Another, cloudy rainy day. It is too cold for my liking but we have had such a mild winter I shouldn’t complain. And it isn’t that cold – I just don’t tolerate cold well. I don’t tolerate heat well either. I am hard to please sometimes!
I went to Emporia mid day and finally picked up my prescriptions that were ready. Came home and discovered I had another one that needed filled. Rats. I have to go to town Tuesday and Thursday to do taxes and will force myself to stop and get it so I don’t run into the situation I did this week again.
A friend came over and I created and printed some gift certificates for him. He doesn’t have a computer and it was an easy thing for me to do.
Wrote a long post about the history of Love in Action and got it posted. We have more than doubled the number of people that are friends of the page and I keep getting asked the same questions over and over. I understand not everyone will read the long post but maybe it will cut down on the number of questions I have to respond to.
The post about transporting the Detainee has had over 53,800 people read it. Yikes! It has been shared 738 times. I can see some of the shared posts and am able to read some of the comments. Some of them are asking questions but the person that shared the post doesn’t allow comments from non friends. Some of the shared posts are set to private so I can’t read the comments. Not sure how to reach the people with questions but trusting they will find the Love in Action page themselves and get their questions answered.
We have raised over $4,000 towards the purchase price of $5,000 for the piece of exercise equipment. That would deplete my reserves though so am hoping to raise $6,000 over the next month or two. I let the Captain of the Center know that we should have the funds in the next couple of months.
Haven’t done much else today. I am tired for some reason today and didn’t do much. I am hoping I can go to bed early and fall asleep. I slept last night from 8:00 -10:00 and then was up off and on all night.
Got a call from my doctor with results of the sleep study. I do have sleep apnea so they are referring me to a provider of machines. I should hear within a week or two when i need to go in and get fitted. Oh the adventure of life seems to go on and on. I haven’t heard from the pancreas doctor yet. That feels more important to me but we shall see how long that referral takes to get an actual appointment. It took three months for my prolapse appointment and then another five months before he could do surgery.
I got a new little space heater today but I don’t like it. It is too loud and it didn’t help me feel warm. The room got warm but I couldn’t feel the heat transfer to me. Not sure if I will take it back or what. I guess I could put this one in the addition and use the one I have back there for the living room. The only problem is this one doesn’t have a thermostat so not sure it will work in the back room. It is almost warm weather season anyways. Maybe I will just deal with it and do something different for next winter.
The lunar eclipse is tomorrow morning early. The moon will turn blood red around 5:00 in the morning. Not sure I will be up to see it but if I do wake up I will try to remember to go out and look. I remember the last one and how amazing it was. If you get out to see it, take some pictures and post so I can enjoy it in case I sleep through it.
Tomorrow I go to Emporia to do taxes. We are going to add four more people to our schedule from now on so should stay steady busy all day. People will start coming in that have stocks and bonds so the returns are more complicated and take longer. I like the simple returns better but deal with whatever comes in. I am grateful I have some very competent co workers this year that don’t mind my questions. Most of the others were accountants and have years of experience doing taxes. I feel under qualified sometimes.
Things have felt a little crazy since Friday but seem to be starting to settle down. I feel an overwhelming amount of responsibility sometimes for Love in Action and need to learn to let go of some of that. It is such an honor to be trusted to handle other people’s donations and trust. Maybe one of these days I will settle into that more easily.
Next Monday I go see my surgeon for the last time. It will be good to finally get fully released. My six weeks has come and gone but he said I wasn’t fully released until I see him the 9th. I am meeting someone that day that has years of experience with nonprofits and she is going to talk me through some of the required forms that I have to file annually.
Feeling lots of gratitude this evening for all those that have joined me on my Love in Action adventure. I have made several new friends and would love to meet several others. Together we can accomplish lots and love wins!
Grateful to all who have joined me on my journey, grateful for all the interest in Love in Action, and grateful for the Captain that allows that all to happen.