Rain on the prairie. I invite it to sit and stay for a bit. We are so dry my grass hasn’t turned green yet. Not sure how much we got this afternoon but there are there a few puddles in the back swell.
We have had 37 plus MPH winds this afternoon. I had a Mary Poppins minute when I was coming back up from the coop. I was holding my watering bucket with the lid open and the wind caught it and almost pulled me up and over.
I didn’t make it in to hear the music this afternoon. About the time it was time to go I got very sleepy and had to lay down. I ended up sleeping for about two hours. One hour was in my chair in the living room. I woke up and was cold so went to my bed and turned on the electric blanket and then fell back asleep and slept for another hour. Sure wish I could find sleep like that at night but I will take it whenever it finds me these days.
Went downstairs to work on the two spare bedrooms and bathroom. Got one bedroom and the bathroom emptied. The other bedroom is piled with stuff that I need to decide what to do with. I reached decision fatigue quickly and had to stop. Not sure why this room is causing that as it is stuff I never use. I’ll try again later and see if I can get that bedroom emptied out too.
It kinda hit hard today when I looked at the completely emptied bedroom and bathroom that I am moving. The other decluttering I have done just lightened my load but I didn’t completely empty a room out. I have to trust myself and continue to know and believe that selling is the right thing to do. I sure will miss this house and the views though.
I am working on our solar eclipse trip and put a post on a site created for visitors to Antlers, OK that are coming for the solar eclipse. I asked if anyone local would let five old women come sit with them during the eclipse. I offered to pay and bring lunch for all.
The amount of invitations I have gotten and information about local going’s on that day is so cute. I need to finalize our trip plans and then make a decision about where we are going to be that day. If we do go to Antlers, we will have a private place to enjoy our time with access to their private bathroom. None of the people that have responded want to be paid – now this is a great lesson of how humanity still is good.
I got concerned about the return traffic if we went the extra hour to go to Broken Bow. It is a little over an hour from McAlester to Antlers but then another hour to get to Broken Bow. After we went to Atchison the traffic coming home was really bad and the trip took twice as long as it did to get there. Not sure I want to spend four hours in traffic to get from Broken Bow to McAlester as it is still a five hour drive from there home. I’m trusting that once we get to Tulsa, the traffic won’t be so bad but it is two-lane roads all the way so it may be. We may have to go through Oklahoma City going home to catch the Turnpike if traffic is really bad.
I have read a couple times though that if you want the true experience of the eclipse you have to get to a place that has 100% coverage. One article said there isn’t that much difference between 50% and 99% but a world of difference between 99 and 100. Both Antlers and Broken Bow are in the 100% path. Broken Bow will have over four minutes of darkness and Antlers will only have two. Is four more hours of traffic afterwards worth two minutes of darkness?
We will have a grand adventure no matter where we go. I am grateful that strangers would open their homes and toilet up for five old ladies to come share the wonder of the day with them.
Tomorrow I need to go to town for exercise at 3:00. Before that I am going to the Design Center to pick out the material for countertops and flooring for the new house. I need to stop and get chicken feed and also stop at Affordable Room Groups to arrange for the delivery of my new mattress. I will have a couple of boxes to drop off at the Salvation Army and I need to stop at the Vet to get quarterly meds for the dogs and cat. Hoping in the morning to finish up the bedroom downstairs and get those three rooms clean.
Tuesday I am doing a special tax session for a couple that need some extra time and help. I don’t have to do taxes Wednesday but I will have to go to town for exercise and the Chiropractor. Thursday I get to stay home and then back to town on Friday for exercise.
I need to call my plumber and find out why the check I sent him over a week ago hasn’t cleared the bank yet. The last time I tried to paid him, he didn’t get my check. Want to make sure he received this one. Not sure why he doesn’t get the checks.
Still need to get a couple things listed on Marketplace to try to keep moving the bigger items out of here. These last four weeks are going to fly by and I need to keep at it. I have a tall ladder, an extra kitchen table or two, some night stands, luggage racks, and a decorated milk can that need to find another home.
It has been nice to stay home for two complete days. I needed a break and I feel more grounded and centered tonight than I have for a bit. I’m grateful I chose to sleep instead of getting out and being around people today. Hoping the urge hits for me to finish up the basement this week and cross that off my decluttering and moving list.
Grateful for a rainy Sunday afternoon nap, grateful for the excitement of the upcoming eclipse trip, and grateful I got the basement packing job started.