I walked a mile last night without my boot. After dinner Jim asked me if I wanted to take a walk. We walked down the sidewalk in front of his house and went all the way to the street light which is 1/2 mile from his house. I didn’t think I was going to be able to walk that far but my foot didn’t hurt any more at the end then it did when I started. Even better news is it wasn’t hurting any more this morning than it has been. Today I have made it all day again without the boot – third day in a row for that milestone.
I left OK a little before noon and got home a little before 3:00. I have two guests coming in tonight and they thought they might get here between 3:00 and 5:00. I quickly touched up the room they will be using but they haven’t arrived yet and it is after 5:30 now. Not sure when they will show up.
I had decided this weekend to open my account with Airbnb back up. I will be home most of October and might as well have guests. I didn’t expect one to book this quickly though. I did block out most of November as my surgery is November 6 and I won’t be able to do steps easily for four weeks or so.
I had another nice weekend with Jim. We didn’t do anything special – just relaxed at his house fixing meals together and enjoying each other’s company. I am tired tonight as I didn’t sleep well last night. I took too long of a nap yesterday.
Tomorrow I have to be in Emporia by 8:00 for a dental cleaning at the Vo-Tech. My guests will have to see themselves out in the morning. I will stop at the clinic and get my blood draw taken care of when my cleaning is done. I also need to pick up a few groceries and run a few errands. I have to go back into town Wednesday as I have physical therapy in the afternoon. Thursday I take Jason to Topeka for a procedure and then I should be able to stay home for a few days.
Kathy is coming in Friday afternoon. It will be so good to see her again. She is only staying for about ten days this time. We have a family reunion to go to on October 6 and then she is leaving for the east coast for the winter. I’m sure the time she is here will go by too quickly.
I haven’t gotten a room detailed cleaned today yet. I didn’t want to start a project and be in the middle of it when my guests arrived. I may go ahead and start a room soon if they don’t get here in the next hour or so. I can do one of the bedrooms or the office upstairs and not be in their way.
Not feeling motivated to do much this afternoon. It feels good to sit and look out over the prairie and “be” for a bit. The silence of the house feels good to me this afternoon.
Grateful for a safe journey home today, grateful for guests that are coming, and grateful for the beauty and silence of the prairie today.