This has been a busy day. I had to be at the dental clinic at the Vo-Tech at 8:00 this morning. I was sleeping really well when the alarm went off at 6:30. I laid in bed until 7:00 and almost didn’t make it out of bed.
The student I have cleaning my teeth this year is the best one I have ever had. I was done by 10:30 and that was a bit delayed as another student screened me to see if I qualify to be her Capstone patient. I didn’t qualify but she tried.
I stopped and got a few things from Walmart, deposited a check and then came home. I was cold when I got home so ate lunch and then turned my electric blanket on and laid in my bed to warm up. I fell asleep and slept for two hours.
A friend invited me over at 4:00 for happy hour. It was good to visit with some friends for a bit.
At 5:30 I met Michelle and her family at Bruffs for dinner. It was good to catch up with them. We don’t get a chance to do that often enough.
I am exhausted tonight. I hadn’t been around anyone for a couple of days and today I made up for that. I have a quiet day at home scheduled for tomorrow so will get a chance to recover then.
No plans for the weekend. Tim wants some oatmeal raisin cookies so if I get to town I will get some raisins and make those. Otherwise I have lots of empty space planned.
Monday I have an appointment with my family doctor. It is a normal six-month checkup. He needs to see me so he can send in refills for my prescriptions.
The carry on bag I ordered for the Vegas trip came in today. We are taking Spirit airlines and they are very picky about the size of your carry on bag. It will be big enough so I don’t need to check a bag. I’ll have to put my purse in the bag though as they don’t allow you to take a carry on bag and a purse. We are only going for three nights so won’t need to take much with me.
It was good for me to get out and around people today. Wish I could have spread it out over a couple days. The more time I spend alone the more I find being around people wears me out faster than it used to. Hard for me to find the balance between enough time alone and being with people.
It is to be in the mid 50’s by Saturday for a couple days. I’m looking forward to that. Hoping the wind isn’t a factor so it will actually feel warm. I’m looking forward to getting outside and cleaning up the flower beds.
I need to remember and call John Deere and have them come pick up my lawn mower for its annual tune-up and blade sharpening. I hit so many rocks during the mowing season that the blades need sharpened every year. John Deere will come pick it up for me and bring it back when it is done being serviced. I like service like that.
I also need to remember to call and make an appointment to get the oil in my car changed next week.
Something has shifted in me in a good way over the last couple of days. I’m never quite sure why that happens and don’t always recognize it when it does for a bit. Sometimes the move towards acceptance is so slow and gradual that I don’t recognize it and sometimes it is a more dramatic, sudden shift. I’m always grateful how ever it happens. I’m sure I will have some moments of back sliding but for now I will celebrate reaching the top of the mountain I felt like I was climbing. There is a valley that can happen at times when things even out and I can breathe a bit easier.
Grateful the kids invited me out to dinner tonight, grateful for the dental student I have this year, and grateful for the shift that has happened in me.