It has been a quiet stay at home day. I slept in this morning as I had trouble falling asleep last night. I feel more rested today than I have for a couple of days.
I made a meat loaf, baked potatoes and corn for dinner tonight. I am attempting to cook real food again. I wish I was better at using up leftovers. I do enjoy a home cooked meal but forget to plan and make them.
I worked on the Love in Action year-end numbers today. We raised over $8,100 plus approximately $10,000 worth of stuff was donated directly to the Center. Not bad for less than six months. Still waiting on the EIN number so I can open a bank account and set up a new Venmo number. It will be fun to see where this all goes in the New Year.
After the first of the year I will proceed with the project of transporting Detainees that get released. I also want to do a special Valentine’s project for the Detainees. Not sure what the Captain will allow me to do but I have a couple of ideas of things we can do to ask permission for.
It reached over 70 degrees here today. By Monday the high is to be in the 30’s. Gotta love Kansas weather – you never know what you are going to get.
No plans for the weekend. I am still working on the addition and getting the shelves better organized. I got a few small containers to put things in. I have used a couple and still have a few more available. They are see through so I can easily figure out what is in them.
Nothing on my calendar for next week. Ellexia and I are going to have a girls day out one day but other than that nothing planned. I have lots of empty space for the next couple of weeks. Right now that feels comfortable, although that can change. I hit the ground running when I came home from India and Nepal the end of November and it finally feels like I am caught up.
I need to give some thought about the word I want to choose for next year. Every year I pick one and it helps me focus on my inner awareness. I’m sure it will come to me soon.
I feel like I am back to my observer role of my life. I feel oddly detached from what is going on. Hard to describe the feeling but it is easier to be more objective from this place.
Grateful for a home cooked meal tonight, grateful for all the donors to Love in Action, and grateful for this peaceful valley I am in.