It was another rough night of attempting sleep for me. I slept for about two hours and then was up for six hours. Finally feel asleep around 6:30 this morning and slept till almost noon. I hate nights like that.
My watch alarm went off four times telling me my heart rate had dropped below 45 and stayed below 45 for at least ten minutes. Sure wish I had on the monitor last night to capture that. The leads haven’t come in yet as promised. I got another robo call reminding me to hook up the monitor and start using it. I punched the number so it would transfer me to an actual person. He said they can’t stop the robo calls. He looked up the order for the missing leads and the package had gotten routed incorrectly by UPS. He said they hadn’t set a new delivery date yet.
Went into Cottonwood Falls to mail two packages of face masks and to cash a check. I remembered to get some quarters to take to CO so I can do laundry while we are there.
Worked on sewing face masks most of the afternoon. I fixed a box of 50 to send to Jim’s son David. David said he could use them to pass out at his needle exchange project. Still have over 100 masks cut out and waiting to be sewed together. That should keep me busy for a few more days.
Fixed chicken tenders for dinner. Jim had corn on the cob and I had green beans. Baked some banana bread this afternoon to use up two very ripe bananas. Jim enjoys eating it and I like making it. Need to get some cookies made to take to CO.
We went on a two mile walk this evening. Saw 4 or 5 deer, 1 rabbit and we helped a turtle cross the road. The wild flowers have been very plentiful this year. It was a pretty evening for a walk. We came home and sat out on the deck. I raked Sophia and got handfuls of fur off of her. The wind came up and cooled us down quickly. I had to come in as I was getting cold. There is a slight chance for some severe weather tonight but it may go around us.
Jim is headed to Stillwater tomorrow. He will probably leave a little after noon. I need to go into Emporia tomorrow afternoon and get four sacks of dog food and a new BBQ grill. Jason is going to meet me and bring it out and get it set up for me. I hope the store isn’t sold out of them.
I fixed Jim a bacon, egg and tomato sandwich for lunch today. The tomato came out of Jim’s garden. He said it was good. Store bought tomatoes just don’t have much flavor to them. We still have two more tomatoes to use up over the next day or two. I’m sure he will bring some more back with him when he comes back Thursday afternoon.
This hasn’t been a very productive day for me. When you don’t get up until noon the day goes by quickly though. I have several projects to work on but didn’t feel like doing much today. I hope to get out to the chicken coop tomorrow and get it cleaned out. I really would like to get that done before we leave for CO.
Jim’s brother and his wife are coming by Sunday evening and spending the night. They are headed out to CO and stay at the same camp we will be staying at. It will be fun to have them here for the night. It means a lot to Jim that they will drive out of their way to drop down and see us. Jim wants them to see his new living space.
It will be weird to have Jim gone for two nights. We haven’t spent a night apart since last December. Maybe I will get some things done while he is gone though. I really need to get some cleaning and painting done.
The energy in the world is plain ass crazy right now. I feel like I am on an emotional roller coaster trying to make sense out of all of it. I see some positive things starting to happen but there are some dark things happening too. I must say the best thing about Trump being president is the dark stuff has come forward for us to deal with. It is hard to see the denial and fear that comes with it. Someday we will look back on these days and have a different perspective about what is all happening. I keep reminding myself to stay grounded and not get pulled into the muck. Not always successful though.
Grateful for my second sleep although it came later than I would have liked, grateful for the beauty we saw on our walk tonight, and grateful it is almost bedtime.