Another night of little sleep. I would fall asleep and wake up 15 – 20 minutes later. Stay awake for an hour or two and then sleep for 15 – 20 minutes. Makes for a long night when that happens.
At 6:15 this morning someone texted me with questions on an item I had listed for sell on Facebook Marketplace. I have two oak, solid core doors listed for $50 each. The guy wanted to know if I would sell only one – I said yes. He then asked the price for one. I told him $50. He then asked $50 for one or both. WTF! Then he wanted me to meet him in El Dorado as he is from Wichita. I told him no. Then he said since he has to drive all the way to Strong City would I take $40. I said no. He ended up saying he would take one but not sure when he can get here. Any bets as to if and when he will show up? This was not a good way to start my day. Take it or leave it guy – I don’t care. Just be smart about it.
Got up after all that. Sleep was hard to find before I got riled up and would have been impossible after that.
Around 9:00 someone said they wanted the live animal traps and could come get them right now. I went down to the barn and did some cleaning while I was waiting for them to come. I got to talking to the guy and ended up giving him a weed eater and a compost shifter thingy. Good to get those gone. That was easy and the way it is to work.
Another person wanted the animal containment pens. She lives closer to Topeka but said she had a friend that could come get them. I told her when I would be home today but never heard back from her. I was taking a nap and heard a man’s voice coming from downstairs. I got up and went to see why a man was in my house. The doors on the main level are all covered with plastic and the only open one is through the garage. He had walked around to the lower level and came in those doors. He was here to pick up the pens for his friend. No one had told me he was coming.
I think I am done trying to use the Marketplace. I find too many people that don’t understand basic communication. Out of five things listed, two of them have been easy. Not good odds. I think I will just give the rest of the stuff away and not deal anymore. I have reached my limit.Not sure the stress of selling was worth the $50 I made today.
Went to Emporia at 1:45 to deposit a check and to do exercises. It felt good to be back doing exercises. We used stretch bands today for some of them. The time goes by fairly quickly and I did feel better afterwards.
I drove out to the Amish Woodwork store when I finished exercise class and ordered a storage shed. I had bought other things from them through the years. The guy remembered me and made ordering a shed easy. I’m glad I went out today as the lead time for them is 4 – 6 weeks. By ordering today, I should have no problem having it in place when I move in May 1. I paid extra to have them do the prep work needed to put the shed on. The overall cost was lower than I feared it would be. He also sells lawn mowers but the smallest one he had was too big and too expensive. I’ll have to look elsewhere for that.
I sent an email to the guttering guy and he responded and told me he would put me on the schedule for the last week of March. That will give the EFIS guys three more weekends to get that job done. They should only take one more but with KS weather in March you never know if they will be able to work.
I sent a text to the mover and asked to be put on his schedule for May 1. He replied with three responses – all were emojis. I will have to have him confirm with words that I am on his schedule. What is with people these days? I seemed to have found some today that pushed my buttons. Can we be grown ups and use words please, or is that too much to ask?
Can you tell I am a bit cranky today? Lack of sleep did a number on me today and I woke up cranky after that exchange with the guy from Wichita. It was one of those days that most things were not easy for me.
I do feel like I got most of what I wanted to get done today taken care of. The shed guy made it easy for me to get that ordered. That is a relief to know that the shed will be there when I move in. One less thing to have to take care of another day.
Tomorrow I am meeting a friend for lunch at Hays House in Council Grove. That will be good for me to get out and do something fun. I love our lunches and the way we can go deep with each other and share. My soul needs a lunch like that.
Wednesday I have two tax shifts to do with exercise in between. I need to stop and get some groceries while I am in town. I also want to look for a new bed frame. The headboard set I have now is falling apart and I don’t think it will survive a move. I want to just get a frame and no headboard. Makes it much easier to make a bed. One of these days I need to get a new mattress set but that may wait for a bit. I am reaching decision overwhelm and am not sure I can make a choice of what I would want right now.
Got most of the barn sorted through and have started the cleaning project. Still have a few more things to sort but it is almost done. That feels good to have that big project almost completed. I will soon run out of rooms to declutter. I do have a big load to take to Salvation Army. It will be good to get that big pile of boxes out of the house. I have lots of bagged trash to take to the curb each week between now and when I move. Hope the trash guys don’t mind the extra bags each week.
My garage door opener stopped working. Jason changed the battery for me but that didn’t fix it so I will have to call someone to come out and fix that. Dang. Can things please hold together in this house for eight more weeks? Maybe that is asking too much? I know the Universe has been telling me it is time to move on. I got that message loud and clear – enough with the messages!
Cranky a bit today – can you tell? A good night’s sleep will fix what is wrong with me today. All in all it was a productive day – just not an easy one.
Grateful the shed is ordered, grateful for the stuff that is leaving without me having to haul it away, and grateful tomorrow is a new day.