Jim didn’t get home until almost 9:30 last night. I was glad I had fixed a crock pot dinner that could hold. It was nice to have him back home on the prairie.
I had to get up early this morning as Jim taught his OSHER class at 9:00. I only had to help him out twice. He was pleased with how the class went.
We went into Emporia when he was done teaching and picked up my prescription and dropped off a package he had to return to Amazon. Got what we needed and came back home.
Both of us took a long nap this afternoon. Jim had not gotten much sleep the night before and didn’t get a lot of sleep last night as he stayed up way later than I did. I’m not sure why I was so tired but am grateful or the extra sleep I got today.
One of my exchanges on the hot line got graded by my coach. It is the first one that has been graded. She gave me some very helpful hints and overall thought I had done great. It helped build my confidence and will help make me a better crisis counselor. Wish they had done this several months ago.
I had booked off my shift last night so I could spend time with Jim. I have a shift tonight that I will do. The time usually goes by very quickly when I am taking calls, especially when I handle two calls at the same time.
I have a wireless containment system for my dogs. One of the Control boxes keeps overheating and beeping rather loudly at me. I unplug it and let it cool down and then after a while it starts beeping again. I ordered a new system today. Hopefully I can nurse this system along and it will hold out until the new system gets here. This system has really helped keep the dogs safe as they don’t run away like they did before I had it. The old system is three years old and they only have a two year warranty.
We don’t have any plans for the weekend. It will be nice to have a quiet weekend at home with Jim. He wants to get the second desk for the office finished and I want to get some outside painting done. My energy level seems to be coming back and I think I can get some work done.
The last two days late morning I get really hungry. Yet when I eat I start getting cramps again. They last several hours and then go away. Not sure what is causing them. Yesterday I thought it was peanut butter but didn’t eat that today and still had them. Last night I noticed how swollen my tummy looked and felt. I had gained several pounds yesterday and hadn’t eaten enough to have made that happen. Overnight the swelling went down and the weight was gone this morning. Maybe the specialist in Topeka will have some answers for me when I go in another ten days.
It is another warm day on the prairie today. We reached the upper 80’s today which is a bit cooler than it was yesterday. Not sure why we are getting another blast of summer weather. The forecast shows it is to cool down in a few days. Sure wish we could get some rain. It is getting way too dry and we are headed into fire danger status.
Grateful Jim got home safely, grateful for my coach on the hot line, and grateful for long afternoon naps that help me heal.