I was up at 5:45 to get breakfast fixed for our guests. They ate and were on there way west by 7:10. It was fun to have them here for a short visit. I look forward to spending more time with them when we get to CO Wednesday.
Jim went back to bed as soon as they left. I stayed up and worked on making more masks and got laundry started. I went to the post office at 9:30 and mail 16 packages of masks. Spent over $60 on postage. Came home and took a long nap.
I’ve spent the afternoon making more masks, gathering things up that I want to take to CO, and making up the guest bed. I ground the left over roast beef and made it into beef salad (kinda like ham salad except you use roast beef). It is good and will make a good snack on our travel day Wednesday.
We are having left overs for dinner tonight and tomorrow night. Need to get the refrigerator cleaned out as we will be gone for four weeks. Not sure what is even in it but it will be interesting finding stuff and heating bits and pieces up. Might not be a balanced meal but it will get us fed.
Got the written results of the echocardiogram back. I had one done in 2018 and have been comparing the results. Not sure I understand all of it but nothing seems much different. I still need to look up a couple of things but I didn’t see anything too alarming. I am surprised the doctor’s office hasn’t called but maybe they only call if it is bad news.
The Clinic did call today and offered to change my mammogram appointment to the Emporia office. That wasn’t offered as an option when I booked on-line. I’m grateful they were able to do that for me and save me a trip to Topeka just for a 15 minute appointment.
This has been a rest and recovery day. I feel like I have a lot of stuff that needs done but can’t quite figure out what needs done. Decided to do nothing and sit with the feelings and see if they will calm down. So far it hasn’t. Maybe my body is trying to tell me something else. Giving it some room to relax and communicate with me. I’ve been a bit wired lately and maybe it just needs room to breath and relax.
Tomorrow I need to empty recycling and fill the mower gas cans as well as the car. We will need to get the car pack and loaded so we can leave fairly early Wednesday morning. It is only an 8 1/2 hour drive but we would like to get there mid afternoon so we have time to get settled before dark. We will have to go grocery shopping when we get there and need time to do that.
I send out 92 face masks in the mail today and 15 others were picked up by others at my house this week. I have material to make about 100 more when I get home in August. I ran out of the masks with ties and ordered some more ribbon. It is to come in Wednesday so it will be ready for me to use when I get home. Sounds like we will be wearing masks for some time to come so will probably get more material and make another big bunch of them to give away. Feels like a small thing to do to help keep other people safe.
I’ve made over 550 of them so far. I still get a thrill when I get one finished so as long as that continues I will continue to make them. I told Jim I am spending my stimulus check on material and postage to make masks. At the rate I am going I may spend all of it on this little project.
My heart rate alarm went off during the night again last night. I slept through the alarm but the app sends me an email to let me know it happened and what time it happens. Last night I went down to 40 for over five minutes straight.
I slept hard last night for about three hours, was awake for one hour and then slept hard again for two hours. The nap this afternoon was about two hours long so finally got some good sleep.
Feeling a bit restless this afternoon. Wonder what is behind this sense of urgency to do something? Not sure what the something is.
Grateful for the wonderful visit from Tom and Sandy, grateful for the masks that went out in the mail today, and grateful for long naps.