This has been a crash and burn day for me. I slept for two hours last night and then was up for three hours. Went back to bed and slept three more hours.
Got up this morning and decided to drive into Emporia to check out the faucet on the bathtub at the house I have listed on the market. I had gotten the bill from the plumber and wanted to see if the problem had gotten fixed.
It has not. The plumber that came to the house told me he had to replace the valve and that didn’t work so he had to replace the faucet set. He said if that didn’t work then he had to replace a different valve and I gave him permission to do that.
He did not. I will have to call Monday and have them come over again and this time hopefully get it right. I don’t understand where the valves are and what they are talking about. I just want the faucet to not drip and struggle with the fact that it is not fixed and they billed me.
Came home and fell asleep in my chair and slept most of the afternoon. I finally feel rested. It has been a hot minute since I have felt rested.
I got on Facebook and read all the comments from the post I put in a group about raising funds for the detainees held at the Chase County Detention Center. Most of the comments are wonderfully supportive and appreciative. There are always a few that take the other approach. I am doing my best to stay in love while I respond to them and explain how I got to where we are at. I so appreciate my friends that have chimed in supporting me. Man, some people need to take a breath before they write and calm themselves down a notch or two or three.
The only thing on my agenda for tomorrow is to attempt to schedule a face-to face meeting with the director of the Center. I need to prepare him for the incredible response my post is bringing him and to let him know he may soon be overrun with soccer balls and basketballs. I have way more money than I need to purchase stamps and card stock so want to have a deeper conversation with him to see what else we can do with the funds. It is a good thing to have this type of problem!
I guess I also need to call the plumber and get them scheduled to come yet again and this time fix the problem. How many trips does it take to stop a drip in a faucet? Maybe it is more complicated than I know.
Tuesday I am going to a coffee in Council Grove and then late afternoon Tuesday I have a birthday party to go to. Wednesday I am picking up some donations from downtown Emporia and having a blood draw. Thursday I am going to the protest in downtown Emporia. Friday the beef I am getting will be taken to the butcher. I will need to make a trip to Olpe to give them cutting instructions soon. Saturday I will go to another protest. It is going to be another busy week for me.
Marianne Williamson did a video today that I needed to hear. She reminded me that first I need to sit with my feelings of heartbreak about what is happening in the USA Today. Then i need to look inside and find ways that I have added to the problem and have not been acting in a state of love to all. She also reminded me that hate and fear got us in this mess and love is the only way out. We can’t continue doing what we have been doing and expect different results. She also reminded me that acts of love and service will appear when one is ready to hear them. I need this reminder today!
This little detention center project I am working on is reminding me of the goodness of my friends and neighbors around the state and even beyond. So many of us want to do the right thing and sometimes knowing what that is can be hard to know. Many of us are action based people and finding positive action to take seems to be hard to find. I am beyond grateful of the ways people are stepping up to support this little project. It feels a bit like a miracle to me.
I would love to find a group that understands this and is working towards that goal daily. It is easier to do when one has like-minded people doing it with them. Change of this nature takes time and lots of humility. Miracles can and do happen and I strongly believe this is how we will get out of this awful mess we are in.
Looking forward to the conversation with the Director of the Center this week. I want to see his face when I tell him how much we have raised with more funds coming in. People are also taking things directly to the center and mailing the Center things. Love in Action can send a powerful message.
Grateful for messages that show up when I need them the most, grateful for friends and their support, and grateful for opportunities to protest this week.