This has been a bit better day than yesterday was. I ate a very small lunch and it didn’t hurt as much afterwards. I had to take a nap again this afternoon as I got very tired after lunch. I am feeling better now that I had a nap.
I did some black iron painting outside today. I did the iron posts that support the deck and the landing. I need to get the ladder out tomorrow and do the top supports. It feels good to be making some progress on the deck project again.
We went to Emporia early afternoon so I could take the cookies to the kiddos. I saw Ellexia for a hot minute but Tagen was at his dad’s house. The kids are growing up so fast and I feel like I am missing so much of their lives right now.
Stopped at the lumber store so Jim could get some boards to repair the deck. Came home after dropping some letters in the mailbox.
It was another warm October day with highs in the mid 80’s. I so look forward to the 60’s and 70’s.
I will probably get on the hot line tonight since I took a nap today. They have what they call Spike Teams that get activated when the hot line get backs up. It seems like most every night now the Spike Team sends a text asking for volunteers to jump on and help out. When I am not too tired I try to get on and take several calls.
No big plans for the next couple of days. I have been enjoying lots of empty space lately. I miss making masks as they gave me an easy thing to do when I had lots of empty space. I have had trouble getting interested in knitting or working on the tea towels. I am getting pretty darn good at doing nothing these days.
We are having left over pot roast for dinner tonight so don’t have to do much to fix dinner. I’ll need to come up with something fresh to make tomorrow. I hate to feed Jim leftovers too often. I’ll see what the pot roast does to my tummy this time. If I have a bad day tomorrow I will know that is what the cause was.
Need to clean out the chicken coop again. I think this time I will put hay down for the girls instead of cottonseed hulls. They are almost nine weeks old and I can treat them like big girls now. Should have seven to eight weeks to go before we start getting eggs. I look forward to that. It is much more fun to do chores when I get to gather eggs as part of taking care of the girls.
We sat outside last night for the longest time and star watched. It was a beautiful night to do so. I had a blanket wrapped around me but it was warm enough I probably didn’t need one. The moon didn’t come up until late so we could really see the Milky Way and the stars.
Grateful for the beauty of the night sky, grateful to be feeling better today, and grateful for these days full of empty space.