Last night I fell asleep on the couch watching Rachel Maddow. I finally woke up around 11:00. Stayed up until 1:00 and than went to bed. I had trouble falling asleep but managed to get another couple hours of sleep before I got up at 7:00 this morning.
It has been a lazy day for me today. We went to Lowe’s to pick up a few things Jim needed and than stopped by the grocery store. I had a headache when we got home so laid down for a bit. I didn’t sleep long but felt a bit better when I got up. I still have a bit of a headache but it isn’t pounding like it was before.
Walked 1/2 mile down the sidewalk today. It felt good to get back out and start walking. I will add some distance each day until I get back up to a couple miles a day.
Talked to my real estate partner today. The people that wanted to rent the house have four big inside dogs. We decided that we weren’t going to proceed with discussions with them. They live in a RV. How do they do that with four dogs?
It is in the mid 50’s here today but the sun is shinning and the wind isn’t too strong. There is a bit of nip in the air though and it feels like it might get cold tonight.
Tomorrow Jim has to be at church by 8:00. The choir is singing at both services. He is going to come back and get me after the first service is over.
I dropped my pill box this morning and spilled out all the pills on the floor. We keep finding more pills. Thankfully I found all my thyroid medication which is the only one that is really important I take each day. I hate when I do something stupid like that.
Texted with Ellexia for a bit today. She and her daddy have been in Kentucky visiting family. Sounds like she is having a good time. She was mad though as her student teacher brought her dog to school on Friday and Ellexia had to miss it.
Last weekend Ellexia and I went on-line and she picked out her birthday present. It is to arrive via mail Monday or Tuesday this week. I hope the things she picked out fit. She likes to shop. This way I know she will get something she likes.
We have been working on scrapping and cleaning windows to get them ready to put the storm windows back up. Clean windows are so pretty! Makes me want to go home and clean all of mine.
Feeling a bit scattered and lost this afternoon. Part of it is because I don’t have tasks to do while I am here. Jim did give me permission to clean his house this afternoon. I want to do a deep clean on it while I am here. He keeps a pretty clean house but it needs a woman’s touch. The woodwork needs washed, etc. While I am up in the mornings and he sleeps I will get started on it. It will feel good to have something productive to do.
The Winter Solstice is two weeks from today. This last two weeks of darkness before the light starts to return is always hard for me. I’m always more than ready for the light to start to grow in length each day. I need to give some thought to the intentions I want to set for the coming year. I choose a word for the year that reminds me of something I want to focus on. My word for this year was “We” to remind myself to lean on others and not isolate myself. I have used balance, movement, and pause in past years. Not sure what I want to use for 2020.
Grateful for naps and lazy days, grateful for a cleaning project to give me something to do, and grateful for the light that I draw my strength from.