A Pal In Need

When it comes to being a full time content creator, not every moment of your life is fireworks. Sometimes it is some behind the scenes stuff, where you are just trying to stay sorted out. That is what is happening in this picture. That is my best pal George. I freakin' love that dog.

While being a giant human (6'5" 270 lbs) sometimes I get my self into trouble by doing something that I shouldn't. I work as a farm hand here in Northern Michigan, I make custom knives, and I am a homesteader (in my heart)...so I am always into something. Sometimes it isn't even that I have done something wrong per se, but maybe it is just that I need to do a little self care.

Years ago, allllll the way back in 2016 I tore a muscle in my low back. I am completely healed now! Praise Jesus. But it was at that time that Stacie D (@freedomtowrite) told me that I needed to start thinking like a smaller man. You know, how would someone else put a tree in the back of a trailer if they couldn't just pick it up. So that is what I am doing now.

I have shifted my focus from just grunting through something, to stopping and thinking it through. Not that I am getting too old to do it, but I am getting too smart to do it. I think there may be a bit of physical wisdom leaking it haha, and I hope it does before it is too late.

I regularly practice yoga to keep my muscles long and loose. Stacie D helps me with massage and trigger point therapy. I also roll on a foam roller to keep my back loose. That's what I am doing in this picture. The foam roller is good to us. It is a part of our family. It is our masseuse, and we have named her Olga.

I was right in the middle of stopping to take care of myself and George apparently needed me more. So he came right up to me and just cuddled right in. Normally I love to cuddle, but dang right in the middle of rolling. He is amazing. He can always sense when I need something, and it is mostly emotional support. He has amazing energy.

I often talk about how he is my unofficial service dog. He helps me when my energy is too messed up. He takes it from me, and helps me stay sorted. I'm not sure that all of the cuddles are always for me. Maybe sometimes they are for him. Sometimes he just needs me. So that's why I titled this A Pal In Need. It doesn't even mean that it was me, but we are pals and we take care of each other!

Be well
~The Yeti

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