Lady Cat Lady

I’ve been MIA for a bit.

It’s time to talk about it.

First, in an extraordinary twist, we have had the coldest winter in Central Florida in decades! DECADES! (And according to the weather report, another freeze is on its way over the weekend.)

The destruction in my garden has been massive. Bananas…gone. Dead. (As long as the rhizome is okay, they’ll come back. But I won’t know that for a few more weeks.) Almost all flowers in front yard..gone. Clitoria..gone. Passion fruit, dead. In fact, it would be faster to tell ya what made it. The herbs, strawberries, onions, and kale. That’s it in the backyard.

Seriously.

The front yard has less destruction, but about half of what I had planted died.

Mulberries made it!

Then, there’s part two. My back got worse. Way worse. As in I’m walking with a walker worse. I have an appointment with a surgeon. I’ve hit my breaking point. This herniated disc has taken too much away from me already, I can’t allow this to continue.

The pain and numbness is bad enough, but the loss of independence is frustratingly grinding on my nerves daily.

I know I said I wasn’t going to do this, but I also never thought it would get this bad.

The back is why I couldn’t save my plants with covers. Nick just doesn’t have the time, he had to take over almost every chore I do.

I’m tired of being in pain. It’s wearing on me…it never goes away. Only the intensity changes depending on any number of factors.

I know this is temporary, I’ll see the other side of all this…one day. But after three years, losing a hundred pounds and it’s only getting worse? My patience and hope are wearing thin.