My three guests arrived around 2:00 yesterday. They hung around the house all afternoon and evening. We all sat outside in the swings to watch the sun go down and see the stars pop out. It cooled down nicely and was a beautiful night to sit out and enjoy Mother Nature and listen to the symphony of insects singing and coyotes howling in the background.
This morning Kathy and I went to Florence, Hillsboro, and Cottonwood Falls Cemeteries to decorate graves. I took the long way from Florence to Hillsboro but it was a beautiful drive as everything is so green right now. Won’t be long though with the heat that is coming that things will dull unless we get more rain.
Stopped at the grocery store in Marion to get stuff for the family reunion we are going to in Cottonwood Falls tomorrow. I am going to make a meat loaf in the morning and just finished making a potato salad and deviled eggs to take. Decided not to make a dessert as I don’t know what I would do with the leftovers. I’ll need to give the leftovers of the other stuff I am taking away too as I can’t eat any of it. I am going to take a salad for myself to eat.
When we got home I did a load of laundry to wash up the towels the guests used and did a load of dishes. Started a second load of dishes a few minutes ago from my cooking mess. I tend to dirty lots of dishes when I cook. My guests have been cooking their meals in my kitchen too.
My guests went to the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve for a bird watching class for the 9-year-old this morning and came back to the house just a little after we got back from our cemetery tour. They are resting downstairs now. They decided it was too hot to go out and do anything else.
My guest tomorrow told me he didn’t think he would be here before 5:00 tomorrow so that will give me plenty of time to flip the bedroom and get it ready for him. The reunion I am going to starts at noon but will probably be over by 2:30. Glad it worked out so I can go.
I didn’t go to the alumni dinner last night. Felt I needed to stay around and be present for my guests. The 9-year-old has enjoyed exploring the house and has liked being able to gather eggs and feed the chickens. Glad I had some old toys laying around as he has been playing with them. They forgot the sack of games they were going to bring for him to play with.
The dad of the family graduated from Hillsboro High School and knew our cousin Jack. What a small world it is! His mother is buried in the same cemetery as our grandparents are in Hillsboro. He used to be a reporter for the Emporia Gazette and thinks he remembers interviewing me for a story he did years ago. I don’t recognize him though.
Slept until 5:00 this morning so making progress. By tomorrow I should be over jet lag.
This week is shaping up to be a busy week. My guest arrives Monday and stays until Friday. Six more guests come on Friday. Have to go to town Tuesday or Wednesday for a blood draw, having lunch with a friend on Wednesday, and have something to go to Tuesday morning. Thursday I will need to clean again for the guests arriving Friday. No rest for the weary around here.
The forecast is calling for temperatures to reach over 100 this week. Not sure I am ready for that. I am tolerating the heat better this year than I did last year though. What ever happened to spring? Seems like we went straight to summer heat.
Grateful the grocery store in Marion was open today – it is a nice little grocery store, grateful for the beauty of Mother Nature and the opportunity to sit outside and enjoy her last night, and grateful for all my loved ones that no longer live on this side of the veil. I still feel their energy and love though!