Happy birthday to my beautiful daughter Michelle. She turns 40 today. That makes me feel old! I so remember the day she was born. How can that be 40 years ago?
I woke up at 4:00 this morning and couldn’t go back to sleep. Finally at 5:30 I got up and started my day. I worked on pinning masks for a long while this morning and then did some other things around the house.
Went into Emporia around noon to ship 100 masks via UPS to Jim’s sister. She has two places she is going to take them to. Also went to the post office to get stamps, got some groceries, filled my car with gas and came home.
I took a nap this afternoon. Luckily I got a phone call so I didn’t sleep all afternoon. I am getting pretty used to taking afternoon naps. Don’t mind if I do these days. Wonder if this is going to become a permanent habit?
The first two sheets came in today – I ordered them two weeks ago. I got the other two cut into pieces and they are ready to be pressed and put into sets with the flannel pieces. I will have to get the two that came in today cut up soon. I will know after I get the first set processed if I will need to order another sheet or two to finish up making this set of masks. I am hoping this will be my last group to make. I think I am done with mask making for a bit.
Amazon seems to have switched to UPS instead of the mail for delivery now. UPS is sure faster these days than the mail is. I mailed the masks today via UPS as I don’t trust the USPS anymore.
It is another beautiful day on the prairie. Little to no wind and bright blue skies. There is a bit of haze over the land that is probably from the wildfires out west.
I didn’t talk to a single person yesterday. Jim called last night after I was asleep and I didn’t hear the phone ring. If I keep this up I am going to forget how to talk to people. I haven’t touched another person since Jim left last Wednesday afternoon. Kinda weird when I think about it!
I am handling this time away from Jim better than I did the first week he was gone. I feel myself pulling into myself though without him here. I was getting used to have someone to share life with and it is amazing to me all the ways we do that together. It will take me a bit to adjust back to having him here when he gets home Wednesday evening.
Grateful for my daughter Michelle, grateful for UPS as an option to the USPS, and grateful for this gift of empty space.