Spoiled Rotten

Much to my surprise, there are people out there who love me and are determined to cheer me up.

A few days ago, I got a mysterious package in the mail that turned out to be from one of my friends on the border collie rescue forum. When everyone was discussing Halloween candy and mentioning Reese's peanut butter cups, I bemoaned their absence from the Danish market. A couple people asked for my address, promising to send me some.

So the box that arrived was from a friend in California, who is struggling to train his border collie Jin as a service dog. He is a Vietnam vet and has up until recently worked as a tour guide in the desert. As an extra bonus he threw in some really neat bandannas that are basically wearable survival guides for the desert. Their information is actually useful even when you don't have a desert around. I strongly recommend them as the ideal stocking stuffer for anyone who loves the outdoors, hikes a lot, or goes anywhere near the desert. You can check out the website at http://www.desertbandanna.com

I am sure DH and I will be wearing hours with pride on a few occasions. Or maybe we should put them into our emergency kits for riding that we plan to get around to making one of these days.

Well, DH decided that I needed to be even more spoiled today. Things have been pretty hectic for us lately and I actually haven't been doing well for the past month or so. I've had a lot of problems with pain levelsand they've been bad enough to mess up my sleep. Some nights I end up lying awake and maybe reading for more than half the night before I can sleep. Other nights I fall asleep okay then wake up in the middle of the night and have trouble getting back to sleep. The top things off, we had a very unpleasant meeting with a bank yesterday. I had to limit my painkillers all day so I could drive enough to be able to come along. By the time we got home I was pretty much in tears from the pain and frustration.

Today hasn't exactly been a great day either.I have been fighting an unbelievably insane amount with Dragon my voice system. Cross your fingers for me that it'll keep working for a while. I found an optional update for my sound system for Windows and maybe that helps.

The pictures really don't do the bouquet justice. They are ten gorgeous dark red roses. Unfortunately I don't know a way to digitize smells so I can't share of their scent with you. Please forgive the messy background. I had to use the desk instead of the dining room table because otherwise I might accidentally include secret leather projects in the shot.

DH swears he'd ordered the roses before he got my whiny text message saying that I was going back to bed in frustration. I wasn't trying to beg him for pity, just to warn him that I wasn't in a good mood so he was prepared when he got home.On my bad days and sometimes helps that he stops at the horses before he comes in so that he has a chance to disconnect from work stress before he has to deal with me stress.

Today, he came home and parked right in front of the front door. I thought the parking might mean he wanted to run errands today, but he just wanted to get it with flowers without hassle.

So now I have too big of a smile on my face to be in a bad mood. Reese's peanut butter cups help, too.