About 45 minutes after the football game last night my lights flickered on and off twice and then went out. The power was out for about two hours. I’m so grateful for my propane fireplace as it kept the living room nice and cozy until the power came back on.
I stayed up until the power came back on as I needed to take some preventative action steps if it didn’t come back on. It was bitter cold last night and the pipes would have frozen if the power was out all night.
That was some football game. It was fun to watch the Chiefs win. It went down to the last seconds of the game. Can’t ask for a more exciting game than that.
I went to Emporia this morning to drop off my taxes at my accountant’s office and to take the rental policy violation to my property manager. I don’t expect to hear anything back on my taxes for a couple of weeks. The property manager didn’t seem too excited about the violation notice. I asked her to let me know the outcome but wouldn’t take any bets that she will communicate with me. I’m not too impressed with her.
I got all the books out of my closet and moved to the bookcases downstairs. I also cleared some things off the shelving unit in the office and moved some of that stuff downstairs. I don’t like cluttered shelving and I had too much stuff on the one in the office. It felt good to get that little project taken care of and stuff moved downstairs. I still need to organize the books on the bookcase a bit but at least they are down where they belong now.
I put some chicken in the crock pot for dinner tonight. I haven’t fix a real dinner for a long time. It sure smells good. Just put some potato wedges in the oven to go with it. It will do me good to eat a good dinner for a change. Meals are still hard for me to eat alone. I love to cook but it is hard to cook for just one person.
Tomorrow it is to reach 27 and then start warming back up on Wednesday. I kinda like the 50’s better than the 20’s. Come on Spring!
I was talking to Jason today and I was telling him about my possible trip to Ireland and Scotland. He said he has always wanted to go to Ireland, Scotland and England. It made me think that since I am there, why not add a few days in England. I’m going to check on prices of getting to London from Edinburgh. I might as well add a few days to my trip and take in London too. I have always wanted to go there too. I don’t have a time line set yet and I don’t have to be home in a certain amount of time. If I am going to go, I might as well go big – right? It would be cheaper to go from Edinburgh to London and back to Edinburgh than it would be to come home and then go back to London another year.
I wonder if I can find a booking company that would book all three legs of my trip for me? I do need to make a decision and book if that is what I decide to do. The best deals are usually found way in advance. I don’t like last minute details on trips like this.
Nothing on my calendar for tomorrow or Wednesday. Thursday I am getting my teeth cleaned at the Vo-Tech. I have to be in Emporia at 8:00 am. Not sure what I was thinking when I scheduled that early in the day but I will deal. The girl that is doing the dental work for me this year is really good and fast.
Feel myself starting to come out of the funk I have been in for the last week. Still not totally out of it but I felt lighter and not so heavy-minded this morning. It helped that the sun came out today and brightened the prairie. I’m ready for the warm front that is headed out way to reach us by Wednesday. I don’t deal well with cold, cloudy days.
I’m grateful I have had this empty space time to give myself time and space to process my feelings and allow them to be heard. I trust it will help me heal from the abuse and trauma I went through over the last year.
Grateful for a Chief’s win, grateful the taxes are in the hands of the accountant, and grateful my spirits are lifting a bit.