I made a video today showing how to make dog treats by dehydrating sweet potatoes and butternut squash. I thought it would be fun to make the video outside under our canopy.  The first video went well until I watched it and realized I cut off my head.  Not so good.  The next video was better, but I repeatedly called butternut squash, acorn.  I’m not sure what I was thinking.  I decided to stick with that take and would correct the mistakes in editing.  The main issue, I think, is my ego.  I’ve been taking prednisone, a steroid, to try to bring my arthritis under control.  The one side effect that really makes me crazy is what’s called a “moon face.”  That’s when your face is round, and I mean really round.  The bottom portion of your face really looks odd and I absolutely hate it.  I know that the medicine is helping me, but can’t stand to look at myself in a mirror, let alone watch myself on video.  I have to get past it because it’s who I am right now and I just have to let it go.  I wish I had taken a moment in the video to talk about my moon face and let people know it’s a fact of life when you are dealing with health issues like mine.  Maybe I’ll just put a note on the screen that explains it.  Sounds like I’m chickening out.  Possibly, probably. Ok, I’m a chicken. I tried to find the origin of “chickening out,” but the website wouldn’t allow me to copy and paste the information here.  Basically, chickens were considered scrawny, therefore it only makes sense that if you don’t want to fight, you were considered a chicken. There was a lot more information, but that’s the gist of it.  Cluck if you understand.

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