I am cranky. Good thing the pandemic is going on and no one can get close right now. I might bite your head off if you look at me wrong. Not sure where this mood came from or what it is trying to tell me. I’ll ride it out and it will be gone soon I trust.
I knitted a bit this morning. The shawl is completely done and the blanket is 3/4 done. I might get the blanket finished tonight if I don’t get on the Hot Line. I’ll see how it goes.
I took a long nap this afternoon. Unfortunately I missed seeing Jason and Cody. They came out while I was napping to pick up a mattress. I have a box I need to deliver to them so maybe I will get to see them then.
We had leftovers for dinner so dinner was easy. Need to think of something to fix for tomorrow. I might do chili as it is to possibly snow tonight. Chili always tastes better on a cold day.
Not much on our calendar for next week. Jim is going to Stillwater Thursday and will stay there for several days. The heater guy is coming Thursday to do a check on the furnace. Trash goes to the curb on Tuesday. Busy week ahead! Ha! With my Christmas shopping all but done I should have time to get the house cleaned. It is really bothering me.
I was going to take the packages to the post office in Cottonwood Falls today to mail but looked online and found they were only open from 8 – 9 this morning. I will put everything in my car and take it on Monday. I need my dining room tables cleared off. The clutter is driving me to drink and I don’t drink. I have a box to deliver to Jason and a box to deliver to Michelle and Tim’s house. May do those deliveries tomorrow.
Prayers and good energy for healing are needed for Tim’s dad. He had open heart surgery earlier this week and is having some complications. It is so hard for Tim to be so far away from him right now. With the COVID restrictions in the hospital Tim couldn’t be with his dad even if he was in KY. Seems so unfair that some people have to suffer so much.
When I went down to let the chickens out this morning I picked up 5 eggs. That is the most in one day they have given me so far. One of the Amber Star chickens is becoming very tame. When I open the feed door she hops up and cleans up the spilled feed from the floor. She likes to squat and have you pet her back. Jim calls her Sweetie Pie – I call her a nuisance.
Winter Solstice is one week from Monday. This is usually one of the hardest weeks of the year for me. The dark feels very heavy to me right now. I understand the saying it is always darkest before the dawn. I am feeling that right now. It is easy to slip into total despair for me right now. There is all the holiday cheer going on and I can’t relate to any of it. I’m glad I can for brief moments rise above it and know that this to will end. It is easy to forget that in the midst of the dark.
Grateful for 5 eggs today, grateful that this darkest will soon pass, and grateful for a long nap today.