the poor things. Our night time temps are right around 40 so I think the ground is just to cool. My squash and pumpkins are only about 6" tall with no blooms yet. Beans, cuc's, tomatillas are all just tiny things. My tomatoes in the green house are fairing just slightly better. I just hope I get enough of a harvest to make things worthwhile.