This has been a quiet day at home. I am still in my pajamas as I had no where to go today and no one was coming over.
I did send a letter to all that have volunteered to be a Pen Pal to the Detainees being held at the Chase County Detention Center. They need to respond and send me their mailing address and agree to follow the guidelines.
I am struggling to figure out how we are to communicate with the Detainees. I think the Center uses a service to handle correspondence with the Detainees but can’t figure out which one. I sent emails asking for more information and how the process works but so far haven’t gotten the information I need. I will go up there Monday if I haven’t figured it out before.
I checked several different web pages and find conflicting information about how to correspond with the Detainees. The Captain asked that we not send physical mail. Uhmmm… wonder how the families figure this all out.
I’m anxious to get the letters to the Pen Pals so that program can begin. They can’t respond until I figure out how they do that. Round and round I go. I seem to spend lots of time chasing my tail these days.
No plans for tomorrow except for doing some house cleaning. The kids and grands are coming Sunday for lunch. I will bake a cake Sunday morning. I already have the BBQ and potatoes ready to heat as I am serving leftovers from the Singing Our Resistance event. I will make some green beans and call it good.
We had a thunderstorm roll through during the night. Got several rounds of rain but I don’t think it all added up too much. Didn’t see many puddles of water anywhere today. It has been cloudy and cool today with misty rain coming and going – mainly going. We are forecast to get more rain through the rest of the weekend. We need rain so can’t complain.
I stepped outside during the night and the smell of smoke after the first rain was heavy. I still smell smoke in the air. We need a couple inches of rain to clear the smoke out.
I have ants back in the kitchen. I fought them all last year. Anyone have any knowledge about how to get rid of them. Everything I tried last year didn’t work. I tried getting a professional to come out and didn’t have any luck. One guy wanted almost $1,000 to deal with them. I hate those little buggers.
Monday I am working the Friends of the Library Spring book sale from 3:00 – 6:00. Thursday I go to Topeka to the specialist to check out the stone in my pancreas duct. I have had a tummy ache for about a week now that never completely goes away. No fever, no loss of weight, no chills so don’t think it is pancreatitis. I’ll keep an eye out for it and see if I can wait till Thursday before I need it checked out.
It will feel funny next week not doing taxes. Hoping the IRS will get my 501(c)3 application listed so I can file taxes for Love in Action. If they don’t, I am not sure what I am supposed to do.
Haven’t been able to read beyond the headlines of the news today. I need to refill myself before I can do that as the news would drain me today. The headlines can be very misleading so not sure what has happened in the world.
Grateful for a quiet day at home, grateful for the rain we did receive, and grateful I will figure out the Pen Pal thing sooner or later.