This has felt like a Monday to me. I went in to exercise today since I was gone yesterday and it messed with my head. Exercise was easy today and we worked on balance and stretching. Not a week where I feel like I got a good workout but it did feel good to stretch out today.
A lady showed up to buy the downstairs TV and stand. She drove all the way from Ft. Riley. I told her she needed a pickup to haul the stand and TV but she showed up in a little car.
Jason happened to come home as we were working with her and he helped take the TV apart from the stand and helped load it. The stand didn’t fit. She drove all the way back tonight to pick up the stand but this time brought a bigger car.
Her sister was with her and she wants to buy the low table I had in the office and two nightstands. They said they would come back another day to get them. Wonder if it is worth the trip for them but that is their business. I had two big suitcases I was going to take to the Salvation Army tomorrow and I asked them if they would like those. They took them. Yay! Two less things for me to have to load into my car to take to town and then have to unload.
I delivered one of the armless chairs to a friend this afternoon and sold three more of them to two other friends. The other three will be going out over the next couple of days. They are going to people I know so I know they will come get them.
Nicole is going to come back down and get the extra freezer and take that off my hands. I need to get it cleaned out and make room in the remaining freezer for some things from the freezer Nicole is taking. I think I can make it all fit in one freezer.
I am getting close to the last of the things to get rid of. Jason’s friend is going to take the two kitchen tables and will come get them later this week. I don’t have too much more to get rid of now. The house is starting to look a bit bare.
Jason carried the TV that was in the living room downstairs for Kathy to use until we move. I rarely turn a TV on and Kathy usually watches something everyday. I have one in the office I can use if I decide to watch something.
I got the bid from the moving company today. Yikes! It was about twice as high as I expected it was going to be. I looked it over closely and found ways to cut about 25% off of it so I think I will accept the bid. They will load me and unload me on the same day. The other guy I was going to use is unpredictable at best and I had no way of knowing when he might get me unloaded. It is worth it to pay a bit more and know what is going to happen.
Phil came out today and put my new mower together for me. I went down and looked at it and picked up the manual. I have no idea how to make it go. I can get it started but I don’t understand how to stop it, increase speed or put it into gear. It is a weird machine to me. I’ll have to find a YouTube and learn how to operate the thing. I don’t even know where the break is. I hope the learning curve for it isn’t too steep.
I will be in Emporia most of the day tomorrow. I have to do taxes from 9:00 to noon, go to exercise at noon and then the Chiropractor at 4:30 and then taxes again from 5:00 – 8:00. I also want to drop off eight boxes at the Salvation Army and stop and get some groceries. I won’t have much free time tomorrow. Thankfully I think I get to stay home Thursday. Friday I go back to Emporia for exercise.
The renter in the house I am moving into let me know she is mainly moved out and will probably be ready to be checked out this weekend. That will give me two full weeks to get that house really clean, have time to get rid of the washer and dryer and make sure it is ready for us to move into on April 30. We could start moving some smaller things I guess if I decide to.
Every day things get me at least one more step closer to being ready for the big move. I still have lots of things on my to do list but if I keep at them I can be ready in three weeks for moving day. So far things are going fairly smoothly. I’m sure there will be some bumps in the road at some point but so far, so good.
Still basking in the wonder of the eclipse and how absolutely perfect that trip went. It reminds me of the value of setting intentions and trusting the universe to have your back. It was one of those little trips that I will remember for a long time.
Grateful more things left the house today, grateful more things will be leaving this week and next, and grateful the new mower is put together and ready for me to learn how to operate it.