The EFIS guys showed up as promised at 8:00 this morning. They are applying product to the east side of the house as I type. They had lots of prep work to do today before they could start that. There were only four on the crew today. They are to have a bigger crew tomorrow and there is an outside chance that they will get finished tomorrow but I wouldn’t bet the ranch on it. The west side is big and they have the upper back west side to do too. Grateful for the progress they made today. It will be nice to be able to go out the doors of the house when they get done.
I took a nap this afternoon and got a bit more sleep. I slept some last night but not enough yet. I am very sleep deprived right now and I will take sleep whenever I can find it. I feel more rested this afternoon after my nap then I have for over a week.
I got the results of my thyroid TSH levels back and they were spot on. I think they were 2.7. My goal is 1.5 – 2.5 so very close to goal. It is almost impossible to hit goal so anything close to it is good. It is reassuring to know that Covid without Paxlovid didn’t affect my levels. I have been using up some boxes of medication that range from 100 – 112 – 125. Each box costs me $75 and I didn’t want them to go to waste. I am finally on my last box and will need to get some more ordered. Feels good to have used those others up and know that it didn’t bother my levels.
I cleaned out my cedar chest today and found several boxes of things to get rid of. I have a couple more boxes to fill up from stuff in the cedar chest. I scratch my head and wonder why I was saving what was in there. I also cleaned out the under the window storage box and got it emptied out. A little progress made today on the giant decluttering project. I will keep at it and by May 1 will be done. The biggest rooms are done and now I am down to the little spaces.
I need to spend an hour tomorrow carrying boxes from the living room to my car. I bet I have at least 20 or more of them to take to my car and then deliver to the Salvation Army. I’m getting tired of looking at them and want them out of my house. I got behind on taking them a few at a time and now have to pay the price and do a huge haul off.
Less than eight weeks till moving day. I made a list of all the places I still need to declutter. While the list is long, the spaces are not big and each one won’t take more than an hour at best. It feels doable to me. It sure will make packing easier to know that everything left gets packed and I won’t have to sort and pack at the same time. Wish I had a better sense of what I will have room for. I’m purging pretty deep as it is but guess one can always get rid of even more things. I can purge as I unpack if needed.
Tomorrow I plan on staying home all day again. I couldn’t get out today as the guys put scaffolding behind my car in the garage. I wanted to go to the Chase County Craft Fair today but didn’t think to get my car out of the way before the guys started. It felt good to stay home today and it will be good to stay home again tomorrow. Monday will be a two trip to town type of day and a long one at that. I get to stay home next Tuesday but then I have to make two trips to town on Wednesday. I will stay home Thursday and only have to make one trip to town on Friday.
I feel myself disconnecting a bit from this house with every box I pack. I saw a post on Facebook from a guy I follow that said giving away your personal items is good practice of learning how to let go. I look back to 20 years ago when I started my journey into minimalism and I hadn’t connected the dots before but I have to agree with him. It is much easier for me to let go of most everything these days be it materialistic things or emotional baggage. I had never thought of letting go of material things as practice for letting go of emotional things before. Grateful I began this journey years ago and realize it is not a journey that has an end point. Letting go is a daily practice.
It has been a beautiful day on the prairie today. It was a bit cold this morning but it has warmed up to the lower 50’s with bright blue skies. Tomorrow it is to warm up to the mid 60’s. The trees are starting to bud out and the spring flowers are blooming where they are planted with some protection from the wind and cold. Spring has sprung!
Grateful for a long afternoon nap, grateful the EFIS project is being completed, and grateful I got to stay home all day today.