We got the yard mowed this afternoon. I thought I was riding a boat in the back yard. I slipped and sliced a bit and found lots of standing water. It feels so good to have the yard mowed though. Jim pushed the mower and did the trimming and I rode the big mower.
I was going to go to town to get groceries but started watching the memorial service for John Lewis. I didn’t know it was going to last so long but I couldn’t stop watching it. I learned a lot about black history in America and feel embarrassed I wasn’t aware of more of it. The speeches were moving. It was so refreshing to hear a president speak in full sentences and didn’t make it about themselves. How far the bar has dropped these last four years.
It has threatened rain all afternoon but just now it has started raining. I came in from mowing and took a shower and put on jeans and long sleeves. Can’t believe it is the end of July. It looks more like May outside with all the green grass and water standing.
Tomorrow I will have to go shopping in town. I have a long list of things I need. Groceries, thread, Vote, Post office, and stuff for the baby chickens are all on the list as well as cat and dog food. I am hoping I can get it all done in one trip to town and then I can stay home for the next week and not leave the place. It feels so good to be home I don’t want to leave again for a long while.
I have started the next batch of masks. I am almost done cutting up one of the three sheets I will use. The other two are washed and ready to be cut up. Once all the pieces are cut I will press the material and then start putting them together. I promised someone I would give them 50 masks so need to get started making them so I can fulfill my promise.
I am having to mail the Y Camp a check for the balance due. For some reason their machine is not talking to my bank and no one can tell me why. I gave up and asked them for an alternative method of payment as I was beyond frustrated trying to get it resolved. I will mail their check when I go to town tomorrow. Sometimes the old fashioned way of paying works best.
I have a Crisis Hot Line shift tonight And tomorrow night. I changed my Wednesday night this week to Friday as I knew I would be too tired to take a shift when we got home last night. I went to bed early last night and fell asleep fast.
Feeling a bit behind with all the stuff I need to do. It seems to take me a bit to get caught up after being gone so long. I keep thinking of more things I need to do and add them to my to do list. I’ll get it done but forget every time it takes longer than I want it to.
Grateful the yard is mowed, grateful I was able to sleep last night, and grateful for the life of John Lewis – what an inspiration his service was.