Had another one of those nights that sleep played hide and seek all night. It was hard to find and I got very little sleep.
I met Tagen a little before 10:00 this morning. We went to the Commercial Street Diner for breakfast. Food and service were outstanding as always.
Then we went to the car dealership. I didn’t like the deal Tagen had gotten and their inability to negotiate with me. I wanted it handled one way and they were set on their way. They hadn’t rolled the cost of the sales tax into the deal. I told them unless they changed that the deal was dead. They said no so we walked out.
We went to the Court House to change the title of the truck into Tagen’s name. The wait was about 30 minutes. The lady that helped us was very efficient and helpful. She made it easy for us.
I took Tagen home when we were done and then I headed for home. I remembered the Colorado peaches are here so I stopped at the peach stand on my way home and got a box of peaches. They aren’t ripe yet so have some time to work them up.
A lady from SE Kansas called to find out how I had gotten the Caption of the Detention Center to allow what he is allowing. We had a pleasant conversation. We both agree that people are looking for a tangible project that you can see the results immediately. We also agreed that we need to work with and not against the staff at the Detention Centers.
I got two more checks for the Love in Action project in the mail today. I had gotten one yesterday too. I got the thank you notes written this afternoon and they will go out in tomorrow’s mail. I took a small box of note cards up to the Detention Center this afternoon. The two people I wanted to talk to weren’t there today so I left the box of cards. In front of their door was a big pile of Amazon packages that they get to open and put into use. Christmas time in Chase County!
Tomorrow I am going to Topeka for the rally. I think Kathy is going to come with me if she is having a good day tomorrow. We will leave around 8:30 so we have time to stop and take a potty break before we go to the rally. We will probably have lunch somewhere afterwards and then head home.
I made a new rally sign for tomorrow. This one says Love in Action and has a big red heart on it. I strongly feel we have to quit with the hate and join all together in love.
The weather has been beautiful this week. So much cooler. I could get used to this cooler weather quickly.
I got a call from the Vital Statistic people about my request for my grandmother’s death certificate. Evidently they are not available for just anyone to order. She asked me some questions about my family and I must have given her the right answers as she said she would get it in the mail today. I need it so I can cash a Series EE saving bond that Max had. The bond also names my grandmother as she is the one that gave it to him. I need her D/C so I can get it cashed.
I feel like I have caught in a paperwork web for the last three months and I am struggling to get fully out of it. I think I am on the tail end of most of it but a few projects continue to linger. It felt good to get the transfer of the title of Tagen’s truck completed today.
After tomorrow I don’t have much on my calendar for next week. I still have a few pending things that I hope break open and I can wrap them up.
I’m tired this afternoon. Doing my best not to take a nap in hopes that if I go to bed early I will get some good sleep. Sleep seems to be hard to find for me again.
I need to take some time and go through my desk again and make a new pending list. I don’t want something important to get missed.
My realtor sent me a text today to tell me she has had several more showings of the house but no nibbles yet. Not sure what I want to do with it if it doesn’t sell and how much time to give it. The real estate market has certainly changed from a year ago.
Feeling a bit empty this afternoon. It will be good to have a quiet week next week. I feel some emotion that needs to be given breathing space and time to surface. It will be good to slow things down.
Grateful we got Tagen’s truck title transferred, grateful others might be expanding the Love in Action project to other facilities, and grateful for this beautiful cooler weather.