Pulled an all nighter last night. NO sleep at all. I just could not fall asleep. Around 4:00 decided to get up and stay up for the night as I was getting frustrated and it was making the situation worse.
Got the dining room pictures hung this morning. Still need to put some up in my bedroom and then that project will be done. Not sure I like what is in the dining room. Can’t tell if I don’t like the way I hung them or the combination of pictures. I may play with them for a bit another day. I need to repaint the dining room and living room someday soon so am not too worried about extra nail holes.
Went to Emporia mid morning and met with my accountant. She needed to do some tax calculations for me as I need to make some estimated tax payments this year so I don’t get penalized next year. I used the country house as an AirBnb and retreat center so claimed some depreciation. Since I sold the house, I have to repay what I had claimed. I also will have some additional income this year due to the big raise I am getting in Social Security checks and interest income due to the sale of the house.
She is to get that all figured and send me the tax coupons so I can make three quarterly tax estimated payments to both federal and state. Good to get that all taken care of.
Found out my tax accountant is a local Chase County gal. She graduated from Chase County High School some years back. I kinda know her mother. It is a small world.
This afternoon I went to the Court House. I needed to register to vote at my new address, change the address on my property tax statement, change the address on my car tags, and change the address on my driver’s license and get it renewed. Got all that taken care of in less than 15 minutes. I love small court houses. Connie escorted me to the three different offices I needed to go to. Service at its finest!
I couldn’t read the numbers with my left eye when I did the eye test. I had no trouble with the right eye so he passed me. The left eye is the eye that I only see the S and P in the STOP sign. I have some weird blood vessel abnormality that causes a break in my vision. I’m grateful I could pass with only one good eye.
I haven’t gotten much done in the house today except for hanging some pictures. I am too tired to do much. I did get several things crossed off my to-do list though with the trip to Emporia and the trip to the Court House. Feels good to have gotten all those things taken care of.
Tomorrow afternoon I have exercise at 2:00 in Emporia. I don’t think I have any errands to take care of while I am there so it will be a quick trip to town.
I did box up two smaller boxes of canned goods that I need to find a place to donate them to. I am working on cleaning out my food pantry shelves and reducing the number of items I have in it. It is too crowded and I can’t find anything right now. Slowly but surely I am working my way through it and pulling out extra stuff to get rid of.
No plans for the weekend. I hope to get to stay home both days. I need some quiet days at home. This week has been jammed packed and I need two days at home.
Although I am very tired today, I have managed to stay above the neutral level. Sure wish I could figure out why I don’t sleep. Last night was the worst it has ever been. Thinking I may crash tonight – sure hope so anyways.
I have walked the dogs three times today and I walked to the court house this afternoon. Trying to get some extra exercise in hoping that will help the sleep issue. I need to do my stretches yet today that I do twice a week as part of the KU Research Project. They only take 16 minutes so it isn’t a big deal. I forget about them sometimes though.
We got a bit of a storm during the night. I had thought I would be able to sleep after it passed through. We were on the very edge of the storm system and didn’t get much wind or rain. I love hearing the thunder roll and the sound of the rain falling. I miss being able to watch the storms roll in like I could at the country house. I can’t see the horizon here very well – too many trees.
It has cleared off this afternoon and is warming up. I’m hoping tomorrow will be nice and dry so I can get some painting done if the mood hits me. The shed I got only has primer on it and needs a coat of paint. I also need to get the inside of it cleaned out and organized. I put some stuff in the old shop and need to make room to move all that stuff into the shed. Some guys are going to come take down the shop one of these days and I need it ready for them when they come. I can’t guarantee that they will give me much advanced notice when they are ready to take the shop down.
Trying to decide if I want to mail original documents to Social Security or drive to Salina, Manhattan or Topeka to drop them off in person. I have to go to Topeka next week for a doctor’s appointment so could take them then. They have to scan them for my appointment June 10. I have to have original documents and I hate to mail them in case they get lost. What would I do then? Not sure how long it will take if I drop them off. My doctor appointment is at 2:00 so by the time I get out it may be close to 3:00 before I could get to the office. I wonder how long the line will be at that time of day. I could go before but what time would be best? Why does this feel hard? Maybe I just need to make a special trip on a free day when I have all day.
Still need to find someone to clean out the fence line on my property. The two people I had leads on haven’t panned out. One is too busy and the other didn’t return my call. Anyone know of someone that can take down small trees and clean out overgrown green stuff? Too big of job for me to handle.
Grateful I got all the address changes done today, grateful I got the tax situation figured out, and grateful for the sleep I am going to get tonight.