Had a delightful dinner with my three kids, partners and grandchildren tonight. The food turned out good, conversation was lively and lots of laughter was heard. The grandkids did an Easter egg hunt after dinner. I sent home lots of leftovers with each of them.
Nicole, Geoff and Jason are off to see a concert tonight. Tim had worked all day and was tired so he and Michelle and the kiddos went home early too. The house is quiet for a bit now. The dishwasher is running and I will have one more load to go when the first load gets done and then the house will be back in order.
Tomorrow I need to finish cleaning the one room in the basement and then start on the main floor. I have one bathroom done upstairs so have a start on the cleaning. It has been so dusty and smoky I haven’t rushed getting it cleaned as it won’t stay clean for long. Sure love having the windows and doors open though and letting fresh air blow in.
We reached 80 today and it was a beautiful day. No clouds and bright blue skies today. The wind was in a bit of a hurry though as we had 15 – 20 MPH wind all day. The wind has calmed down this evening and it is perfect outside. The sunset was a plain Jane one but or so beautiful. There is a pink rim around the whole horizon right now. The almost full moon will be up around 9:00. I set the timer on my iPhone so I can remember to watch it come up.
Had trouble falling asleep again last night. Finally took some NyQuil around 3:00 and slept the rest of the night. My neighbor called at 8:00 and woke me up. I was able to go back to sleep for another hour. I have felt a bit hung over today though and almost fell asleep in my recliner this afternoon. I had a dinner to fix so no time for a nap today.
My neighbor burned the last of my grass today. I’m glad I didn’t have the windows and doors open when he burned as the smoke was thick as it came by the house and headed north. I am hoping the prairie burning season is coming to an end and that the air quality will improve soon. The little rain we got earlier this week helped settle the air but fires have been burned since and the air is thick with smoke again.
I am in a better space today then I was yesterday. I was restless and emotional yesterday. Feel much more grounded and going with the flow today. Dinner was easy to fix and I had no disasters to deal with except for dropping ice a couple of times. Luckily ice cleans up easily.
For some reason I have been hungry all day today. I ate breakfast late this morning and was ready for lunch about an hour after I ate breakfast. I was hungry by dinner time. Not sure what that is about. I was able not to snack today even though I was hungry so that was good. I can’t seem to figure out why some days are hungry days and other days I forget to eat as I am not hungry at all. Guess my good days and hard days are like that too – I rarely can figure out why a day becomes hard. Makes one appreciate the good when one has a hard day. Maybe that is the point!
Grateful all the kids came home to be together with me tonight, grateful the dinner was easy and good, and grateful for the beautiful sunset I witnessed tonight. Mother Nature sure knows how to put on a show.