Went to Council Grove late morning and met a dear friend for lunch. We ended up visiting for over three hours! It is always a good day when I get to have a deep, soul-to-soul conversation with a friend.
I stopped at the grocery store in Council Grove afterwards and picked up a few things. I love the service at that store as the clerks are usually very friendly and someone carries your groceries to your car.
Came home and took a long chair nap. Not sure I will sleep tonight as my nap was way too long. Not sure why I was so tired but I must have been.
The doctor’s nurse, that is doing my surgery January 15, called and left me a message. I have to be at the hospital at 6:30 now instead of 8:30. Dang, now I will have to leave by 4:15 in the morning. I might go up the night before and sleep in a hotel near the hospital so I can get more sleep. Guess I will be sleeping most of the day of surgery so not sure it matters but leaving at 4:15 will be very inconvenient and early for Jason who is going to take me.
Tomorrow I have some friends coming for Happy Hour at 3:00. It will be nice to see my friends this week. Love when we can find the time to gather and visit.
No other plans for the rest of the week. The stores will get too busy for me to be out and about so will plan on staying home for a couple of days. One day next week I want to take Ellexia to KC for the day so we can go shopping and have lunch with her Aunt Nicole. We did that last year and had a fun girl’s day out.
One day this week I will write up a year end review for Love in Action and report the final year’s numbers. I need to remember to call my attorney tomorrow and see what the status of the paperwork for the nonprofit is. I keep forgetting to call.
I am embracing this time of respite and quiet. Working to tie up all my pending projects so I can go into the New Year with a clean and empty slate. My pending list is getting empty. Maybe I will see how long I can keep it empty just like my spending freeze. A long time ago empty space would have terrified me. I have changed and now embrace it.
Grateful for time with a friend, grateful for old-fashioned grocery stores, and grateful for empty space.