I had a rewarding night on the Crisis Text Hot Line. The first two calls were relatively easy. The third one was a bit harder but I think I helped get him more help. It is hard when they don’t respond and you don’t know what happened. I signed off and went to bed but couldn’t sleep so I signed back on and took one more call. It was relatively easy too. Not bad to get four calls in on one night. I had to wait 35 minutes to get my first call. We have lot of counselors right now which is a good thing.
I haven’t done much today. Did two loads of laundry and wrote a letter this morning while Jim was sleeping. This afternoon I made some more banana bread. I ran to Walmart to get some material to make some more masks. I had to wait about 15 minutes to find someone to cut the material for me. I use 600 count bed sheets as part of the fabric in the masks and found two queen sets on sale. I’ll have to cut the elastic off the fitted sheets but will end up paying less than I did before. They had flannel material and I got a bunch of it. Last time I used baby receiving blankets. I guessed at how much I will need.
I didn’t get to paint on the west side of the house today at it rained this morning and again this afternoon. The forecast is showing the rain moving out after tonight and the sun is to return from its vacation tomorrow and hang around for the next seven days at least. Hoping things will dry out enough that I can paint tomorrow afternoon. I’ll need to mow Saturday and Sunday before we head to KS on Monday.
I have another Crisis Text Hot Line shift tonight. Last night I signed on early so I could get several calls in. Not sure what time I will sign on tonight. I knitted a dish rag while I was waiting for a caller to handle.
I have one set of the sheets I bought in the washer now and will get the other set in when this set is done. I can start cutting material tonight between calls. I have had two requests for masks and I don’t have any extras to send. It won’t take me long to get a dozen or so made up to send to the ones that have requested some.
I have a chicken cooking in the crock pot for dinner. I’ll fix us each a salad and cook some veggies and dinner will be ready when we are ready to eat. Makes an easy meal. Will need to think of something to fix with the left over chicken for a meal on Saturday.
I don’t like days like this when I don’t find much to do. I get restless and antsy. One reason I went out to get more material is so I would have something to do. I can sit and enjoy doing nothing but all day of that is too much.
Grateful for being of service to four people last night on the Hot Line, grateful to have found two sets of sheets on sale today, and grateful for the smell of the chicken that is cooking in the crock pot.