Thursday morning

[mellowtigger]

On most days during my patrol, my back is fine. Some days, I can feel the arthritis in my back. Today was the first time that my lower back (where the arthritis first showed up many years ago) was hurting so much that I wondered if I was going to head home early so I could get off my feet. I stayed through the whole shift, and I feel better sitting in a chair now. It'll take a while before the feeling disappears.

In better news, as I was putting on my gear for patrol this morning, I spotted this rabbit in my back yard. I watched it for a while and took this photo before I continued my preparations. The light brown fur with white underbelly is the perfect coloration for my back yard right now, where the white snow covers the ground below the upright light brown stems and dead grass.

I have an appointment today around noon. I have an appointment today at work for 3pm for a training session (so I took off an hour early yesterday to compensate and avoid overtime for this week). I still need to do my taxes. I still need to put some seeds into flats, getting ready for spring in the garden. Yesterday, I succeeded in ordering some more columnar apple trees and a few other plants/seeds.

For now, though, I'm going to play some Coral Island to chill.