Quiet day at home today. I finally got some sleep last night. My first sleep was about three hours long and my second sleep was about the same. It has been several weeks since I got six hours of sleep in one night.
It is rainy and cold outside today. I thought about going to Costco in Wichita today but I don’t like driving in the rain. It is to be nice both Monday and Tuesday so will wait and go then. Think I will stay tucked inside today and be a hermit for the day. I need my soul and body to sync up and sitting in the peace and quiet of my little house on the prairie helps me do that.
My Marine and his wife dropped off a vehicle this morning. I was still in bed. I’m glad I knew they were coming by or it might have scared me to hear them come in. They are headed to AZ for the week so my Marine can go to class. It will be a quiet week here without them.
Watched a movie on Prime Video this morning. Worked on some embroidery work while I watched the movie but it didn’t hold much interest for me. Not sure if it is the pattern I am working on that I don’t like or if I am done with embroidery work for a bit. Maybe I burned myself out on it doing so much earlier this year. If it starts getting cold I can start knitting again and get some more yarn worked up. I want to get the tub of yarn in my closet worked up this winter. Have more downstairs too but can’t get to it right now. I gave away all the dish rags I had knitted to family members last Sunday. Need to get started making another big pile of them.
Wonder if we will get the snow predicted for later today. Sure seems early to get snow. What happened to fall? Thinking we might have a real winter this year. We haven’t had a really hard winter for some time. Not my favorite time of the year with the long dark nights and short days. I gather my energy from the sun and that is hard to do in the winter time.
Got the heat lamp hooked up for the chicken coop yesterday. I need to bring the water containers that are outside in the pen up to the house so I can get them cleaned out and stored for the winter time. I closed the windows so the chickens can stay a bit warmer and drier. Need to take some fresh straw down and scatter in the coop so they can stay warmer.
Wednesday two guests are coming for one night and Thursday I am going to KC to help Nicole with a project she is working on. Friday a repeat guest is coming in for two nights. One of my long-term guests will be here next week too. So grateful for my guests as this house feels mighty big and empty with just me here now.
Friday I will need to go into Emporia for a blood draw. Time to have my thyroid levels checked. I want to send the Doctor a note on Monday to see if she wants to add any blood tests to what she has already ordered. It crossed my mind that maybe the reason I am having trouble stopping the weight loss is because my thyroid levels are not in balance. Not sure what tests she ordered so I want to check and see. I may need a medication adjustment. The thyroid controls your metabolism. I’ve lost 17 pounds since I saw her in June. I have an ultrasound scheduled for the end of October.
The Emporia library has their fall book sale going on. Bag day is Tuesday so will go in and get four or five bags full so I have reading material for the winter. I am helping with the book sale on Wednesday morning. Last spring I was glad I had paid the $10 a bag price as they were pretty sold out by the time the bags were only $5. I probably should go in today and pay the $1 – $3 a book price but I’m too cheap to do that.
I need to call and make an appointment to get my hair cut. Trying to wait to get it done until the week before I leave for New Zealand but it is really bothering me so may go ahead and get it done this week. Less than three weeks before my next big adventure starts. Time to make a packing list and make sure I have everything I need. I need to try on a couple of pair of pants and make sure they still fit.
I get home the week of Thanksgiving and want to do most of my Thanksgiving dinner shopping before I leave. I’ll have to have my Marine set the turkey in the refrigerator while I am gone so it will be thawed so I can cook it on Thanksgiving. I’ll buy everything but the perishable stuff before I leave so my list will be fairly easy to get the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. The stores get so crowded I hate to shop then. Once my list is complete it always feels like the hard part of fixing dinner is done.
Feels like I am having a life course adjustment. I took the wrong path for a couple of weeks and feel like I am back on the right path again. Not sure what is over the hill I am climbing but trusting it is exactly where I am to be. I learned on the Camino to take one step at a time and to stay fully present. That helped make the climb possible. The present moment is all we ever have. I plan for the future but there is no guarantee I have a future. This moment, right here, right now, is all there is. I kinda like my peaceful moment of today. I am attempting to secure in to it and lock in this feeling so I can return to it if needed.
Still need to do some work on securing “we”. I can only do that work when “I” is secure. I got rattled a bit and need to come back to “I” before I can do “We”. One step forward and one back! It is all good! I love learning about myself and my habitual patterns. Discouraging at times yet I have to look back to where I was a year ago and can appreciate the progress I have made. You can’t eat the whole elephant in one setting! One bite at a time! One day at a time! Sometimes one moment at a time!.
Grateful for my guests that come stay, grateful for the wisdom of my higher self, and grateful for the teachings from my mentor.