I had trouble sleeping last night. I finally fell asleep around 6:00 this morning and slept until 9:00. I got up, put my gym clothes on and headed to Cottonwood Falls. There is a road construction project going on south of the railroad tracks in Strong City. After sitting in the line to get to Cottonwood Falls for 30 minutes I gave up and turned around and came back home. My heart beat was high enough I didn’t need to go to the gym! Ughhhh..
I was tired and cranky when I left the house and had no more patience to wait. I came home, took a shower and ate some breakfast. After I did my chores I went into Emporia to see my grandkids. I haven’t seen them for several weeks. They decided to come home with me for the day. Tim is at home with a hurting back. This will give him a chance to find an hour of two of silence and quiet. Michelle was able to go back to work today after being home earlier this week with some sort of virus.
The kids haven’t been out here for quite a while. They are having fun finding things to do. They haven’t even been on their iPad’s today. I don’t have a TV so they have had to get creative and find things to do. Right now they are playing with balloons. We are going to blow some bubbles in a bit.
Got the sheets all washed and the beds made up. I am going to wait to clean really good until mid-week next week. The friends I met on the Camino are coming in a week from tomorrow to spend the weekend with me. I’m so excited to see them. I need to finalize what I am going to fix them to eat and go grocery shopping sometime next week.
Michelle ask me to babysit next Wednesday and Thursday. The kids will get to help me clean house and do some prep cooking. I may be going back to KC Tuesday to help Nicole celebrate her birthday. I don’t usually do much for the kids birthday but this will be her first one since Chris died and I don’t want her to be alone that day. We went in together To buy a Costco membership and need to go to Costco together to get that finalized. She won’t be home this weekend while I am in KC.
Tagen wants to spend the night but Ellexia wants to go back into town. She is worried about her daddy and wants to help him feel better. He has a doctor’s appointment and she thinks she needs to hold his hand at the doctor’s office. There have been times I wished someone held my hand at a dotocr’s appointment. She is such a sweet, caring girl.
Feeling a bit tired today. Travel is good for my soul but it usually takes me a day or two to recover from the journey. Having the kiddos here today has helped me find new energy. We have had a lot of fun doing simple things.
Need to pack my bag as I need to be in KC by 11:00 tomorrow for an appointment with my attorney. I have a 1:00 appointment with someone else and then class starts at 6:00. I will be done with class Sunday afternoon.
My empty space will feel good again when I can find it again.
Kids playing. Sun shining. It is a beautiful day on the prairie!