Kathy’s son and grandson came over around 10:30 to say goodbye as they head back to their home in CT. We haven’t heard from them yet today but am trusting their journey home is going smoothly. They had to fly to Minneapolis and then to CT. Kathy had a wonderful visit with them and a great 75th birthday celebration.
I got my four thank you notes and letters written today. Didn’t get them done in time to go out in today’s mail but they will go out Monday. I have a regular monthly donor that isn’t on Facebook so I end up writing her a letter and update her on all the things that have happened in the last month. It always surprises me how much has happened.
Haven’t done much else today. It reached almost 100 degrees today and I refuse to turn on the A/C. It was too hot to move much. Last weekend it got down to 15. That is a big swing for one week. Wonder what the summer will be like?
No plans for tomorrow or Monday either. We have new neighbors so would like to get a batch of cookies baked to take over to them. We shall see if I can get that done tomorrow or not. I didn’t want to turn the oven on today as the house was already hot.
Tuesday I do taxes in the morning and then have a dental cleaning at the Vo-Tech in the afternoon. Wednesday I am going to Pioneer Bluffs to help stuff the Newsletter and Thursday I do taxes again. Saturday is the pot luck lunch and Singing into Resistance Rally. It is going to be a busy week.
I sent a letter to the Captain at the Detention Center today asking for permission to start a new project. We shall see if he will agree to it. I always hesitate to ask for more privilege from him as he already gives me more than most Captain’s do. All I can do is ask and he can always say no – right? Of course, he can always say yes too!
Kathy nor I could sleep well last night. There is some crazy energy right now that I can feel coming in but it is taking my body a bit to adjust to. I saw the northern lights were visible again last night in KS. I didn’t get up to go check them out as they can be hard to see in town and I didn’t feel like driving out to the country.
Next Saturday there are three separate fundraisers going on for Love in Action. A lady is making the most incredible patches that she will be offering in exchange for a donation to Love in Action at the No Kings Rally in Wichita. Love in Action was invited to have an informational table at the Topeka No Kings Rally and will be accepting donations. I will be accepting donations at the pot luck lunch and Singing into Resistance Rally at my house Saturday. Between the three, my trust is we will raise enough money that we can suspend fundraising efforts for a while.
I truly don’t like hoarding cash and we are so limited as to what we can spend that we will end up sitting on lots of cash for a couple of months. I would rather people donate to other causes that have more immediate needs. Part of what I am attempting to do with Love in Action is model a different way of doing things and this falls in line with that. Rarely do nonprofits stop fundraising and I don’t want to fall into that trap of not enough.
Grateful for the time with Chip and Mason this week, grateful for a couple of quiet, stay-at-home days this weekend, and grateful for donors to Love in Action.