Rain? Snow? Dry? All of the above? I woke up to hearing hard rain falling. Went back to sleep and when I woke up again I thought the rain had stopped. Looked outside and we were getting snow. That has moved on and now it is dry. More rain/snow is predicted for the rest of the day and overnight.
It was a mud fest going down to take care of the chickens. Definitely needed my muck boots today. The girls gave me 12 eggs on this wet, cold January morning.
I called and rescheduled my MRI and exercise test with KU. The lady said I was on her list for her to call me to reschedule. I was thinking about driving up this afternoon but I checked radar and the road between here and there was getting snow so decided to stay home and reschedule. I will try again next week.
The watering can for the chickens seems to not be holding water – or else they are drinking lots of extra water. I will keep an eye on it and will need to get a new one if it isn’t holding water. Eggs are mainly water and the chickens won’t lay eggs if they don’t have enough water. I had thought about going into Strong City this morning to get one until I saw the snow coming down. I am a big chicken these days when it comes to getting out on icky roads. Just don’t do it unless I absolutely have to.
My neighbor came up to get some eggs. She said V Rd was slick today. V Road used to be a nice gravel road but the gravel seems to have disappeared lately. It is much muddier than it ever used to be.
Haven’t gotten anything done yet today. It is a good day to sit and guess what the weather is going to do. I had left my vacuum out thinking I would get the hallway and entry way cleaned today. I still might but it hasn’t sounded important enough to motivate me to do it yet. When I get tired of sitting, I will get at it.
Kathy sent me a text and asked me to feed Louis. I’m grateful she chose to stay inside where it was warm and not get out to do something I could easily do. She doesn’t have a garage where she is housesitting so she would have had to clean her car off. Silly to do that when she had an option to stay in.
I have a meeting to go to in Emporia Wednesday evening at 6:45 if the roads are good by then. It will probably get canceled if they aren’t good. I don’t like driving at night these days and avoid it when I can.
We are to get bitter cold by the end of the week with the high in the single digits. I don’t like that cold of weather. It gets scary just walking down to take care of the chickens when it is that cold. Come on Spring! I am ready for you.
Nothing on my calendar other than the possible meeting Wednesday night until the Five Wishes Workshop Saturday. Not expecting many to come as it is going to be very cold that day. I will schedule another one sometime in February, hopefully when the weather is a bit warmer. One never knows in KS what to expect.
I do need to get to Emporia either late this week or Monday of next week to sign insurance papers so I can obtain new house and car insurance. Hopefully, things will clear out soon and it will be easy to get to town. May have to skip going to the Chiropractor this week but that is no big deal. Grateful I got groceries yesterday.
Winter is a good time to turn inward and do some reflections and shadow work. Might as well use this cue from Mother Nature and get some extra rest and quiet time. She seems to be reminding me that this time of isolation is needed for my soul right now. Sometimes it is hard for me to sit with my self and allow myself to feel whatever needs to come up.
Grateful I can stay home and be warm and cozy on this winter day, grateful KU was able to reschedule my appointment tomorrow so I can stay home, and grateful for this empty space time of peace, quiet and isolation.