It's about 45 degrees out and rainy and I'm walking my dogs in the cemetery - I think I have a problem. I'm all bundled up and wearing my new boots that I got just for this. I am so hoping to hold off on the "too cold to walk" as long as I can, and as long as they're enjoying it I don't mind. They are starting to tell me now when they're done, unlike during the summer when I'd have to drag them to the car after an hour and a half. I'm already limited to taking them on my days off since it's now too dark by the time I get them out after work. Soon enough we'll have to stop, until then I'm going to squeeze as much in as I can. What have I become? Winter is giving me anxiety for a completely different reason than usual this year. My medicine still seems to be doing alright, I'm a bit tired most days and occasionally achey, mostly in my legs, but otherwise it's not too bad. I don't really notice a huge difference in how I feel but I must have more energy because I've cleaned out spots in my car that are like a time capsule from 2009 and I've been accomplishing more on my days off. I've changed my schedule by waking up earlier unintentionally and going food shopping before walking Cooper which frees up the rest of my day. It's so nice. I've even been eating healthier, which I never really ate all that much bad stuff before but I'm eating more fruits and vegetables because I actually have the energy and motivation to take the time to clean them or cut them up or cook them. And since I have that stuff I don't need to stop for food from Dunkin' Donuts every day. Also my roommate gave me this book to read called The Lyme Diet, which isn't even so much a "Lyme" diet as just healthy eating in general. Still, so far it's given me some good tips to try. I had kefir for the first time this week, now I'm trying to figure out where to buy flax seeds. I found some at the grocery store but it was $7 for 12 little packets and I think I can do better than that. I'll probably look at the health food store, next time I get a chance to get there. My heart hasn't been doing that thing it was doing nearly as much lately. I did start taking magnesium every day, so I don't know if it's that or if the antibiotic has anything to do with it. Either way it's been happening maybe once a day if that so that's cool. If that timeline for tinidazole that I found online is correct, which so far it's been pretty accurate, I'll soon be heading in to the "EXTREME DEPRESSION" stage. I'm not worried, I can deal with that and especially knowing why it's happening makes it easier to understand. A lot of Lyme treatment seems to be just riding out the bad stuff, knowing that it has to be that way in order for the good stuff to happen. Anyway, it's just a timeline I found through google, it doesn't necessarily mean anything...