A quiet day at home. I did manage to get dressed this morning. Progress?
Phil came over and caulked around the floor in Kathy’s bedroom. Kathy had discovered a gap that cold air was coming in. She reports her room is much warmer now. What ever would I do without Phil?
I changed the sheets on my bed and did another load of laundry today. I still need to fold and put away the other load.
Got an email from my AARP tax group that she still needed proof I had passed my tests. I thought I had sent that to her but she couldn’t find them or else I didn’t do so. I ended up taking a picture of the screenshots of the certificates and message them to her. I could not figure out how to email them to her. This computer is not able to connect to my printer and it doesn’t have my email on it and we are not allowed to add programs. She couldn’t tell me how to do it either. This type of thing frustrates me to no end. I know what I know on computers and it isn’t enough sometimes.
Took a chair nap this afternoon. I am struggling with sleep at night again.
I may go to Emporia tomorrow if a second prescription that I need is ready. I didn’t get the one the doctor prescribed yesterday yet as I have Prilosec at home and could use those. It is to be very cold again tomorrow and Saturday so may wait and pick them both up on Monday. I won’t need either of them till after that.
Can’t say I was surprised when I saw that both Moran and Marshall voted in favor of more funding for ICE. Moran speaks out of both sides of his mouth and says he will do one thing but always votes the other way. Marshall doesn’t even pretend to have empathy. I trust the Democrats won’t cave this time like they did last shut down. Wouldn’t count on it though.
No plans for the weekend. I have to go to town next week three different days so that will make the week feel busy to me. I also have a press interview Monday afternoon at the Detention Center.
Surgery was two weeks ago today. If I was still working I could go back to work. Occasionally I have a bit of pain in my abdomen where they rearranged things inside but other than that I forget I had surgery. Amazing! I trust I will remember not to lift and do much bending for another four weeks.
One day next week I need to stop and get a blood draw and have my thyroid levels checked. I should have asked my doctor to order more blood work too. The day after surgery several levels were out of whack and I want to make sure they are back to normal.
The Zoom call I was on last night was interesting. There were 45 people on the call and most were actively organizing something in their communities. I am still not sure what the point of the call was other than sharing what each of us are doing. It did feel good to learn about all that is happening throughout the state. Lots more needs to be done if ICE decides to come to KS like they are in MN.
I think the community groups in MN are teaching us how we can function without the government. The response is totally driven by community members helping other community members from the ground up. They understood over a year ago that they would be a targeted market and started getting themselves organized and educated.
Starting to feel a bit isolated and out of touch with my local contacts. I have enjoyed my hermit status for the last two weeks though. Time to rejoin the real world though.
Grateful for afternoon naps, grateful for Phil and a warmer room for Kathy, and grateful to crawl into a freshly made bed tonight.