Jim left for Stillwater around 4:00 this afternoon. He will be gone a week. The house feels so big and empty without him here.
He waited to leave as he had a zoom call scheduled for 3:00. The lady never sent him the credentials to get into the call and never called to say what was happening. A bit frustrating to have waited all afternoon for a call that didn’t happen.
The guy came to mow the tall grass on the property today. I enjoy watching him work. He will come flip it over in a day or two and then come the third time to bale it. I have some mowing to do now that I only do after the tall grass is cut. I don’t like this mowing job as the grass is tall, it is rocky, it will be dirty and dusty, and there will be lots of grasshoppers, turtles, and snakes to watch out for.
I worked on making masks for a bit today. I have 50 of them made so far and lots more bits and pieces to put together yet. Slowly but surely I am making another big pile of completed masks.
I went into town this morning to go grocery shopping. I didn’t think I had many things on my list but ended up spending way more money than I had planned to and got lots of things that were not on my list. Always feels good to have my weekly trip to town over and done with. I picked a good time to go to the store as it wasn’t busy while I was there. I was able to get in and out fairly quickly.
I have nothing on my calendar for the time Jim is gone. I have lots of things I may get done that are on my to-do list but nothing that has to be done. It will be interesting to see what I do with this empty space time. Feels like it has been a long time since I had a full week of empty space and no one around to share it with me.
I had invited a friend to come spend a night or two but she decided not to come. She is in the middle of a journey and felt like she needed to stay home. I have a few people I need to go visit so may do that one or two days this coming week.
I’m excited the baby chickens will be here soon. I had to buy eggs today. Looking forward to having a fresh supply again in my backyard.
Our beef will be ready a week from today. It will be nice to have a full freezer of beef to eat. Grocery store prices have become outrageous for beef. Not sure who is getting rich off of the prices they are charging but it isn’t the local rancher.
I’m sitting in my corner chair looking at my dirty house and trying to find some motivation to clean it. Sure wish it would stay clean longer than it does. I do love a clean house though. Hoping I find the motivation to get after it this week and get lots of detail cleaning done. We shall see what the week brings.
Grateful for the guy that mows my tall grass, grateful for empty space, and grateful for lots of options for me to choose from on how to spend my time.