Trash day although we didn’t have much trash and decided it wouldn’t smell if left in the garage another week. It will give the trash pick-up guys one less stop for them tomorrow. I worry about them on days like this.
My weather station reported we got to -17 last night with a wind chill of -39. There have been rolling blackouts as the power grid cannot keep up. Luckily we have been spared of a power outage. This is a good time to have solar panels and use propane instead of natural gas. I have had the fireplace on in the living room to help give the furnace a break. We have stayed nice and warm even with the furnace set at 65.
We are having left overs again for dinner so I don’t have to use the oven. We have lots still in there that need used up. I skipped dinner last night and Jim had leftovers. Looks like the energy grid will be OK after tonight so maybe tomorrow night I can use the oven and fix something fresh again. Nice to have the backup of leftovers to eat when you aren’t supposed to use the stove or oven.
Ellexia was going to call me to come get her and spend the day with me as her school was cancelled. Her dad wasn’t feeling good this morning so he stayed home so she didn’t come out. It was silly to drive to town in below zero temperatures if it wasn’t absolutely necessary but I sure wished she had been able to come out. She hasn’t spent a day with me for over a year now.
The water faucet we use to get water for the chickens is frozen. That has never happened before. Lots of people around are reporting frozen water pipes that have never had frozen pipes before. We have had over 10 days of single digit temperatures. Thankfully by the weekend we will be back above freezing and warm up a bit. Hopefully the faucet will thaw without breaking.
I didn’t sleep much again last night. That makes about four nights and days that I haven’t gotten much sleep. I am overdue to crash. Sure wish I could solve my great mystery surrounding sleep. It sure is hard to find somedays.
I’m feeling better today. I still haven’t come up with a solution for my problem but at least I better understand what the problem is. Now I need to learn to live with it. That is easier to do once the problem has been defined and I was able to do that today.
Ever since I started doing energy work when I get upset I go quiet. I do not have words in the moment to describe what I am feeling. I have to allow my emotions to be felt deeply within and then I can start to put words to what happened. It is frustrating for those around me to not have me share what is happening at the moment. Words are not helpful to me and I need space to process what happened before I can find words. Once I allow the energy and emotions to pass through me I can find words and then I can easily release the situation. Sometimes it takes me 24 – 48 hours to find words. Anyone else relate?
I was reminded once again how differently different people process and think. My habits of thought are so old I don’t even see them for what they are as they feel so comfortable for me. I often forget others process and think differently than I do. Every time I go through another time of deep emotion I learn something new about myself. Maybe that is the light at the end of the tunnel.
The sun came out this afternoon and it has warmed to 12 degrees. That is a 29 degree increase from what it was this morning. It feels so good to see the sun shining this afternoon. It makes me feel warmer even though that is a relative term these days.
Looking forward to Friday and getting our second vaccine. Not looking forward to the 48 hours following the vaccine if we have a reaction to it. Sounds like most people have at least mild symptoms afterwards and I tend to have a hard time with things like that.
I have two huge welts on my legs for the two injections I gave myself with the cholesterol medication. My new insurance requires a different brand of injections. I got notified that my doctor approved the new type so I should be receiving the new injections next week from the pharmacy. I hope the change will help eliminate the welts at the injection site.
Grateful we haven’t lost our power – yet, grateful the temperature is starting to warm up a bit, and grateful I can see the light at the end of the tunnel I have been in.