Had an unexpected guest last night. The guest that I extended late check-out privilege to had a long day yesterday due to the rain delay. He decided to go ahead and spend another night. He came in after I went to bed at midnight. I had told him I didn’t have anyone needing his room for Sunday night. I was surprised to see him this morning! He is a sweet kid and I’m glad he felt comfortable staying another night.
My other guest works for the State Department. She was most pleasant and we enjoyed visiting with her as we sat in the swings and enjoyed the sunset last night. She was hoping to see the stars but there was too much cloud cover for her to see most of them.
Both were gone before 10:00 this morning. I stripped the two beds and threw a load of laundry in the washer then went into town to get some groceries. The sheets are now drying and the towels are washing. One more guest tomorrow night then I will have a break from guests for over a week except for my long-term boarder. After the guest leaves Wednesday I need to hand-scrub that bedroom and bathroom floor. I have two sore knees from yesterday – I rubbed blisters on both knees. I ended up hand-scrubbing the coffee-room too as it was really dirty. Still need to do the great room downstairs – maybe I can do that Wednesday after I get the bedroom and bathroom done.
It is nice to have lots of empty space on my calendar this week. Hopefully I will have some extra energy and get some extra cleaning done for the next wave of guests coming in. I have three weeks booked already in August.
Got 1/2 inch of rain yesterday afternoon and only light sprinkles this morning. Every drop helps. Slight chance of rain yet later today and tomorrow. I invite the rain to come stay and play on the prairie.
Had to buy store eggs today. My last guest wanted to fix eggs this morning and I only had one egg left in the basket. I walked down to the chicken coop while it was raining this morning and picked up another egg for him. I am fixing stuff for Pioneer Bluffs for Saturday and didn’t have enough eggs for what I want to fix and take there. Hopefully we will get enough from my chickens so I can have real eggs for breakfast everyday. The chickens have cut their egg production to about half of what I was getting when it wasn’t so hot. With the water restrictions I haven’t been running the sprinkler in their pen to help them stay a bit cooler. My guests sure enjoy eating fresh, country eggs for their breakfast.
I didn’t sleep very much last night so may end up taking a nap today. I was up from 3:00 to 6:00 this morning and was finally able to get two more hours of sleep before I got up at 8:00. Getting harder for me to manage my day on only four or five hours of sleep. It is a cloudy, damp day out and is perfect weather for napping.
Feeling a bit of restlessness for the first time in a long time. I know what it is from and am using it to remind me to stay present and not get ahead of myself. Sometimes I am able to stop the monkey chatter for a bit the restlessness causes. I’ll take that as a sign of personal growth. My mantra right now is “right here – right now – all is well”. What more can a person ask for?
Grateful for pleasant and fun guests, grateful for the bit of rain the prairie received yesterday, and grateful for every egg my chickens decide to gift me with.