This has been a quiet stay-at-home day. I cleaned out my freezer in preparation of the new beef arriving Thursday. I am taking some of the hamburger to Jason and Michelle tomorrow to make even more room.
The Sargent of the Detention Center sent me a request for a few items to add to the gift registry for the Detainees. I ordered four of the requested six hand held translators as they are a bit more expensive than most of the items I put on the registry and I had the funds to meet that need immediately. I put two on the registry and someone purchased one already.
I found the words to update the Love in Action project. I put it on the Love in action facebook page as well as in the group Be the Bear. Already several people have purchased additional items off the gift registry list. I so appreciate their purchases and support of this project.
The Captain called me this afternoon. He had been out of his office all week last week and wanted to touch base with me. He is amazed that items continue to come in. He told me that other offers to support the Detainees usually only last a few weeks and this one is still going strong. He did receive a box of things that he can’t accept so I need to stop by and pick those up and find another home for them. People are going to do what people are going to do!
We talked about phone cards for the Detainees and that doesn’t sound like we can make it work. It would take him about 15 minutes per detainees to make it work and that is asking too much as there are 148 detainees. We are both going to put on our thinking caps and come up with some other idea for Christmas time. I will put some Christmas cards on the gift registry the first of November so the Detainees can send cards. Maybe we will let them send four or five cards a week each during December.
Took another long afternoon nap today. Not sure why I get so tired mid-afternoon but I seem to find my best sleep during the afternoons. Not sleeping well at night most nights so I will take sleep whenever it finds me.
Jason called and invited me out to lunch tomorrow for my birthday. I needed to take hamburger in anyways so it will be fun to add going to lunch with him on my trip to town tomorrow.
Got a birthday card from a dear friend in the mail today and a donation of stamps from another person. Mail is more fun these days as donations of stamps, checks and cash keep coming in.
Kathy’s life insurance company that we are attempting to cancel a policy with called her yet again today. This is the fourth call they have made since they received our letter asking to cancel the policy. Each one has come from a different person and they all say this is the first time I have reached out. Wonder why they don’t get the message Kathy no longer needs the policy. It shouldn’t take four calls to hear that message.
We got a few sprinkles late morning. I was watching radar after I heard the rumbling of thunder. North and east of here got nice rains today but we were on the tail end of the system and barely got any. It added humidity to an already humid day and it was plenty hot this afternoon. We are to get a cool front coming in later this week and temperatures will be perfect next week with highs in the mid 70’s.
I was going to run to Wichita today but looked at my calendar and realized I have places to go the next three days and decided to stay home today. I have to go to KC next Monday to go to the lady plumber and can go early and stop then. Have a feeling after being out and about for the next three days I won’t want to go anywhere Friday, Saturday and Sunday. What I need from Costco can wait.
Tomorrow is a trip to Emporia to have lunch with Jason. Wednesday is my physical with my doctor. Thursday is a trip to KC. So much for empty space time this week! Luckily I should be able to stay home over the weekend.
It will be good to find out next week if I need surgery. I have lots of empty space on my calendar for September and if I don’t need surgery I need to find ways to fill some of it in.
Giving more thought to having the back porch torn off and replacing it with a new room plus a half bath. The old porch is in bad shape. The floor is not level and I’m afraid the freezer door is going to come open and I will lose what is in the freezer. The roof leaks and there is a draft that comes in under the door leading to the porch. It would be nice to have a bit more space and especially the second bathroom. I think when the property I have for sale in town sells, I will find a contractor and get that project started.
Feeling a bit empty today. These last couple of months have been mentally challenging for me and things are finally slowing down. I only have a few things left on my pending list and things will be handled. Needing to sit in the emptiness for a bit and let it remind myself of my beingness. It is easy to step out of that for me and not so easy stepping back in to it.
Grateful for the support the Detention Center, grateful for the relationship I am building with the Captain and Sargent of the Center, and grateful for sleep finding me this afternoon.