Not a very productive day but a good one. I went out and pulled a bunch of weeds in the iris garden. The iris are almost ready to burst into bloom. I love the smell of them and will be grateful when they bloom in a couple of days.
I marinated chicken tenders in olive oil with seasoning and then grilled them for dinner. They were so good! Made an easy and quick dinner.
Jim got the brow of the garage covered in wrap this afternoon. He still needs to put the metal over it and then that project will be done. It is to rain tonight so he wanted to get the wrap on it to protect the boards.
Jim went to Walmart today to pick up my prescription and a few things we needed. It was his weekly out of the house trip. I will wait a few days and then it will be my turn to get out. We like going together but in light of what is happening these days decided it is silly for both of us to expose ourselves at the same time.
I’m surprised I haven’t been going stir crazy. I do better when I have projects to do but today went by easily and I didn’t really have anything special to do. It did feel good to get outside and get my hands in the dirt. We haven’t taken our walk yet today but will when Jim gets off the phone with his son. I talked to Nicole for an hour earlier today. Nice to be able to stay in touch that way.
I had ordered some summer clothes and they came in today. They all fit! I had planned to go back to KS after the wedding for a week and was going to bring summer clothes back with me then. Since we didn’t get to go to KS I needed to order some as I have no idea when we will get back to KS. It is to be in the high 80’s again early next week here in OK. There winter was much milder than it was in KS but there summers are much hotter.
I think I am going to bake Jim a batch of cookies this evening. I feel like baking. I’ll have to see what ingredients we have on hand and then I can decide what kind to make. His favorites are oatmeal chocolate chip and snickerdoodles.
We have been married two weeks already. This second week has flown by. It seems like it was three days ago that we celebrated our first week anniversary. There is a sameness to our day these days. Nothing happens much that helps me know one day from another. We don’t have choir practice on Wednesday and church on Sunday to mark the days. Good thing my iPad tells me what day of the week it is everyday or I would have no idea what day it is.
I had a stuffy nose yesterday so Jim gave me some Flonase to use. I used it again this morning and I noticed tonight I haven’t had a headache all day. Wondering if I had a bit of a sinus infection that the Flonase is helping to clear.
Sent a note to my Endocrinologist asking her to either schedule my ultrasound the same day as my appointment in May or if I could have the ultrasound done here in Stillwater so I don’t have to make two trips to Topeka. I haven’t heard back from her yet.
I called my accountant to check on my taxes. He had completed them but they hadn’t been reviewed by his partner yet. He didn’t tell me what the results were yet. They aren’t seeing clients face to face to deliver taxes to so he said he would need to mail them to me to review before they could file them. Good thing the due date was delayed. He said they were running a Skelton crew and were running behind. I guess keeping up with all the day to day changes the IRS is making is delaying them too.
My house sitter said there was a lot of burning happening in the neighborhood. I am so sorry that I am missing it this year. I love watching the night prairie fires. Don’t miss the smoke and ash that blows into the house though.
The dogs and cats are due for their flea and tic medication this month. I will need to call the vets office and see if they will mail them to Kylee so she can give them to the pets. I had planned on being home to pick them up myself. So many plans that need changed!
Spent some time this afternoon imagining how the world may be different when all this is over. I truly trust that things will shift and the decisiveness of our nation will find a way to bridge our differences and a better balance in wealth will happen. I know many of the jobs that are being lost will not return and people will have to find other ways of supporting themselves. I think we have all learned that government can not provide essential services and we need to find a way to help one another through this crisis.
I put on FaceBook and I will say it here too. If you or your family is in financial need during this time please send me a private, confidential message and I will see what I can do to help. We are all in this together and we all need to help each other out. It does require that someone ask for help though.
Grateful for a delicious dinner, grateful for phone calls from family, and grateful for essential services that people risk their lives to continue to provide.