Slept in this morning. We didn’t even wake up in time to listen to church at 11:00. I had trouble falling asleep last night and around 4:00 took some NyQuill. It worked and put me to sleep. Have felt hung over today but it was worth it to get some sleep.
I painted some today. Finally got the woodwork that Jim repaired in the dining room painted. It looks so nice now. Painted the back side of a door for the closet as well as the shelves and boards that he will use in the closet. Got two coats on everything and will need to flip them tomorrow and get the other side painted.
Jim is cleaning out the spare bedroom and loading up another load for us to take to Strong City tomorrow. I got into the tote that has my winter knitting in it and got the ends weaved in and boxed up to take to the church whenever the church can accept blanket donations. I may have some more to add to it if they aren’t accepting donations right now – I’ll have to call and check.
Fixed bacon and quiche for dinner tonight. I got up too late to lay anything out to thaw. Jim is kind and accepts meals like that sometimes. Laid out some salmon for dinner for tomorrow night. Doing my best to get the freezer cleaned out before we leave in two weeks to go to KS to stay. We are trying to eat up all the food I had bought for our wedding brunch that didn’t happen. Makes for some quick meals when I use that stuff up.
It was a beautiful day in Stillwater today. The temperature got up to the low 80’s and the sun returned from its week long vacation and stayed out and played all day. We took a nice walk this evening after dinner. I didn’t have to wear a sweater and I didn’t get cold. Perfect weather for me! It is to be nice the next couple of days. I will enjoy that!
Feeling better today and not so cranky. I did have some problem with my B/P being too low again today. It was 90/50 at one point. Maybe the NyQuil lowers it? Not sure. Sure will be happy when my thyroid levels get sorted out and this problem goes away. It is becoming annoying.
We are still debating about going to CO in July. Jim has his heart set on going but things are still dicey. Sounds like access to the National Parks is going to be limited and it still feels a bit risky to me to go. Lots can happen in a months time so will play it by ear yet and decide later. We may not have a choice if things get bad again.
Our plan for tomorrow is to get up early and be on the road by mid morning. Jim likes to sleep in so we will see if that is what happens. We have no reason to have to get there early so it won’t really matter if we don’t get gone before noon. It is a long day going to and from in the same day but it will be good to see home for a hot minute.
I had cleaned out the spare room downstairs so he could turn it into a dark room and store his stuff in it. We have decided it isn’t big enough for all his stuff so think we will convert one of the Jack and Jill bedrooms into a storage room for him. I don’t plan on having guests for a bit and that will give him a room to store his stuff out of the way until he can sort through it all and decide what to do with it. We will have to store the two twin beds from that room in the furnace room but that is no problem. Combining two households gets tricky!
We haven’t had the TV on today so haven’t listened to any news. That helps my mood stay higher. I checked on headlines on my iPad news line but didn’t read many articles. I’m so worn out from the news. Time to take a news break.
My mood has been much higher today. Doing something productive has helped and getting a good night’s sleep helped too. I’m back into my peaceful valley of life and back to being a witness. Life is easier when I can stay here.
Grateful for a good night’s sleep, grateful for a perfect spring day, and grateful some painting got done today.