Sophia did a bit better last night although she did bark. Kathy took her and Roxy into her bedroom and they were quiet the rest of the night.
I went to Emporia a little before noon today. It took 35 minutes to get to town today. I didn’t go past a flag man but traffic was very heavy with lots of semi trucks and I only hit 55 all the way to town. Coming home it was all clear and I made it home in 20 minutes for the first time all week.
I met my boys for lunch at Bruff’s. Tagen and Jason were both free to come to lunch. It is always a good day when I get to spend time with them. Tagen is almost done with his summer classes and so far has an A in every class he is taking. I am so proud of him. Jason had a client cancel so he was able to join me too.
After lunch I stopped at Walmart to get some big zip lock bags. It is to rain most days and I have to do a hike to get to a cave and waterfall. The backpack I am taking is not waterproof so needed some big zip lock bags to put my clothes in so they will stay dry.
Met with my builder at 2:00. I got the final bid for the house. It is way higher than I expected so am taking 24 hours to decide if I want to proceed, find a different builder or drop the idea all together. I am getting bad vibes from his guy. I swear he had quoted me a different number last I met with him and he swears not. Hmmm…. What to do?
Came home after I met with the builder and took a shower. I had skipped one this morning and for some reason felt like I needed one. It helped perk me up for a bit but am tired again now. I had a bit of trouble finding sleep again last night. May still go take a nap if I can find sleep.
Need to do my exercises sometime today. I forgot to do them Tuesday. I have to go back to Emporia tomorrow for exercise at 2:00. It will be good to have a week off from the gym next week. If I have good internet, I will do my exercises while on vacation. We shall see. I forgot to ask when I had my Zoom meeting with the trip leader if internet access was available.
Saturday I will stay home and pack. I finally make a packing list so all I will need to do is pull things out and throw them in a suitcase. I am only taking a carry on bag so will probably have to delete some things I would like to take. Still debating about my hiking boots. I have some hiking sandals that would work and would do better if they get wet. My hiking boots take up a lot of space. I do have to take a back pack so could put my hiking boots in the back pack along with my iPad. I will make a last minute decision about what to do.
Sunday I have a 3:00 flight so will need to leave here around 10:30. I don’t like to stress about time and would rather sit at the airport and extra hour. I am going to park at the airport so will need to catch a shuttle bus. I also have to check in at the front gate as I have an international flight and they have to do a passport check. One never knows how long the lines will be at the airport.
My least favorite part about traveling is the getting there and coming home part. I don’t like crowds and lines and airports seem to be full of people and long lines these days. I will suck it up and deal!
My tummy has been a bit loud today. Trusting it is excitement from the pending trip and nothing more. My gut tends to talk to me the loudest and lets me know when things are pending. Trusting it will settle down soon and give me issues while I am on vacation.
Three days to go and I will be on my way to Costa Rica. It will be good to have a change of scenery and to get away for a bit. Whatever happens will be an adventure for sure.
Sitting in a good place today even with the challenges of the day. I have been isolating too much and it felt good to spend time with the guys. It will do be good to be around people while on vacation. I’m so grateful our group is only four people, counting me. That number I can handle easily.
Grateful to get to have lunch with Tagen and Jason, grateful I have the bid for the new house, and grateful the trip will be here very soon.