I had a hard night on the hot line last night. I hopped on to help out for an hour and ended up being on it for almost four hours. One of the calls took over two hours to finish up. It is one that I will always wonder what the rest of the story is. It was a rough night for several of the texters.
It took me several hours to unwind and be able to sleep when I was done. I didn’t get to sleep until after 5:00 this morning and was up and going before 8:30. I took a long, much needed nap this afternoon.
We got 1.5 inches of rain on the prairie today. It was a beautiful rain and we should have enough run off to fill some ponds. Lots of mud puddles to walk through when I went down to do the chickens this morning. The girls gave me 21 eggs today. They even came out and played in the rain for a bit today.
We went to Cottonwood Falls and looked at a house for sell. We would use it as an investment property – either as an Airbnb or a rental. The owner may already have it sold but it that deal falls through I will buy it. It needs some work done to it but nothing Jim can’t handle. We would hire someone to replace the roof but Jim should be able to do most of the other work that needs done. I am pretty good with a paint brush and doing some much needed cleaning and scrubbing. We will see what happens.
Katy, Jim’s cat that is 18 years old is not well tonight. She is laying in a funny position and hasn’t moved much all day. We are thinking the end may be close for her but she has fooled us before. It is always hard to say goodbye to a loved pet.
Got some more tax forms in the mail today. Still have a couple more to come in. Jim found some of the numbers I needed from him so as soon as the rest of the forms come in I can get the package handed off to my accountant.
I may get on the hot line again tonight. They are so busy lately and don’t have enough counselors late at night. People are sometimes waiting up to an hour for someone to chat with. I doubt if I will be sleepy anytime soon so might as well help out for a bit.
The wind is gusting up to 40 MPH tonight. It has switched to the North and the temperature is dropping. Grateful our moisture came in the form of rain and not snow today.
Jim’s article wasn’t in the KS Reflector today so am thinking maybe it will be in tomorrow’s paper. We shall see.
I had ordered ten chickens from a local rancher that is starting an organic farm. He is processing them on Monday and will deliver one day next week. I’m excited to be getting some farm raised chickens to eat.
I love rainy days. They make for good sleeping weather and great naps. It will be nice to see the sun tomorrow though.
Grateful for the rain the prairie received today, grateful for the chickens that will be in my freezer later this week, and grateful for long afternoon, rainy day naps.