Phil got the siding done on the addition. It is ready for me to start painting it. From the outside the addition will almost look done.
I went to Emporia this morning as I needed to get a new door lock for the back door. The old one needs a key to change the handle position and I have no idea where the key is.
I went to Commercial Street Diner for breakfast. I think this is my favorite restaurant of all times. The service is always great and I have never had a bad meal. As a bonus my favorite waitress waited on me today.
I needed to get two gallons of paint for the outside of the addition. I stopped at Sherwin Williams but they weren’t the ones I had gotten the paint from. I stopped and went through the car wash and then went to True Value. They had the paint I needed.
While they were mixing the paint I looked at the home stuff. I found a cross body purse for the trip to India. I love the purse I carry but my phone does not fit in it well. I found a small purse that my phone will fit in nicely.
After I paid for the paint and purse I went to Walmart to get some roses for tomorrow. I also got a small wallet to put my credit cards and cash in while I use the cross body bag on the trip.
Then I went to Sutherland’s and got a new door lock. I had taken the old one to Midwest Locksmith to see if they could get into it without the key but Greg called me and said no go. I was in the isle looking at the new door locks and the one I wanted was on the top shelf and pushed back a bit. A young family happened to walk up the isle. The dad was carrying a little 4 year old on his shoulders. Between the two of them they were able to reach what I needed. Helpers are everywhere!
Came home and when I went to go in the front door the door handle fell off. Turns out you need a key to the lock to turn it so you can fasten the hidden screw. Dang! Now I need another door lock. Luckily Phil was here working and he put the new door lock I had just bought on the front door and I ordered another one for the new back door from Amazon. Amazon is much cheaper!
Took a nap after I brought in the paint from the car. I had lots of trouble finding sleep last night. The steroids caused my face to flush and I was wired to go. Not sure I got more than two hours of sleep all night. I am grateful I was able to sleep some this afternoon. Maybe tonight I will be over the effect of the steroids and get good sleep.
The Cardiologist office called today to give me the results of the CT Scan. They read what I read from the report. Nice of them to call though – sometimes my regular doctor’s office forgets to do that.
I sent a note to my Endocrinologist to see if she can treat something the CT scan showed. She said I needed to go to a GI doctor. I had asked her for a recommendation but she didn’t say anything about that in her note back. I was surprised when a GI Doctor’s office called me this afternoon as a result of the referral she had sent in. My appointment isn’t until January but I am impressed that she referred me and that they called on the same day. Man, doctors are booked these days! There must be a shortage of doctors.
I forgot to get a gallon of the trim white paint so will have to pick some of that up next week. I am working the book sale Tuesday afternoon so will get some then if I don’t get to town before then.
Tomorrow is the rally. Really trusting that some people will show up for it. I am excited for it and anxious to see who comes. We start at 2:00 at 421 Plum St in Cottonwood Falls if anyone wants to come join us. We are doing a meditation and then scattering throughout the community being Love in Action. Kathy is going to have a fire going for us to circle around for our meditation. Trusting the rain will come before or after and it will be nice for the event. Guess we could use the empty new room if needed.
Sunday and Monday I hope to get the outside of the addition painted. Phil said he would paint the high stuff. I hate painting over my head. I get dizzy when I have to tilt my head back to see what I am doing.
Still sitting in awe of how the Love in Action holiday projects are almost funded. I had committed to doing them knowing I had the funds on hand but also knowing that if additional funds didn’t come in the project would have to wind down. I guess it is meant to continue on into the New Year and beyond. I will keep it going for as long as needed and funds continue to support it. The generosity of my fellow humans is much appreciated and a very positive thing in these hard days for many.
I got my Plan D drug insurance chosen and finalized for next year. I still need to do Kathy’s. I chose one that doesn’t cost anything and they will cover my three prescriptions for no cost next year. Still not sure how they do that but I will take advantage of it. None of the plans available cover my liquid thyroid medication. I will continue to buy it out of pocket and out of insurance coverage directly from the manufacturer of the drug.
I accepted an offer to sell the last rental house I own. The offer is much lower than I wanted but I want to get rid of that house before the end of the year. If I get it sold, this will be the last year of income taxes I will have to pay someone to do my taxes. Next year I will only have this house so no depreciation to deal with. Man it will feel good to be out of the rental house and only have this house to manage. The rentals were great investments but I want to simplify my life and what I am responsible for.
Grateful the rally is tomorrow, grateful the last rental house is under contract and grateful for long naps after a night of little sleep.