It has been a productive day. I got up this morning and watched Jim’s oldest son testify to a US House Committee on youth employment. Jim is so proud of his son – rightfully so. His son is doing good things for our country and the youth in it.
Drove to Wichita late morning. First stop was at Home Depot to return something. They made the process easy and I had no problems with the return. Stopped at Chipotle for lunch. It is one of my favorite places to eat. They were very busy but the line moved fairly quickly. I ate in my car as I still don’t like to eat indoors at a restaurant.
Then I went to the New Balance store and got a new pair of tennis shoes. The guy that helped me commented that my old pair of shoes had lots of miles on them. They were starting to fall apart at the seams. They were over two years old so I think I got my money’s worth out of them.
Last stop was at Costco. I was grateful they had chicken tenderloins this time. Got a cart full of stuff I didn’t know I needed.
The drive through the hills was beautiful today. Went down via Newton and came home the Turnpike. Everything is so green and lush looking. It was a good day to take a trip to Wichita.
Unloaded my car and put everything away. I deboned the two roasted chickens I got and froze the meat from them. Did chicken chores and then went into CWF to paint. I got the two bedrooms done and they are ready for the carpet to be laid tomorrow morning. Yay! Four rooms down – three to go. While I was there I put a bit of paint on the outside as I want to make sure I am going to like the color I choose. I will look at it tomorrow morning when I go let the carpet layers in and see what I think. My neighbor came over and she really liked the color.
While the carpet layers are busy tomorrow morning I will do some more painting. If it is nice I may paint outside, if not I will paint more woodwork in the living room, dining room and kitchen. I am getting so close to having this inside painting project finished up. There is a 50% chance of rain for tomorrow so may have to stay inside and paint.
I need to do a bit of house cleaning this evening. This house has crossed the line on my tolerance for dirt. Painting the other house has consumed my time and I have ignored this house long enough.
While at Costco today I got three new t-shirts. I still have trouble feeling like I am a size Small. I have been wearing size small for almost three years now but I still don’t feel small. The t-shirts fit – actually they are a bit big but small was the smallest they have. I would rather they be a bit big than too small.
Tomorrow after the carpet guys are done I will come home and do more house cleaning. I hope to have the main floor done before Jim gets home sometime Saturday afternoon or evening. Saturday I will probably go back in and do more painting and see if I can wrap up this inside paint project. I am tired of it and anxious to get outside painting.
My mood has been much better today. I think I worked through what was bugging me. I wish my body had come with operating instructions sometimes. It seems to take me a bit to figure out what is going on within. I need to upgrade my internal processor to a higher speed one.
I spent years stuffing my emotions and not allowing them to surface. Now I allow them to surface but I get overwhelmed with them when they do. It still feels new to me to have such strong emotion running through me.
My hip had a spasm today when I was unloading my cart at Costco into my car. I was trying to not yelp in pain out loud and to not grab my ass and rub it. I didn’t want to alarm the other customers that were loading their cars around me. The same thing happened when I was in Walmart yesterday. I don’t want to show up on those Walmart videos of You Wouldn’t Believe How our Customers looked and acted today.
I got a good night’s sleep last night at last. It has been a bit since I slept good all night. I am tired today but I have had a busy day and was in Wichita for several hours. I didn’t take a nap today when I got home. Maybe I will be able to have another good night’s sleep tonight.
Grateful the trip to Wichita is done and I was able to get what I needed, grateful two more rooms are painted, and grateful for a good night’s sleep last night.