Mercy! Mercy! That Dang Nabed PERCY!

Donner Pass Road

I picked up my new saw today. It's a Steil 362. Right now all my saws are running pretty good and this morning I cut a trailer load of wood. One of my trailers had two flat tires and when I tried to reinflate them discovered that the sides were ripped open. I must have snagged that side on something sharp. That'll be another expense.

Last night I got lazy and didn't go out and fill up the wood stove at midnight. This morning it was 50 degrees in the house. I really had to hustle and only now at about 3pm is the house up to normal temperature.

I continue to have vivid dreams but they aren't quite as bad as they used to be. I got a med from the VA that helps. In my dreams there's always a thread of reality but I'm portrayed as a bad person. When I wake up I get indignant and say to myself Hey! that isn't the way it was at all. Sometimes I think my demons are trying to mess with my mind. . I asked the Dr. if I had Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? He said "No." Considering what I'd been through, he opined, I was still remarkably sane and and in possession of a well integrated personality.

Linda and I took a walk this afternoon up "Five Car A Day Road." That isn't the actual name but I think you get the idea of how isolated my farm is. Sometime I call it "Donner Pass Road." It's been packed ice and snow since November. Honey, my Golden Doodle really enjoyed herself, prancing and frolicking about.