Thursday
We have had three straight days of rain. There have been several big storms that lasted for a few hours and then they subsided, but the rain continued slow and steady. It has been cold too.
The big storms dumped mud into the pond - sediment from the surrounding slopes ends up in the creek that feeds it and also ends up directly in the pond itself. It only happens during big storms with lots of rainfall in a short span of time. Not that often, but it takes three days or more for the sediment to drop to the bottom and the water to clear up.
A big tree uprooted along the driveway too, and instead of falling, it got hung up in the branches of another tree. It was leaning dangerously over the driveway. Mike was really concerned and kept eyeing it for days, but he didn't want to attempt trying to get it down while it was still raining. Well, he finally decided that it was riskier to leave that tree in that condition than it was to try to get it down safely in the rain. It is scary and dangerous when big trees get hung up like that, but he managed to get it down successfully late yesterday afternoon. Once it was down, he was done with it for the day even though it is blocking the driveway. He will be going out to cut it up soon - he isn't a morning person, so his "first thing in the morning" is more like early afternoon 
I've been pre-occupied for the last two days with getting my information together from the last 7 weeks to take with me to the diabetic nutritionist appointment - daily food logs, eating time/frequency patterns, etc... I've probably mentioned that I've been dealing with Type 1 diabetes for the last several years. Technology has come a long way with integration of an insulin pump with a continuous glucose monitor. My blood sugar levels are much better managed, but with the total automatic integration I'm getting a higher volume of insulin than when I was doing it manually. With increased insulin, came increased weight gain. Insulin related weight gain is one of the hardest to lose, and I've been really struggling on my own. The weight has reached an uncomfortable level that is impacting me every day with stamina issues and general ability to do what I want to be doing. Anyway, this nutritionist specializes in Type 1 diabetes, and I am giving it my best effort, hopefully for the long haul. After meticulously keeping a daily food log, I had lots of questions for her, both general and specific. The appointment yesterday went well and I'm making good progress in every goal that was set at the first appointment. She also showed me the food tracking app MyFitnessPal that she uses - why she didn't show me this at the first appointment so that I could use it was a bit irksome. Now I'm spending time transferring the data to it. Oh well, it will be easier to use than what I had come up with on my own and she will have online access to it for assessment and guidance.
So, major gardening delays due to weather and the other priorities of the last few days. It has finally stopped raining today, but it is pretty cold out there and everything is saturated. Not that appealing to get outside. Bonnie has been going stir crazy without the hour or two of gardening after her work days, and swears that no matter what the weather is like this weekend, she is gardening. I guess I will be too.
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