Another day of quarantine almost over. Haven’t done much to write about today. I slept in a bit later than normal and I took a nap this afternoon. Worked on making more masks and fixed dinner. Not sure what happened to the rest of the day.
I have a crustless chicken pot pie baking in the oven. I’m going to try real food tonight. It has cheese in it so we will see how this goes. Last time I tried dairy it didn’t go well.
Jim has been working on building the second desk. He has had frustrations putting on the legs but I think he almost has that part done now. Once the legs are on the rest is easy – relatively speaking, of course.
I took five calls on the text line last night. None of them were remarkable – most were teenagers having a crisis of sorts. Most just needed someone to listen to them and tell then they are OK. Since I took a nap I will probably get on the line tonight and lend a hand. We have been busy lately and have a lot fewer volunteers than we did for a while. There is rarely a wait time now to get a caller. I prefer only handling one call at a time but if they get really busy then I attempt two. That drains me though so I have to see where my energy level is and don’t do it if I am already getting tired.
I broke down and turned the AC back on this afternoon. It was 86 inside and that is too hot. I wanted to turn the oven on to bake the pot pie and didn’t want to be too hot while we ate dinner. With the solar panels it won’t cost be anything to turn the AC on. I’ll turn it back off when it cools down tonight but will probably turn it back on tomorrow as it is to be in the low 90’s. It is to cool down after that so probably won’t need it again this season.
No plans for the weekend. I’m sure I will be making more masks and doing more cleaning. Routine stuff around here. I will get out of quarantine Sunday so if I decide to go to town I can go. Tuesday we are going to Wichita to get a new battery for my iPhone. It will be good to take a little road trip and get out of the house.
Feeling OK today. A bit concerned about my temperature. It hasn’t gone over 100 but it is back in the upper 99’s. It had dropped to my normal of 97.2 for a couple of days but has gone back up. Hoping it doesn’t mean anything. I’m not prepared emotionally for round 3 of C Diff and not sure how I would handle it. We will see how this unfolds.
Wish the baby chickens would go in at night by themselves. Every night we have to catch 6 – 12 of them and put them inside. If we wait until it is dark they are easy to catch but it is a pain to do so. I’m going to try to remember to turn the heat lamp on a bit earlier tonight and see if the light will draw them in.
I have hit fatigue with all the political stuff. I am becoming numb to the antics of both parties and have little hope for change. I will be very glad when this election is over. Trusting that what is in the best interest of the country will prevail.
Grateful for the smell of the pot pie coming from the oven as I type, grateful for AC on a hot autumn day, and grateful for the extra sleep I got today.