Heather

Well. I woke up to anxiety thoughts immediately making themselves known. I have just anxiety gardened for longer than I should because I am one month post-covid and still have serious fatigue. But it is really the only thing that works some days. Anxiety gardening helped me process some stuff though it's safe to say some of that processing was turning my anxieties into rage. Anger at a lot of the external causes of my anxieties today. But it feels like progress. #MentalHealth

Yesterday evening I was working in my front yard veggie garden, feeling very behind on everything. And this woman walking a greyhound stopped to tell me how much she liked my garden, how she loves having a look at what's going on in my garden when she walks past. And then she proceeded to discuss two of my neighbour's front yard veggie gardens which she also admires. And these are both gardens that I know and love to admire and draw inspiration from whenever I walk past. So I felt honored to hear that she held my garden in similar regard.

I know saying "RAT test" is repetitive because the 'T' means "test" but also it feels weird to say "I took a RAT today"