Happy birthday to my son-in-love Geoff. I have his birthday card sitting on my desk – guess it will be late. Can’t seem to get my act together and make things happen on time lately.
Made a four layer pudding dessert, a cheesecake and a chocolate sheet cake to take to the funeral lunch for tomorrow. I did OK cooking in my small kitchen. I did learn I can only fix one thing at a time. I had to do dishes after each dish was fixed and put things away and then start fresh with the next thing to make. I don’t have much counter top space so couldn’t leave things out. I got it all done – just took a bit longer than I am used to.
I may bake a batch of cookies tonight yet but not sure yet. I’ll see if my energy comes back a bit. We will do OK without them if I decide against it.
Kathy and I got the yard mowed around noon. She did the push mowing and I did the rider. When I got home from exercise I went out to put the mower in the shed and it won’t start. Not sure if I didn’t get it turned off correctly and it ran the battery down or what. I tried ten different ways to get it to start but it is dead. I’ll have to figure out what to do about it. Not sure who to call for help.
Went to the family reunion for about 15 minutes before I went to Emporia for exercise. Most of the people there I will see tomorrow. Good to get to visit for a hot minute with those I saw today.
Went to the paint store before exercise and picked up enough paint to do the living room and dining room. I couldn’t decide between two different colors so got one gallon of each. I will do one room in one color and the other in the other color. They are the same color family, one is one shade darker than the other. I don’t think I will get started on it tonight. It will probably wait until Wednesday.
After exercise I took Tagen out for lunch. We were going to go to Bobby D’s but they were closed so we went to Radius instead. Food was good but service a bit slow. Tagen had ordered some macaroni and Cheese and it tasted burnt. I sent it back and it took them over 30 minutes to replace it. He took it home with him to eat for dinner tonight. He ordered a 12 inch pizza too and took part of that home with him. He will be set for leftovers for a day or two.
It was nice to spend some time with Tagen. We had a good conversation over lunch. His college classes start later this week. Hope he can mange to work full-time and take 12 college hours this summer. It may be more than he bargained for.
Dropped him off after lunch and came home. Time to sit in my chair for a bit and rest. It has felt like a busy day. Exercise time went by fairly quickly. We used the resistance band today which is not my favorite thing to do but only used it three times. They took 50 minutes today so will be sure to get my 150 minutes a week in this week even without the home exercises.
Tomorrow Aunt Glenda’s funeral is at 11:00 so will need to leave here around 9:45. It will take me a bit to load the car up with all the desserts I made and the pop I am taking. Have to figure out a way to keep the cold stuff cold. I’m afraid the chocolate things might melt in this heat.
Wednesday I go back to Emporia at noon for exercise. Not sure I have anything else I have to do in town so it will be a quick trip to town. Thursday I have a doctor’s appointment at 10:30 and then I am meeting a dear friend for lunch in Council Grove. Friday I go back to Emporia for exercise at 2:00. I am hoping next weekend I will get two back to back stay at home days. We shall see if I can make that happen.
Sitting in a good head space today. It felt good to get in the kitchen and make some things. Once I figured out to do one thing at a time and clean up after each one it went fairly easy. Just need to allow a bit extra time when I cook in this small kitchen. Things feel possible again for me. I had dropped into a dark space for a bit but it feels like I climbed out of it today. Trusting I will stay up and out for a bit.
Grateful the desserts are ready for tomorrow, grateful to have seen some extended family members for a hot minute today, and grateful to have been able to spend time with Tagen today.