I haven't been able to fully assess the damage yet, because it's just too darn cold and there's too much snow, but I'm hoping we'll be able to fix it up after a good thaw.
My girls have no desire to go out of the covered run either. The cold is brutal!
Yeah, it's a real bummer. We planned to remake it in the spring anyway (because we're getting 10 chicks in May), but I didn't plan on it being utterly destroyed by our first major snowfall. 🤬
My whole chicken yard collapsed from the weight of the snow yesterday. 😭
Thankfully, they have a large run that is *somewhat* weather resistant, and they don't want anything to do with the snow, but I really don't like this time of year.
It's one minute at a time ❤️.
"In the next minute, I'm not going to do ___________."
Then the next minute, and the next.... try to keep the goal small and manageable. "I can manage this for the next 60 seconds..." Try not to get too far ahead of yourself.
Also, slipping is part of recovery...
I mean, you'd think I'd be used to it by now. I've lived in MI my entire life, but I just really hate this time of year (although I am looking forward to the mosquitoes dying - we've had a biblical infestation this summer), and the older I get the less I want to tolerate. :old 🌨:rant
I have a...
Nope. Mine starts about mid-August. I had a full-on panic attack a few weeks ago, crying hysterically because "winter is coming 😭..."
My husband was like: 🫷🙄 "You've lived in Michigan for 43 years, get it together..."
I run an extension cord out to my coop and I have 2 of these from Premiere 1 Supplies (literal life savers!):
I'm in Michigan, BTW, so similar climate to Ohio (maybe even a bit colder winters)... 😉
Therapists are there to help you work through your 💩. As long as you don't say something about hurting yourself, someone else, or doing something illegal, their reaction ought to help you in one way or another. ❤️🩹