It has been a beautiful winter day on the prairie. Temperature reached over 50 today with bright blue skies and a light wind. Not bad for the first week of February. The chickens enjoyed being outside most of the day.
I got on the hot line again last night for two hours. Handled five callers – three suicidal. I think I talked all of them down to a calm enough state that they lived another day but one never knows the rest of the story. There are a lot of hurting people out there right now – be kind to one another. You will never know if your kindness will save a life.
I am so disappointed in some of the residents in Lyon County and their anger at the Lyon County Health Department. The Health Department is trying different ways to be fair to all so people can get registered to get vaccines. They switched to a phone system today and it crashed their phone lines as so many people were trying to call. The comments on their Facebook page were brutal. They are doing the best they can to be fair and it takes away their time and energy to have to respond to the negative comments. Patience, people, patience.
Katy is still alive. Jim had made an appointment with his vet in Stillwater but then decided this morning not to take her. We have an appointment to take her into Emporia tomorrow morning at 11:30. I’ll see what Jim decides to do. Katy doesn’t seem to be in pain but she is only taking a bit of water via eye dropper several times a day and has not moved from where she has been since Sunday. It doesn’t seem fair to her to allow her to live this way. It is so hard to put her down though.
Jim left for Stillwater this morning at 9:30. I haven’t heard that he has headed north yet so he won’t be home until late tonight. He had an eye doctor appointment and then was going to load up the Honda with a bookcase and boxes of books and bring it home tonight. He will have a long day today.
Tomorrow afternoon we have to go into Emporia and pick up Ellexia from school. Michelle has a meeting and Tim has to work. The school is not offering the after school care program this year due to COVID and the unknowing part of if the kids go to class or not. It will be fun to get to see Ellexia for a bit tomorrow afternoon.
The people I ordered some butchered chickens from are going to bring the chickens to me sometime either tomorrow or Friday. It will be good to have ranch raised fresh chickens in the freezer to eat. I ordered ten of them so that should last us for a couple of months.
I haven’t heard from the lady that wanted me to do the Newsletter. Maybe she found someone else to do the job and forgot to tell me. We will see if I hear from her yet this week or not. OK with me if they don’t need me – I just wish she would tell me what the deal is.
When I get done writing I want to bake a batch of Valentine sugar cookies for the grandkids. I can deliver them tomorrow since I have to go to town anyways. I love baking cookies and am glad they like eating them.
When I gathered eggs this morning I found a fairy egg in the lip of the watering container. I would love to have a video as to how that egg got there. Not sure if the hen dropped it from above or how it got in there. If anyone from Emporia needs eggs let me know and I will be happy to deliver tomorrow when I come to town. I have 10 extra dozen on hand right now.
Tomorrow will be busy with two trips to town. We don’t have anything else on the calendar for the rest of the week though. I’m looking forward to Friday and a quiet day at home. I have grown to really like those days the best.
Today is trash day – the highlight of the week. I gathered it all up and drove the trash can down to the curb and picked up the mail. Good to know that my week is grounded and it is Tuesday. Gotta love the “normal” few routines I still have left in my life.
Grateful Jim had a safe trip to Stillwater this morning, grateful my freezer will soon be full of freshly butchered chickens, and grateful for fairy eggs – even those I find in the watering container.