Sophia got me up at 4:00 this morning. She needed to do her business. I got up and took her for a six block walk and then we came home. I put her outside. Roxy got me up at 7:00 for the same thing. Dang, this is getting old quick. I will take them out late tonight and see if they will sleep in a bit tomorrow.
I got sleep in short segments last night. Never did feel awake and rested today. It has not been one of my better days.
Went to Emporia around noon. I stopped at the Chiropractor’s office. There were three people in front of me. He doesn’t make appointments – it is first come, first served. It was my time to go after waiting for 20 minutes and he calls a person back that came in after me. I got up and walked out. I have been considering stopping the monthly plan anyways and that seemed to be my message from the universe that I should do so. He is no longer open on Fridays and that means I have to go on Monday when I go in for exercise unless I make a special trip to town on a different day to go. He is closed for lunch so I can’t go before exercise. Somedays I can’t make myself drive downtown after exercise. I was starting to not make it to his office weekly but was paying for it. I will pay the higher rate and go only when I need to now.
Then I went to Sutherland’s to look at deck composite boards. The first lady that helped me didn’t know much so she called someone that could help me. Unfortunately the guy wasn’t much help. I know nothing about composite and all the different choices. The displays were not laid out very user friendly and I couldn’t make heads or tails of it. I didn’t know enough to even know what to ask. I asked about pricing and he said it was all about the same. And then when I asked about a particular board he said that was much higher than he had told me they all were. I gave up and left without picking out a board.
I went to Walmart and picked up a few groceries. That went smoothly – the first of my stops of the day to do so. I came home after that.
I talked to Phil and told him about what happened at Sutherland’s. He is going to pick one out for me – I gave him a price range and color range. We shall see what I end up with.
I put myself in time out for a bit when I got home. I laid down but wasn’t able to go to sleep. Maybe tonight I will be able to go to sleep and get some good rest. Fingers crossed.
I deep cleaned the laundry room this afternoon. I have got to figure something out about the cat box. One of the cats hangs their ass over the edge of the litter box and pees in the tray below the box. All well and good except if you don’t wash the tray daily it stinks. Then they both get litter in their paws and track it all over the house. I hate going to the bathroom in the middle of the night and stepping on dirty litter. Yuck! Anyone else use a different system that works? I need solutions!!
I cleaned the storage shelves that are over the washer and dryer. When I moved in I emptied boxes and never sorted it all out. Took care of that today and got rid of things that I won’t ever use. Feels good to have finally taken care of that little project.
My mother’s cousin called to let me know the Patton family has been chosen by ESU as the Heritage Family of the Year for 2024. They are being honored at the football game September 21. We have been invited to attended the lunch before and the presentation ceremony which will be at halftime of the game. My mother’s mother was a Patton. I think they added up that the Patton family has received 24 degrees from ESU over the years. My mother and father both worked at ESU at some point in their lives. I will consider going. College football is not my scene but spending time with my extended family is.
Phil made more progress on the porch today. He has the four support posts in and is doing the foundation supports. He is going to get the composite material ordered tomorrow so it will be here when he is ready for it. We talked about steps today and I sent him a few pictures of what I like. He thinks it will be done by the end of next week. Yay!
This has been a day when I spent most of the time below neutral. I don’t like these days but they do make me appreciate the easy days more. I can feel myself starting to raise my consciousness level tonight. If I can get some good sleep tonight, I’m sure tomorrow will be an easy day for me.
Grateful this day is almost over, grateful the laundry room is cleaned, and grateful for extended family.