I met Jason in Emporia for lunch today. I hadn’t caught up with him for a bit so was nice to have his company for lunch.
After lunch I went through the car wash and then went to Walmart to get what I needed. I had a long list of things I needed today so it took me a bit. I saw my baby brother and a guy I graduated from high school with. I need to get out more as it increases the odds I run into someone I know!
Came home and got everything put away. I picked up the wrong stuff for my colonoscopy the end of May so will have to go back and get the right stuff.
We had quite the storm blow through late afternoon. The tornado sirens went off for a short while. By the time Kathy got her shoes on and found her cat the sirens were done. We got a small amount of pea sized hail and some heavy rain for a short bit. Didn’t get the nasty stuff that others around did. Heard there was a tornado that touched down out by Lake Kahola and they are reporting damage to roofs.
Kathy was coming home from going to the movies right before the storm hit. She saw two tornadoes north of highway 50 on her way home. Grateful she got home before the nasty stuff hit here.
Worked on the Pen Pal program for a bit today. I have a feeling some of my emails are going to people’s spam file as I don’t get much response back. So frustrating when that is the only way I have to communicate with them. Guess I better get phone numbers from now on so I can check in. All but two of the Pen Pals have received their first responses so we are moving along. One of the two said they will get on it soon and I haven’t been able to get hold of the other lady.
I came up with a letter to send the Detainees that sign up laying out the program and what restrictions we are working under. Some have already requested things that we can’t do. I want to make sure they know this will be a weekly response and not a daily one. Can’t afford to do them daily – especially if lots more sign up over the coming weeks.
Have a few people that want to be Pen Pals but haven’t heard back from them if they agree to follow the restrictions. I will attempt to send them an email from a different account and see if that will go through. I don’t want them to think I have forgotten them. I don’t have Pen PALs to assign them but thinking more will sign up as time goes on.
I have to take a side dish to the event I am going to Saturday. Decided to make deviled eggs. Everyone seems to enjoy them and most people don’t make them often. I will get those made tomorrow. They are easy to make if the eggs will behave and play nice and let me peel them easily.
The Detainee that is from Palestine is to be deported tomorrow. His father has kept me up-to-date on his progress and will let me know when his son arrives in Palestine. Not sure where they are flying him to and how far it will be for him to then get to his father’s house. ICE doesn’t make it easy for them to get to where they want to go.
Still haven’t heard about the status of the 501(c)3 application. I check the website daily and nothing has changed. Not impressed IRS! A friend tried to call them yesterday and last I heard she had waited on hold for over two hours. Never did hear if she got through or not.
I mailed a letter to a PO Box in Strong City from Cottonwood Falls and it took over a week to arrive. Man, I could have walked it to the post office and walked back home quicker than the mail took. Not impressed with the postal service these days.
No plans for tomorrow except for making the deviled eggs. It should be a stay-at-home type of day. Saturday I have the Long Table event and then nothing else on my calendar for next week.
Had trouble with sleep again last night. I kept having nightmares which is most unusual for me. I would wake myself up to turn the dream channel. I was up from 2:00 – 4:00 and finally found some more sleep. I am tired tonight though. Maybe I can sleep tonight!
I feel like I am sitting in that in-between space right now but not sure what is on either side to make me feel that way. I really don’t have too many projects going on except waiting for the 501(c)3 to be completed. Maybe what I am feeling is bigger than my little projects. The world energy is crazy right now and when I get still enough I can feel the new love energy coming in and overtaking the old, fear energy. Maybe that is really what I am feeling.
Grateful we didn’t get the nasty storm energy this evening, grateful for lunch with Jason, and grateful the Pen Pal program is up and running.