A non-productive day so far. I can’t think of anything I have gotten done yet. I did do chores and putting the lid on the watering container didn’t go well. I had a headache before I went down to the coop and it was throbbing by the time I came back up. I put myself in time-out and took a two hour nap. The headache is gone and I am in a better mood. That was easy!
I took five calls on the hot line last night. Two were suicidal clients, one client didn’t engage, and the other two were teenage problems. It does feel good to spend two or three hours a day being useful to someone else again. I only took one call at a time. We had clients waiting but somedays I can handle two at a time and some days I can’t. I don’t want to overwhelm myself and put pressure on myself and burn out again.
Still haven’t finished my Christmas cards although I am getting close. Another couple nights of working on them and most will be ready to go. I am putting together a new address book of sorts so I don’t have to look up addresses every time I want to send someone a note. I didn’t put them in any sort of order so may go back and alphabetically arrange it when I get done with my cards. I need to add phone numbers and email addresses if I have those with it too.
We had a nice dinner last night. The steaks were cooked perfectly. Not sure it ever felt like Thanksgiving to me but that is OK. Zooming with Jim’s sons and their partners was fun. Made us miss them though. Damn COVID! We will so appreciate being able to visit friends and family even more when this is all over.
I have some hamburger thawed out for dinner tonight but not sure what I am going to do with it. Since it is fairly nice out I may just grill burgers. It will be too cold soon to do so and I love burgers from the grill. Add a nice veggie and dinner is done. It almost feels like cheating to me though as it is such an easy meal.
I ordered a heating pad for my chicken’s metal watering cans today. I am so tired of fighting with the plastic bucket’s lid and getting water splashed on my legs. I also ordered a gadget that automatically turns the light and heater on when the temperature falls below 35. Sometimes we unplug it on nice days and forget to get it plugged back in before dark. When that happens the chickens don’t all go back into the coop at night and we have to catch them and put them in when we lock up the coop.
I checked with the grandkids to see if they needed treats. One said yes and the other said no. Guess I get to decide. Not sure what they want this time. Not sure if they need treats. If the mood hits I may bake something. I have been in the mood to make cinnamon rolls so may make those tomorrow and take a pan to the kiddos and a pan to Jason. I can cut a few out of each pan for Jim.
Need to go down to my yarn stash and get yarn to start making blankets. It is cool enough now that I can have a heavy blanket on my lap while I knit. I do better when my hands stay busy. They make nice Christmas presents too. I have some home spun yarn that someone is sending me with a request for me to knit some hats. That will be fun to do – I love knitting with real home spun yarn.
Jim and I are trying to figure out how to help our neighbors that may be hungry. We keep seeing in the news the amount of people that are visiting food banks for the first time and how at least 1 out of 8 families are in a food insecure time. I prefer doing hands on type of help and Jim prefers sending money. I don’t personally know anyone that is in that situation. We will keep our eyes and hearts open and see what happens.
Monday is full moon day. It feels like it will be a powerful one this time. I can already start to feel the pull of it. Sometimes the best thing I can do is sit with my emotions and allow them to talk to me and be felt. When I can do that they tend to pass through quickly and don’t pull up a chair and stick around a bit. December is traditionally a hard month for me and I need to attend to what arises. 24 more days until the days will start to get longer each day.
Grateful for a nice, quiet, non-traditional Thanksgiving, grateful for time-outs that turn into a long winter’s nap, and grateful for the abundance in my life.