The pace of the change in world events is leaving me a bit breathless this afternoon. Still not sure what to think of it all. Doing my best to stay grounded and reminding myself to turn off the media to take media breaks frequently. I can’t seem to wrap my head around all that is happening.
Went to the grocery store this morning. We had gone last Thursday morning and the store was quiet and the shelves full. This morning the store was very busy and the shelves were decimated with lots of empty space. Found most of what I was looking for but came home without potatoes as there were none left.
After Jim got up we went and picked up our marriage license at the Court House. Stopped and got some stamps and went to Lowe’s to pick up a few things Jim needed. Lowe’s was fairly busy but the post office was not. Hoping we can stay in tomorrow and Wednesday and not go back out.
Tomorrow the guy is to come and install the new kitchen counter top. Jim may have him do some other jobs too. We need to get the flooring installed. Jim has never installed this type of flooring before so he may ask the guy to help him get started. He got the kitchen cabinet doors installed except for two of them that still need to be painted. We got more door handles for them at Lowe’s. Progress.
We have arranged to get married on Thursday at 2:00 in the preacher’s office or in the small chapel at the church. The choir director and her husband will be our witnesses. That date and time may have to change as the plan still feels fluid. New guidelines keep coming down and who knows what they will be by Thursday. That seems a long ways away in some ways.
Jim has a son that lives in Berkeley and David’s community has been put on total lockdown. Residents are asked to shelter in place for the next three weeks. So grateful we cancelled the wedding as David wouldn’t have been able to come now. Crazy times right now!
We had planned to go to KS next Monday and spend a week but that seems a bit fluid too. I need to check with my house sitter to see if she can stay if we decide not to travel. Not sure what is best for us and those we love. I would like to be home in case I can help with the grandkids. They are out of school again this week and may be out again next week too. Michelle works nights and I hate for them to be alone all day so many days in a row. We will not make any final decision until the time gets closer and the right path presents itself to us. I am a bit homesick and was looking forward to being on the prairie for a week but I may need to suck it up and deal!
I miss doing taxes. They closed the site down until further notice. We have heard there may be an extension as to when taxes are due this year but nothing has been sent out yet. We are hoping to get back opened later so we can help people get their taxes done but not sure that will happen.
During this time of unsettled energy it can get uncomfortable within. I keep reminding myself that nothing is fixed – everything is temporary and everything changes. I keep reminding myself to ground and come back within myself. Staying grounded and flexible is all I can do right now. In this moment right now all is well. Sometimes I have to repeat that to myself several times a day and sometimes several times each hour! All I have is this moment and if all is well in this moment what else do I need?
Grateful all is well right here right now, grateful we were able to get our marriage license today, and grateful I know how to ground myself and allow the world to swirl around me and not get pulled in over my head with her craziness.