Have my to-do list done for the day. The two bedrooms and bathrooms are refreshed. Went into Cottonwood Falls to go to the bank and get a cashier’s check to pay my share of the Australia and New Zealand trip. Went to Walmart and got cat food and lettuce. I vacuumed the steps leading to the basement. Nothing else on my list for the day so guess that means I get to play the rest of the day.
Had an interesting couple of conversations regarding my hay yesterday. My neighbor has burned it every spring until this year. Not sure why he decided not to do so this spring. As payment for burning it I gave him my share of the hay. Since he didn’t burn it this year I decided to find someone else to cut it and take the hay in exchange for a promise to come do the burn for me next spring. At the Moon Rising Party a local rancher that came to the party knew of someone who he thought might take that deal for me.
Yesterday someone was cutting my hay. The rancher happened to be driving by and stopped to make sure the guy he had talked to about doing the job had gotten hold of me. The guy had not. Come to find out my neighbor had given the guy that cuts his grass permission to cut my yard. The rancher talked to the guy cutting the grass and the rancher is now going to take my hay and will come burn for me next spring. The guy doing the cutting will haul the hay to the rancher’s place.
My neighbor called me last night. It was an interesting conversation to say the least. He had forgotten I had told him I was going to find someone else to cut and bale this year. Oh well, it got cut and is going away and I have someone to burn next spring. It all ended well.
Roxy had gained 15 pounds from her last year’s check. Thinking not running the neighborhood is causing her to gain weight. She behaved herself and was fairly easy to manage taking her in and out of the Vet’s office. I did have to lift her up to get her in my car to take her to town. She now weighs 80 pounds so that wasn’t something I would want to do everyday. She got right in the car for the trip home.
I had to get HeartGuard and tic medication for both dogs this visit. That stuff is expensive! Spent almost $500 between the cats shots and medication and Roxy’s shots and medication for her and Star. There goes my profits for the month. Star went in January so I am set for the rest of the year except for tic medication for all four in October.
Still have an open week in July with no bookings other than my long-term guest. I think I am going to block those days off and take some time off. I am struggling a bit with keeping myself grounded and have a feeling of being unsettled. I think I need a short break to see if that helps. I have three weeks booked in August and won’t get much of a break then.
This heat hasn’t helped as I don’t go outside much. Now that my yard is cut and baled I need to get out and do the hard mowing which is the areas in the very front yard the tractor couldn’t get to. It is way too hot to do that mowing right now unless I am up and at it by 6:30 each morning and quit by 8:00. I’ll see how next week unfolds and see if I can get out and get it done early in the day.
They were able to bale the grass today and they only cut it yesterday. Usually it has to dry longer before they can bale it. My yard looks completely yellow where they cut. No green left in it to be found.
Have a meeting at Pioneer Bluffs to go to tomorrow afternoon. Only have two more meetings after this one and my time on the board will come to an end. I am not going to renew my term. Board work is important work for a non-profit but it isn’t something I enjoy so I am not going to do more of it. I like jumping in and jumping out on short-term volunteer projects and not knowing all the stuff that happens behind the scenes.
Grateful the yard is cut and baled and the hay is going away to someone who will burn my pasture next spring, grateful my to-do list is complete for the day, and grateful I can book myself time off when I feel the need to do so.