This has been an interesting day. Neither one of us had much energy or much motivation to do anything again today. I think we have taken this relaxing thing too far and can’t seem to get back into the mode of actually getting stuff done.
Jim did make lots of phone calls today to change his mailing address. The modern technology makes this process very hard. The address in Strong City is 2374B V Road. People have a hard time getting that right.
I got the pieces I had cut out To make face masks pressed and put together ready to sew. I have about 100 more face masks to sew up when I get home later this week. That should keep me out of trouble for a bit.
I went to the grocery store to pick up a few things and mail a package of face masks to a friend. The line to get the package mailed was long but I didn’t want to go to the Post Office so I stuck it out and got it on its way.
I made a ham loaf for dinner tonight. It was good – I prefer meat loaf to ham loaf but Jim likes ham loaf better. Have lots of left overs though so will have to eat it a couple more meals this week.
Jim and I both have heavy hearts tonight with all the social unrest that is happening. We both trust that major change will happen as a result of all of this – change that is long overdue. Jim has an interesting perspective as he taught at a historical black college for over 30 years. He is helping educate me about racial relations and racism.
The racism unrest has hit the Crisis Text Hotline I volunteer for. The founder and CEO was fired last week due to her racist practices. The staff are sad, angry and unsettled. They have a network where the staff and volunteers can communicate and post notes to each other. I have been reading some of them to try to understand what is going on. Some volunteers have quit, some are thinking about it, and others want to stay on. It is hard to know what the right thing to do is. I will watch what happens in the coming days before I decide what to do. I don’t want to stay on if that is interrupted as consent to the racist practices that evidently have been happening. I am too new to know who to listen to and who has a perspective that might be helpful to me in making my decision. For now, I will do my shifts and focus on why I am there – to help ease the load of an individual texter.
I can feel the heavy energy of the world tonight. My pulse rate has gone from 40 to as high as 150 today. It jumped big time while I was at the grocery store. Earlier this morning I got an alarm that it had stayed below 45 for over 10 minutes. Maybe my heart is feeling the chaos in the world right now and jumping around trying to find a “new” normal.
Grateful we were able to take another quiet day, grateful for the brave voices of those speaking out about racism, and grateful change is happening.