It has been a quiet day on the prairie today. After all the chaos of yesterday I needed a quiet day today. I haven’t turned the TV on today and am taking a bit of media break. I was overwhelmed with it all yesterday and needed to refill my soul today.
I got a heartbreaking text from my granddaughter asking me if she was ever going to be able to come spend a day with me again. That one hurt! I told her as soon as we could get our vaccine she could come over to spend the day. Sure wish I knew when that might happen. I haven’t seen any sign up lists yet to give me an idea of how soon it can happen. I so miss my grandchildren and spending time with them.
The sun peaked out from behind the clouds for a bit late afternoon. It has been a misty rainy type of day on the prairie today. Not sure we accumulated very much rain overnight but it was a bit muddy in the chicken coop this morning. I need to dust and take advantage of the dust being gone for a bit.
Did a bit of knitting while I was watching some videos. I like watching Heather Cox Richardson, she is a historian from MA and I trust what she says and how she says things. She is greatly worried about what Trump might do over the next 13 days and thinks he needs to be removed from office ASAP. After the stunt he pulled yesterday I wouldn’t put anything past him. He has little to be gained by behaving for two weeks – not that he is capable of that anyways.
I took four calls on the hot line last night. I have another shift tonight. We were busy but not slammed last night. We will see what tonight brings. I handled one suicidal caller that was able to find a moment of calm. I trust they lived to see the sunrise this morning.
The Endocrinologist doctor’s nurse called with the results of my bone scan. It wasn’t normal but it wasn’t bad. They want me to take a Calcium tablet twice a day. They also want to change the dosage of my Thyroid medication. The nurse called one script into the correct pharmacy but sent the other script to the wrong pharmacy. I sent her a note and asked her to fix it but haven’t heard back. Not sure why she managed to get one right and one wrong. When it gets fixed I will have to go to town to pick them up.
Nothing on my calendar until I go to Cottonwood Falls and Strong City on Monday to deliver eggs. Let me know if you want to be added to the delivery route. Jim wants to go to town tomorrow to get some pictures made for his Christmas letter and is going to stop and get a few groceries for me. He also needs stamps so he can do his mailing. I may go with him – we will see what tomorrow brings. We try to only go out alone so we reduce our chances of getting exposed.
Fixing chicken tenders for dinner. I haven’t decided how I am going to fix them yet but I will figure something out when I get in the kitchen to start dinner. I am running out of ideas as to what to fix for dinner.
Called the company that installed my solar panels today and asked them to do a diagnostic review as my electric bill for December was high. The panels produced more solar power this December than a year ago. He said to check all electrical devices in the house to see if something is running all the time. He was sure that it wasn’t a problem with the solar panels. Not sure where to start. He did say to unplug things and then check the electric meter to see if it is still spinning. If so, keep looking for things to unplug. The only thing I can think of that I didn’t have last year is the new watering container heater that I put in the chicken coop and the three heat lamps we use for the chickens and dogs and cats. Surely they wouldn’t use that much electricity would they? Things like this baffle me.
Got my grandson’s birthday present ordered. He let me know today what he wanted. When I asked him if he needed new socks, t-shirts, underwear or sweat pants he said, No, I’m good. Guess I’ll have to give him some cash to go along with his gift as he ordered something below his budget. Glad to have that taken care of.
Grateful for a day of peace and quiet on the prairie, grateful for experts who share their knowledge and expertise with others, and grateful to see the sun this afternoon.