This has been a very quiet stay-at-home day. I did manage to get dressed this morning but I could easily have stayed in my pajamas all day.
I worked on the numbers for the Love in Action project. I like to make sure my numbers are accurate at least once a week so I know what I have to spend if needed. We are in the middle of raising funds for our Holiday projects and I wanted to make sure I have enough on hand in case more funds don’t come in. If I don’t get any more funds I will have enough to cover the cost of both the pizza party and the gift cards. But that will almost deplete the funds. I feel rather confident more funds will be forthcoming and we will be able to continue this project into the New Year.
No plans for tomorrow either. I may go to Emporia just to go somewhere. I have felt very restless today and sometimes if I get out and do something it helps calm me down. Not sure why I was so restless today. It felt like a very long day. I might call it a day and go to bed early and see if I can sleep.
Last night I ordered a couple more skirts and two blouses for the India trip in November. I think that will be all I need to get to be ready for the trip. I am thinking about getting a new carry on bag but I look at them on-line and can’t quite buy one. I am thinking my traveling days are going to slow down and not sure it would be worth the money to buy a new bag. The one I have works – an inside zipper broke but I can make do. The bag I have has lots of miles on it. I got it before I walked the Camino ten years ago. I bet it has been to at least 15 different countries since then.
I managed to fix a casserole of chicken and rice for lunch today. I have gotten out of the habit of cooking and need to get back into doing it again. It was good to have a real meal today. I have lots of leftovers so will get to have it again a couple more times.
Time to start thinking about what I want to do for the Holidays. I love hosting Thanksgiving although it isn’t quite as much fun to cook in this house as it was in my last house. I really dislike Christmas but enjoy having the kids over. We gave up doing gifts years ago. The only ones I buy for now are Ellexia and Tagen and they aren’t near as much fun to buy for now as they were when they were small. I do enjoy making Christmas treats but we don’t eat them like we used to. I’ll have to give all this some thought and see if I can come up with something different to do this year.
Phil let me know the lumber for the new addition is being delivered Tuesday. He worked a bit today on the plumbing things for the new bathroom. Not sure what all he did but progress was made. I can’t wait to see the walls and roof go up. It will really begin to feel real then.
Grateful it is almost bed time, grateful for a home cooked meal today, and grateful all is well even when it doesn’t feel that way.