A painting type of day around here. Jim laid out the wood he needed painted to build shelves in the upper cabinets last night. I worked on painting them today. All required two coats and then I flipped them over and put two more coats on the back side.
I needed another project to do while the paint dried so I painted the new cedar siding planks the floor guys put on the side of the house. That makes the house look so nice Jim decided to take the shingles off the front of the house this afternoon. When he gets that done and the scraping done I can start painting the front of the house.
Wrote some letters this afternoon. Jim took the last two packages of face masks to be mailed today while he was out picking up his prescriptions. I am out of extra face masks for now. I saved about a dozen for us to use. I’ll probably make some more once I get up to KS.
We are having chicken chimichangas for dinner. I made them one other time and they were good. I needed to use up the chicken I cooked in the crock pot earlier this week. Now to decide what to fix tomorrow night. Once that decision is made the rest is easy.
Got an email from the Crisis Text Hot Line. They have an emergency shift roster that they used when they get overwhelmed with calls. Now that I am a Level 2 I can sign up to get notified when they need extra counselors. I can tell them the hours I am willing to help out and there is no obligation on my part to have to be available during that time. They will send me a text if they need help during my specified hours and I can hop on and help them out if I am available. I will sign up next time I get on the Platform to take calls. I agreed to put in 200 hours and would like to get as many hours as possible a week to get that commitment paid back. I am limited to 12 hours a week maximum but have only signed up for four to six right now. I didn’t want to over commit myself until I feel like I can handle more on a regular bases. It can be intense work and I need to practice good self-care or I will get burned out quickly.
Still hasn’t sunk in that we will be moving to KS June 1. Only eight more full days in Stillwater. It will be a big change for us but I am hoping we can settle into life on the prairie pretty seamlessly. It is quieter there. Jim can do more writing and reading and not so much physical labor. He is going to build himself a workshop in the shop but it isn’t as pressing as the restoration work is here. I’m ready to reconnect to the sun, moon and land and get back to my riding mower.
It has been in the mid 80’s here today but the humidity hasn’t been as high so it doesn’t feel so warm. There has been a gently breeze moving the air so that helps too. We will take our walk after dinner tonight. I hope we go two miles again like we did last night.
Sitting in my peaceful valley again tonight. It helps when I have projects to work on and can see something that I accomplished in a day. Hoping Jim will get enough done today that I can start painting the front of the house tomorrow.
Grateful for the painting I got done today, grateful for left over chicken, and grateful we will be moving in 9 days!