It is a wintery day on the prairie today. We didn’t get much snow but the wind has been in a big hurry all day. Our weather station clocked several 50 – 55 MPH wind gusts. There is a fog or haze on the horizon. Not a day to be outside if you can avoid getting out.
I worked on my tax prep folder today. I got the rental properties information gathered. Three of the four properties had a good year. One barely broke even due to needing a new HVAC and lots of little repairs. They add up quickly over a year’s time. I called my accountant with a question and now have to gather more information for the Airbnb but that will help reduce my tax liability. I’ll work on that another day.
Gave myself my shots after taking a Benadryl 30 minutes before I injected myself. The Benadryl made me very sleepy so had to take a long nap this afternoon. I now feel like I have a bad hangover and could go back to sleep. I had trouble again getting the shot to discharge. One of the sites has a black and blue mark and the other is a tad bit swollen. Wonder how long it will be before this becomes routine and easy. I think the old fashioned shot would be easier than these new ones that inject automatically.
The walk down to the chicken coop was darn right cold this morning. The girls went outside to eat the oats and then went right back in. When Jim went down with water this afternoon they were all inside so he locked them up so he doesn’t have to go down after dinner. The girls gave me 17 eggs this morning.
I got the new blanket I want to made cast on the needles last night. Feels good to have this new project started. I haven’t knitted yet today. I think I am too sleepy to knit this evening. It may be a very early bath and bedtime for me tonight.
Still haven’t decided what to do with the hamburger I have thawed for tonight’s dinner. I might make gravy train for Jim and a plain hamburger for me. I should have made a soup this morning in the crock pot. It is a soup eating type of day.
Jim is out dumping the compost and getting the mail. He likes cold weather better than I do. Once I get cold I have a hard time getting warm again.
Today is my brother Chad’s 66th birthday. It is hard to think of my siblings as being in their 60’s and 70’s. I still don’t feel 67 most days. Where has the time gone?
I took 9 calls on the hot line last night. Several were hard to know what to do or what to tell them. We are not allowed to give advice and on several of them that was so tempting to do. I doubt I get on tonight since I am not feeling on top of my game. I only have 5 more hours of my 200 hour commitment to go. I’ve handled almost 400 calls during those hours. Still debating what I am going to do when my 200 hour commitment has been met. I’m not sure if I want to keep my regularly scheduled shifts or just hop on when the mood strikes.
The news about the vaccines is not good today. I am mentally preparing myself that it will be the end of March before we get our first shots. Jim is thinking the end of February. We will see who comes closest. Nothing really changes when we get our shots for a bit anyways. I’m still thinking no travel this year and Jim is thinking we will get to go somewhere this fall. Again, time will tell.
My mind is in slow motion this afternoon. Hard to capture a thought long enough to act on it. It may be a challenge fixing dinner. It is probably a good thing I don’t drink as I would not be a good drunk or handle a hangover very well.
Grateful the shots got done today, grateful for my brother Chad, and grateful the tax prep is halfway done.