This has been a quiet day at home. I took another chair nap this afternoon. I got sleep last night but have never felt like I woke all the way up today.
I got the check from Max’s bank that closed out his two banking accounts. That was a process to get that accomplished. Grateful that is done. Now all I have left that I know about is to get the funds from the Series EE savings bond I sent in. I need to schedule a date with my brothers and sister to go scatter his ashes someday soon.
Got another donation in the mail for the Chase County Detention Detainees project. This one came from a lady in MD that had sent a check earlier. She sent a note saying this donation was from one of her friends back east. How very generous of them to share with us.
Not feeling very energetic or motivated today. Grateful to get one more thing crossed off my pending list. Not too many things left on the list.
The lady that came yesterday was to have called us this afternoon but she didn’t call. Not sure if she decided it was a waste of time as she discovered Kathy wouldn’t qualify for the program she was screening her for or what. I think we answered most of her questions yesterday so maybe she was able to complete her task without needing more information. It would have been nice if she had called to let us know what was happening though.
No plans for the weekend. I might go in to see the Healing Wall that is set up in Emporia. I have seen the real deal in DC which is one of my favorite war memorial sites in DC. Somehow the Vietnam War didn’t touch me when I was growing up as I don’t know any veterans that died in the war. I was disconnected from the news back then and was ignorant of world affairs. Kathy was an Army nurse during the Vieteam era but she never went overseas.
Next week I have my annual so called physical on Wednesday and Kathy has an appointment in KC at the Memory Care Clinic in KC. We are going to meet Nicole for lunch before her appointment. I didn’t call today about the beef but know it will be done by then so plan on taking Nicole’s portion to her when we go to KC next Thursday. I will have to run to Olpe Thursday morning to pick up the half of beef, sort it and take it to the three other people that are getting a share of it before I go to KC. Maybe it won’t be quite so warm Thursday and the beef will remain frozen while I am transporting it all to its new homes.
The following Monday I have an appointment with the lady plumber (surgeon) in KC. I will finally find out what they can do for my prolapse. It will be good to know what they can do and get the healing underway. Two trips to KC in five days is not my favorite thing to do but that is the way things fell on the schedule.
I had sent a note Monday to the Captain and the lady I am working with at the Detention Center and didn’t hear back from either one. Today the Captain got back to me and let me know he has been at a conference all week and the lady I work with has been on vacation. I am grateful he reached out and let me know why I hadn’t heard from them. They are to get back in touch with me the first of next week and let me know if they have any new needs for the project. I think they have plenty of stamps to last them a couple more weeks.
This has been one of those days that nothing feels important or urgent. I feel half asleep and brain foggy. Maybe my body needed a complete day of rest. I haven’t really been doing much so not sure why that is but sometimes the path of least resistance is to go with the flow and listen to my body. It is usually wiser than my brain is.
There was a post on Facebook today that said “The greatest act of resistance is to remain rooted in love when the world demands your hate”. It is credited to Ella Hicks. That resonates deeply with me. It is easy to get pulled off center and into the pits of hate and name calling these days. It still feels not enough to stay rooted in love yet when I think of the world where the majority are rooted in love I know it would change everything.
Grateful for a day of rest, grateful Max’s bank account is closed, and grateful for being grounded in love most of the time.