Five years ago today I completed my first day of 50 walking to Santiago on the Camino. My lesson from the first day was to learn how to ask for help. I asked a local for directions to get me started on my walk and he showed me the way by walking with me for my first 20 minutes. He acted like I did him a huge favor by asking for his help. That lesson has stayed with me. It does feel like someone does me a favor when they ask for my help – not sure why it can feel uncomfortable for me to ask for help at times. I try to remember my first Camino Angel when I need help and the lesson he taught me.
I had another dead baby chicken this morning. Yesterday I noticed another one of the Rhode Island Red chick was struggling and I told Jim then that I expected I would find a dead one later in the day. It was still alive when I closed them up last night but found her dead this morning. This is the hard part of raising chickens. I don’t think it will ever get easy to find them and have to dispose of them. The others seem to be liking the big house and having lots of room to move around in.
Got the house ready for my friend that arrived late afternoon. He is staying two nights as he is working in Emporia for the next two days. We had a wonderful conversation this evening. He is a gentle man with a huge heart for mankind and humanity. He is going to join us for dinner tomorrow night. I laid out some steaks to grill – that will be easy.
We took apart two twin beds in the bedroom Jim is going to use as his camera storage room. SOS in Emporia will take them – just have to nail down a time to deliver them to them or have them come pick them up. It will be good to get them out of the way as well as a third set that has been taking up storage space in the furnace room. They will also take the extra bedding so that can all go away soon too.
Worked on ripping up sheets for the next big set of masks I will be making. I got four sheets ripped up so far and have three more sheets to rip. I got all the pieces marked out and have been working on cutting them while conversing with our guest. Jim has been helping me cut so it shouldn’t take too much longer and the pieces will be all cut out. Then I will have to press all of the pieces and I can then start putting them together. I haven’t counted how many more masks I can make yet but guessing 300. We will see how close I am in count.
For the first time since Wednesday night I haven’t had to run to the bathroom today. Progress at last. I am tired tonight as I had to rebuild my strength a bit but it is coming back. By tomorrow I will probably forget I was sick over the weekend.
Got the results of the blood work back that was drawn Monday morning. Everything is normal for me. The doctor sent back a message saying I didn’t need a different antibiotic for my vaginal rash unless it stops getting better and starts getting bad again. I’m good with that. I’m tired of pills for a bit.
Nothing on the agenda for tomorrow except fixing dinner for our guest and us. We might go to town to deliver the beds if SOS can accept them tomorrow. It was nice to stay home all day today and take my time and get a few things done. Did some more embroidery work on the tea towel set I am making. Almost have the fifth one in the set done. Makes good sitting time work for my hands.
We had leftovers again for dinner tonight. I promised Jim good food tomorrow night. He has been generous to eat leftovers for the last four nights. We still have leftovers in the refrigerator but I am tired of leftovers and need something fresh.
We were going to build the steps to the chicken coop today but never made it down there to do so. Jim got busy carry stuff downstairs to put in the bedroom and reorganizing it and I got busy doing other things. Maybe tomorrow we will get down to the coop and get the steps made. The chicks have to be four weeks old before they can go outside and they are only two weeks old so we have some time yet. Although Jim is planning on going to Stillwater for a week and I would like to get them done before he leaves. We will see what happens. It won’t hurt the chicks if they have to stay in a bit longer after they turn four weeks anyways.
Grateful I found a home for the extra beds and bedding, grateful for time to visit with my guest, and grateful all the blood work came back normal.