Gardening in the rain with Lupus

It's kind of a crazy sort of Lupus Love, but do you know that gardening with Lupus has actually taught me to love wet, muddy, nasty days in the garden? Oh ya. Big time. Here's why.

As most people know, the sun is not a friend of us “Lupies.” Oh, some of us absolutely love it. It just doesn't love us. Spending a lot of time in the sun can give us rashes, flare-ups and just generally make us tired as all get out. So, naturally, I chose gardening as a hobby. Ha ha ha.

Getting to the point now, don't despair. I used to absolutely dread gardening in the rain. Now, I love it just as much as I hated it. Why? Because I have more energy when the sun is not beating down on my head. That means I can get more done and still feel great afterward.

In other words, when I garden under a cloud cover, I feel almost normal. Today for instance, I filled up the buckets that I needed with soil in record time. It was almost like I wasn't sick at all! Oh sure, Lupus makes me tired, regardless of the weather. But to me, since I deal with that daily, gardening in the rain is a piece of strawberry shortcake. And I do love shortcake.

Always loved the rain too. Now I love it even more!

Thanks, Lupus!