I have been a puddle all day today. I slept from 6:00 to 11:00 PM and then was up for a couple of hours. Went back to bed around 2:00 and slept until 10:00. Man, was I tired.
I did get all the stuff put away from yesterday except for the cooler of water that is on the front porch. It will wait for another day.
I am still in my pajamas. I knew I wasn’t going anywhere and wasn’t expecting anyone over so I didn’t bother getting dressed.
I have some news that I will break to my readers first. When I do the month end report for Love in Action April 1 I will announce we have met our goal of raising $5,500 for the exercise equipment for the Detention Center. Thanks to the four fundraising events that were held at the No Kings Rally’s in Topeka, Newton, Wichita and Cottonwood Falls. I am so excited! I can’t wait to get the pictures of the piece of equipment once it gets installed and the Detainees can use it to work out.
Not sure when I will have to take the check to the Center or when the equipment will get ordered or how long it will take to get it. My part of all of that except for writing the check is done. Now we wait for installation.
I have had several people sign up to be pen pals for the Detainees that choose to utilize that new program. I need to take the address labels up to the Center along with some stamps this week and then the next time cards are made available to the Detainees they can write us. I have some questions about how the program will work and don’t know all the steps we will need to take but those answers will come as we need them to. I have no idea how many will want to participate so I don’t know how many penpals I will need. I’m sure all of this will sort itself out in the coming weeks. I’m excited about this program addition as it will give us our first real contact with the Detainees themselves and it will give others a chance to get involved as a volunteer.
We had bots post comments on one of the posts on Love in Action. The post was pictures of the rally that was held in Topeka. I wish I knew how those bots finds posts and how to prevent them. I hate to change the settings to posts must be approved but if it happens again I might have to. It took almost an hour to block and remove all the bots posts. They are ugly and evil posts.
Tomorrow I have to be in Topeka at 11:00 for a doctor’s appointment. I will stop and have lunch afterwards and then come home. It is with my Endocrinologist and she is always fun to visit.
I have some thank you notes to write when I find the energy to move. Three ladies stepped in for me at Topeka and manned a booth to raise awareness of Love in Action at the Rally there. I also have some thank you notes to send to people that helped make the Singing our Resistance event so successful. One of the guests at the CWF event wrote a very nice check as a donation. And a I owe the lady who made and sold all the patches a huge thank you note.
A lady that is hoping to do a version of Love in Action at the Leavenworth ICE facility is to call Monday and ask me some questions. I have a feeling she is going to have a hard time getting Core Civic to allow her to do much but one can always try.
Tuesday and Thursday I do taxes. Wednesday is a free day. Friday I am meeting a couple at Florence for lunch. She is the one that made the patches as a fundraiser in Wichita and Newton. She was very successful raising funds and has lots of stories to share with me. I can’t wait to meet her and her husband and make some new friends.
Only two more weeks of doing taxes and then my schedule is really going to open up. Trusting some good things will come in and fill some of my time. I need to get back to a project I started a month ago and kinda dropped. I need some technology help to finish that project up. I know who I need to call so will get that done sometime soon.
Feeling very satisfied after the event yesterday . It was all I hoped it could be. I trust the people that came feel the same and that they left feeling more is possible with love in their heart.
This has been an interesting year for me already. I feel like I have given up control and am along for a ride. It has already taken me places I didn’t plan on going. Working hard to stay present to what is and listen to my intuition and guidance. It has been spot on so far this year and trust that will continue.
Grateful we reached our goal for the exercise equipment, grateful for lots and lots of sleep last night, and grateful people are signing up to be pen pals for the Detainees.