The baby chicks are growing and all are still alive. Had to turn the heat lamp off today as the coop was getting too hot. When I went down to check their water late afternoon most were laying flat out and sleeping. They all woke up though when I reached for the watering containers. They will get easier to take care of when I can put the bigger water container out. It is too tall for them to reach into it now. They survived the brief thunderstorm we had last night. Ended up not getting much rain but the wind blew up to 40 MPH for a bit.
Jim’s youngest son requested I send him 50 more face masks. He and his girlfriend are well connected into the under served community and they see a need for them. I got 30 made today and had made 20 yesterday so I can get a box fixed up for them and put it in the mail tomorrow.
Went to the doctor this afternoon. I have been fighting a vaginal infection and it was driving me crazy. They could work me in this afternoon so I went in. I have my physical Wednesday but decided not to fight with this for three more days. Trusting the medication he prescribed will work quickly. CVS was very slow filling the scripts but I waited it out and finally got home.
Took a short nap in my chair this afternoon. I woke up at 5:30 this morning and couldn’t go back to sleep so got up. Felt good to get a bit of a nap this afternoon. Jim is taking a nap now. When he wakes up I will fix dinner. We are having our weekly clean out the refrigerator dinner tonight. We have some left over chili and Shepherd’s pie. Might even have some scalloped potatoes and ham and who knows what else. It will be a bit of this and a bit of that for dinner tonight.
Haven’t gotten much else done today. Jim went into town and got some supplies to fix the chicken coop and picked up a few groceries we needed. It has been another lazy day on the prairie today.
Don’t have anything on the calendar for tomorrow either. I seem to be stringing together lots of do nothing days. Wednesday and Thursday I have doctor appointments but other than that nothing much going on. I really need to get going on my wish to do list and get some things knocked off of it. Maybe I need to move them to my have to do list. Maybe that would help me find the motivation to get something done.
Michelle and Tim are eating left overs tonight too and didn’t need a meal today. They will let me know when they want another meal. Michelle seems to be feeling better although she is still weak and having some symptoms yet. I’m grateful her case was relatively mild although it was hard for her getting through it. Hopefully by the end of this week she will be getting her energy back and feeling more like herself. I keep hearing of people that have symptoms that linger for months and sure trust Michelle won’t have to deal with that.
Feeling a bit out of touch with others. I haven’t done a good job of writing letters lately and haven’t taken time to call others either. It is easy for me to isolate myself out here on the prairie and forget how needed it is for me to stay in touch with my friends. Maybe with Michelle on the mend I can get back into some sort of routine and do a better job of reaching out and connecting.
Grateful Michelle is recovering, grateful the doctor was in today and could see me, and grateful for left overs in the refrigerator so I don’t have to cook tonight.