I went to bed at 8:00 last night. I slept hard for three hours then was up and down the rest of the night.
I went to Emporia this morning for a 9:00 haircut. After I got my haircut I went to Bluestem and got two bags of chick feed. Then I went to Walmart and got supplies to make Chex Mix as my granddaughter Ellexia requested some. I also picked up a prescription that was ready.
I made the Chex Mix this afternoon and need to take it to town later when the kiddos are home from school. If I keep it in the house too long, I will eat too much of it. I love it, especially when it is warm but my tummy will holler at me after I eat it.
I haven’t gotten much else done today except checking on the chicks a couple of times. They seem to be behaving themselves today. One pen tipped over their watering container again but I don’t think it had much water in it as the wood carvings don’t look too wet. The big chicks are four weeks old today. Two more weeks of them inside!
Tomorrow Kathy and I are meeting Nicole for lunch at noon. Then we are going to Costco to pick up a few things. Kathy and I both have eye doctor appointments at Warby Parker in the afternoon. We both will order new glasses and then head for home.
I came home from town above mid-level on the consciousness ladder. That was a win for the day. The shopping went easy today and I found all I was looking for. A haircut usually puts me in a good mood so that helped kick the shopping easier. We will see what happens tomorrow when I spend the day in KC.
Got the bill for the new kitchen faucet and the installation of it and the booster pump. I’m glad I was sitting down when I opened it. Dang things are expensive these days. So far they haven’t billed me for the new booster pump so hoping they were able to get it covered under warranty. Grateful I can cross those two things off my pending list.
Still waiting on the guttering guys to come out and repair the front porch guttering that got hit by the moving truck when Jim moved out in December. The owner of the business said he was waiting for the weather to get nice so he could call his guys back to work full-time. Maybe in the next month or so they can get out here and get it repaired.
I haven’t heard from John Deere yet about when they are returning my riding mower. I may stop and check on it when I go to town later today to take the Chex Mix in. If they are done with it, I will need to pay for the service. I need to take the push mower in to get it checked over. The muffler on it had fallen off and I don’t think it ever got fixed. I’ll have to find someone to take it to to get it ready for the mowing season.
The sun finally came out from under the clouds this afternoon. It was windy this morning. I had a 44.2 MPH wind gust. The wind seems to have calmed down a bit too. We have a chance for rain tomorrow. Sure hope it comes and then pulls up a chair and stays awhile. We could use a couple of inches to help fill the farm ponds.
We have a chance for light freeze next Monday and Tuesday nights. Glad I didn’t move the chickens out when I wanted to. Chicks don’t handle freezing temperatures very well. Maybe next week’s freeze will be the last of winter.
The back pasture has seven black calves on it. The owner of the pasture uses the calves for roping practice. It is nice to see cattle back on the pasture. There will be more coming later this spring. I’m a bit surprised he put them out before he burns but it must have worked out that way for some reason.
Still sitting in a good place mentally and emotionally. The trauma of the past seems to be falling away and my central nervous system seems to be calming down. It does get triggered quickly and takes longer than I want it to for it to calm down again but progress is happening. What a journey the last year has been for me. So grateful to be on this side of it now.
Grateful for a haircut today, grateful for the sunshine this afternoon, and grateful for the progress on my healing journey.