Anyone catch the moon last night? I stayed up to watch it rise and it was so worth it. Big, orange and breathtakingly beautiful.
My guest went to work this morning and returned to the house about two hours later. For some reason the new job isn’t going to work for him. Not sure if he decided that or if his new boss did. Poor kid still has to pay rent until the apartment can be rented to someone else and he lost his security deposit on the apartment that he never moved into. He packed and left for Iowa around 10:30. Sometimes things just don’t work out like we want them to.
I now have plenty of time to get his room flipped for the guests arriving tomorrow. I will need to set up another twin bed to replace the one I took out of the room that had broken.
The mattress cover, sheets, bedspread and blankets for the new queen bed have all arrived so am getting them washed up so I can get that bed made up. Cleaning the rest of the house today too. It is a manual labor cleaning day around here.
I do need to go into Cottonwood Falls and go to the Post Office, get gas for my mower, and stop at Kansas Graphics so I can get new business cards ordered. My old ones have my old website address on them and call this place A Spiritual Retreat Center. I need the new ones to say Airbnb instead and remove the website address. I will clean for a bit and when I need my next rest I will go into town and get those errands taken care of.
We got a little rain overnight so am going to wait to mow until tomorrow morning so it can dry out just a bit. Sure is hot and muggy outside today. I don’t like this type of weather.
Got another booking for three nights the middle of June. This guest is a single woman who is coming to do some painting of the landscape.
Got the results of my thyroid antibody blood tests results. The level has dropped to below 1. It was 4.6 when I first had it checked. Good news! It can take up to three years for it to get down to zero but it is headed in the right direction. My TSH level was 1.242. When I was in the ER it was over 2.1. Not sure what causes it to vary so much. My ultrasound is June 11 and then I see the Endocrinologist on June 18. Should be a short visit as everything is looking good.
Feels good to be moving my body and cleaning today. I can tell I got in better shape on my trip to Italy with all the walking I did. My heart seems to have settled down and isn’t complaining about me moving like it did for a bit. Sure have more energy finally. I am recovering from the trip faster than I normally do. Thinking my body is appreciating my efforts to lighten it’s load.
Today is Day 110 on the Bright Line Eating Plan. I have lost 26 pounds so far. My first goal is 15 pounds away. Still not sure that will be my final goal. I will decide that when I get there and see how I feel. Once I get to goal weight I continue eating what I have been but gradually add more food to my day, one additional food a week, until I find the right amount that will allow me to maintain my goal weight.
Grateful for Amazon and my delivery arriving as promised, grateful for the rain we received last night – every drop helps break the drought we are in, and grateful for the good news from my blood tests. Starting to feel like the cancer diagnosis is in my rear view mirror.