Another night of little to no sleep. I could not fall asleep last night until about 2:00 this morning. Then I woke up at 5:00 and couldn’t go back to sleep.
I got up and made home made cinnamon rolls from scratch. What else does a person do when they can’t sleep at 5:00 in the morning – right? I don’t eat them but they looked good.
I also served my guests a French Toast Casserole, yogurt and fresh fruit. They packed up and headed home after they ate breakfast.
I have spent the day doing laundry and making beds and washing dishes. We got Tagen’s room all made up and his clothes unpacked and he is settled in. I made up Michelle’s bed so her room is ready for her to get unpacked and settled into tonight when she gets home from work. I still need to roll up the air mattress and get it put away.
I have the trash all emptied and the towels restocked in each of the bathrooms. Things are returning back to my new normal in the house.
Tagen is feeling much better. He went to town today and did a light work out at the gym and then picked up his girlfriend and brought her out to the house. I’m sure he will get cleared from concussion protocol when he goes to the doctor tomorrow. He may have to go through a week or so of gradual release but we shall see.
Wednesday I am borrowing a pickup from a dear friend and Kathy, myself and Jason are going with Tagen to the house to clear everything out of his room and bring everything here. I am hoping it won’t take more than an hour or two. While I am in town I will stop and pick up my grocery order for the week. It will be good for Tagen to have all of his stuff here.
I have nothing on my calendar for tomorrow. The house will be back in order so I can take a calm and relaxing day. I am overdue for a day like that. It seems like it has been a hot minute since I had a day at home with nothing that has to be done.
Does anyone know if the road construction on Highway 50 is completed? Tagen said they weren’t working today when he went to town this afternoon. What a relief it will be when it is done. I’m tired of driving the back roads and it taking extra time to get to town.
I had five others join me last night for the Tonglen practice. Four of the five had never done Tonglen before so we started at the very beginning. I’m not sure what my guests thought about it. It seemed a bit foreign to them I think. They were good sports though and stuck with it until we were done.
Things are still a bit apple cart upset around here. Not sure we can look too far to the future and have an idea of a solid plan yet. Hoping this week will bring some answers or at least a chance for all to catch their breath and allow bodies and minds to catch up with each other.
Grateful I have a big enough house to take in my family as needed, grateful for the guests that came and went, and grateful for the silence in the house this afternoon.