It has been a hot and sticky day in Stillwater today. I didn’t get out to finish my mowing early enough and is too hot for me to do it now. Jim is on his way out now to finish the job for me.
We loaded both cars with most of Jim’s camera collection. Not all of them will fit. We had to leave a little room for some of the stuff I need to take back home with me. We will have two full cars full Of stuff to unload when we get to KS tomorrow afternoon. I had wanted to stop at Costco on our way past to pick up a few things but we won’t have room in the cars for anymore stuff.
Worked on making face masks again today. I lost count how many I have made today. I got out Jim’s old iron and pressed the cotton sheets. That has made them much easier to work with. He has an iron but no ironing board so I put a bath towel folded up over a card table. It worked well for what I was pressing.
I gathered up some of the stuff I want to take back to KS but haven’t finished getting everything piled up yet. I still need to pack my suitcase of clothes to take back. I’ll have to leave the winter stuff and take them home another day as space is going to be tight. Since we are coming back for a week in June it takes some of the pressure off to get everything we need this trip. Jim may come back later in the week for two nights and will bring another load then if he comes. He is going to see how his cats adjust and decide if they will be OK without him around so soon after moving them. He is really concerned how they are going to take to the new house and my dogs and cats. My experience tells me everyone will adjust just fine after a few tassels and hisses.
My Aunt Glenda called this afternoon. It is always a delight to hear from her. I had written her and told her I missed going to the cemetery in Florence to decorate graves and that Jim and I were going to go over this week to do so. She called to let me know mom and dad’s graves were well decorated and that the cemetery removes all the flowers ten days after Memorial Day so no need to take some over Tuesday.
We are having left over Chicken Pot Pie for dinner again tonight. It needs to get used up and it saves me from cooking another meal. Jim is kind to eat the same thing two days in a row. I’ll have to think of something to fix in KS for dinner tomorrow night when we get there. I have no idea what I have on hand their so it might be a creative meal. One of us will need to go grocery shopping Tuesday after I make a long list of things we need. It is hard to remember which house has what in it.
I put a heat pad on my aching right shoulder last night when I went to bed and it helped. Ibuprofen nor Tylenol seems not to be helping it at all. I tried ice once and that didn’t seem to help either. Glad I got some relief with a heating pad. It is aching again this afternoon from sewing and carrying lots of cameras to the cars. Sure hope the doctor can help me figure out what is wrong with it Wednesday.
Hard to believe my time here is coming to an end. It will be so good to get back to the prairie but I will miss Stillwater. This little house has been a wonderful place to shelter in place. It is little but very cozy and comfortable. It will be interesting to see how we do in the big house on the hill. Our lifestyle will change a bit. Jim can relax more there and not feel so pressured to get his projects done here. I will have more house to keep clean and more animals to tend to.
Life is constantly changing and this is just one more change for us. I’m sure we will find a rhythm to prairie life and enjoy ourselves there too. It will be nice to be closer to the kids and grandkids.
Grateful for the phone call from Aunt Glenda today, grateful for the box of face masks that got made today, and grateful tomorrow is moving day at last.