Kathy and I both enjoyed a quiet, rainy day at home. I didn’t even get dressed today. For some reason this week has felt busy and a bit chaotic. We both needed a very quiet day at home.
I spent some time catching up on Facebook. Every time I post an update to the Love in Action project I get responses and comments. Some need a response and explanation of sorts. I am grateful that so far this time there have been no negative comments.
One person that has purchased several things off the Amazon gift list before had trouble with it today so she Venmo the money and I purchased what she wanted sent. Not sure what happened but sometimes Amazon has the hiccups and causes little glitches. Grateful we could find a work around.
Several people purchased things for the first time. I am grateful for the interest in this project and that it continues. The thank you notes that some of the detainees sent me seemed to touch the heart of the donors.
I am thinking about finding some volunteer pen pals for the detainees. Some of them are there longer than the usual 48 hours to two weeks. Some of them have no one to send a card too. I will have to be careful choosing the pen pals as I think it could cause some issues. I will continue to sit with that idea and see where it goes.
I want to get a small gift for the staff at the detention center. Did some looking today and may have found what I am looking for but want to keep looking. Whatever I get I need 70 of them so it can’t be something that is too expensive. I realized when I was up at the detention center that this project has impacted the staff in different ways. I want to thank them for the extra work this project has caused them.
I made a tuna noodle casserole for dinner tonight. I hadn’t had it for a long time and I needed some real food. It was good but I didn’t have any sour cream and it was a bit drier than I like. I don’t keep the same staples on hand that I used to when I cooked more.
Tomorrow I need to bake some cookies for a political event on Sunday. Haven’t decided what kind to make yet. I’ll check with Kathy and see if she is craving any special kind.
Sunday I have the political rally to go to if I can make myself go. I may just go drop off the cookies and not stay. I am struggling doing the people thing these days for some reason.
So far next week is full of empty space. Right now that feels wonderful but I also know that sitting at home for days and days is probably not good for me. Hard to be in service to others when I stay home all the time. Maybe something will show up for me and call me out of the house.
Realized today how much strength I lost the last couple of weeks due to lack of movement. I didn’t realize how bad I felt until I finally feel better. While I wasn’t feeling good, I really did very little. I need to find a way to start moving my body again. I need to get back into shape before the trip to India. I have two months for that. We will be doing lots of walking on the trip and I want to be ready for it.
Feeling a bit numb to the world right now. I feel like my range has tightened for some reason. I don’t remember this happening for a long time. Not sure if it is self protection of some sort or what. I know the energy is chaotic right now as we are entering eclipse season. I have been on a bit of a roller coaster for several months and maybe I need to pull in and tighten my range to help me through it. I’m sure, sooner or later I will figure it out.
Grateful for a quiet, rainy day, grateful for the wonderful response to the Love in Action Project, and grateful for empty space.