Convalescing At Christmas

The nerve pain in my leg has returned and I'm stuck in bed this Christmas week...  I'll be seeing specialists the first week of January and hopefully will have some answers soon.  In the meantime Owen has been cheering me up with my favorite comfort foods, grilled cheese and tomato soup through a straw so I can eat in bed, and bringing Miles the border collie into the house to make me smile.  

Owen also got me a beautiful English saddle necklace for Christmas and a belt buckle with the Retired Racehorse Project logo on it.  

I'm so grateful for the folks who have come over to help move big round bales of hay for the horses, held gates to minimize escapees while moving said bales, and helped blanket the squirrelly thoroughbreds who needed heavier pajamas for the impending sub zero temps.  Mostly I'm grateful for Owen taking care of things like feeding all the animals, our furnace dying, and our car dying.  It's not the greatest Christmas ever, but it could be worse.