Two years ago Kathy and I moved to this house in Cottonwood Falls from the big house in the country. It was a huge change for us but one I am so happy we made.
The moving truck had finally finished loading up this house with boxes when I got the call that Craig had made his transition. I guess we both made transitions that day. I think of Craig often and wish I could call him when something comes up with one of the kids. His love for them continues and I see him in the kids. He left a big hole for all of us to fill with love.
This has been a quiet, low energy type of day for me. Had trouble sleeping last night so it felt like a long night with little sleep. My sleep apnea machine and I were not good friends last night.
Have stayed home most of the day. I was going to go to Emporia to get groceries but decided I really didn’t need that many things so went to the Dollar General store instead and got some essentials. The rest of the things on my list can wait till another day. Gas is too expensive to make a needless trip to Emporia. Went to the bank downtown Cottonwood Falls to cash a check and to deposit a check.
Got the month end report posted for Love in Action. We used to have a rather complicated process for month end when we had the McDonald’s. It would take me several days to get all the numbers added and the proper people notified of our monthly sales. This report is nothing compared to those days.
No plans for the weekend. Tomorrow is the national day of protest with a call to not spend any money. I haven’t been doing much of that lately anyways but will intentionally stay home tomorrow and not eat out. I am still on my no spend kick that I started the end of last year. This is the longest I have ever gone on it. Material things just don’t hold much interest for me these days.
I saw a recommendation that those of us that are retired do intentional acts of kindness tomorrow since not going to work is something we do everyday. I got a new box of greeting cards and if I remember I will spend some time writing some cards and mailing them. It is fun to get a card or letter in the mail as it doesn’t happen often these days. You kinda have to be around people to do random acts of kindness and I don’t plan to be out and about.
Wrote two letters to the pen pal Detainees. One of them needs a pen pal and I haven’t found one to match him with. The other one has a pen pal but she is out of the country for the next couple of weeks and I didn’t want him to not get an email while she was gone.
I wrote a response to a post on someone’s Facebook page and a lady commented back that what I wrote was not true. Hmmm…. I don’t like when someone tells me what my truth is. I ignored it as when someone is that close minded it doesn’t serve me to argue with them as they can’t hear me. Truth is probably the wrong word here as it is more of an opinion.
Grateful for another quiet day at home, grateful Dollar General has the essentials so I don’t have to go to Emporia, and grateful for all that support Love in Action.