This has definitely been a rest and recovery day. Kathy and I did drive to Marion to pick up the dogs. We stopped at the grocery store in Marion before we got the dogs to pick up a few things so I didn’t have to go to Emporia for a few days. The dogs were happy to see us and we got a good report on them.
This morning I unloaded a few things from the car. I need to get some plastic tubs to put the stuff in as I don’t like to store things in cardboard. I’ll have to empty at least part of the load out of my car to fit the new tubs in though.
I found a power of attorney Max had notarized but unfortunately it is a durable one and expired upon his death. We still need to empty a bank account and forward his mail. I am going to have his friend who was named as his POA attempt to do those two things using the durable power of attorney form. Maybe the bank and post office won’t know the difference and will honor it.
I mailed a packet of things I found to his friend back in MA. I found some pictures of her along with some other paper that she will need.
We found a packet of letters that our dad had written to his friend while he was in the Army and stationed in New Guinea in 1945. Interesting reading to say the least. I will save those but not sure what to do with them. Not sure how Max had gotten hold of the guy that had written the letters and sent them to Max.
I went through my mail and didn’t find much that I needed to deal with. I need to pay one bill and deposit a refund check. I’m not too motivated today to do much so will get to those things sooner or later.
I’m tired this afternoon. I may still go take a nap. I slept for an hour or so last night and then was up for a couple of hours and then got a second sleep of a couple more hours. Maybe tonight will be the night that I sleep lots.
No plans for the weekend. I did schedule a haircut for Monday so will go to Emporia then. I plan on hanging around the house until then. It was hard to get in the car to go to Marion but at least Kathy drove today.
Need to do some housecleaning this weekend. The house was dusty before we left and it is really dusty now. We have a smell of some sort in here that we need to find and clean up. Thank heavens the house isn’t very big and it won’t take me days to clean it all. Although as slow as I am moving, it might!
I also need to get my car cleaned out when I get it emptied. Somehow we managed to make a mess in it while traveling. When I go to Emporia Monday I will need to wash it and vacuum it out. It also needs wiped down inside.
Grateful I can ease back into things here. I don’t have anything on my calendar for the coming days except the haircut. My soul needs lots of empty space right now to process all that has happened this month. I am running on fumes right now and will need to refill my soul.
What a beautiful day it is today. Kathy was out early mowing and getting the yard back into shape. I welcomed the blue skies and light breeze today. We need rain but my soul needed blue skies today.
Don’t feel like I have gotten all of me back home yet. My brain is in slow motion today and processing things slowly. Grateful I have the time and space to not rush this process and allow myself time and grace to get fully home.
Grateful for a quiet day at home, grateful the dogs are back home, and grateful I have the luxury of allowing my body all the rest it needs.