It is only 6:10 in the evening and I am ready for bed. Not sure why I have been so tired lately but I sure am tonight. I didn’t sleep the best again last night and I do have to keep reminding myself I am less than three weeks out from major surgery.
I was in Emporia at the Senior Center this morning at 9:00. I did my first shift of this tax year of doing taxes. It was easy today. We have a great group of volunteers and we were able to help each other out as needed. I so enjoy meeting the clients and visiting with them as I enter their information. They are so appreciative – I even got the best hug today.
After I was done doing taxes I stopped at Walgreens and got a blood sugar monitor device along with the lancets and test strips. So far my blood sugar is running higher than it should be but not in the danger zone. I will check it in the morning after fasting all night. That one should tell me more.
I am experiencing thirst that I cannot satisfy. I also am also loosing weight without doing anything to do so. The only other time that happened for me is when my thyroid was going bad and I was working my way to the thyroid storm. I also seem to be more tired than normal but with recovering from surgery that may be more surgery related.
It took me several tries to get the monitor to read properly. My fingertips are already bruised and sore.
Haven’t done anything since I got home early afternoon. I used all my energy for the day doing taxes. It sure feels like it may be a very early bedtime tonight.
I got the final tax form I was waiting on for my personal taxes so I can take the packet to my accountant one day this week. She won’t get to them till March but I like to have them on her desk and off of my desk.
Tomorrow I am meeting a friend for lunch. In the afternoon I am picking Ellexia up from school and bringing her to a friend I have here in Cottonwood Falls. Ellexia needs some help with her geometry. I will have to take her back home when her tutoring session is over.
Thursday morning I do taxes again and then I have nothing on my calendar until Monday when I go to KC for a surgeon appointment. I will cherish a couple days of empty space.
One day this week I need to remember to stop by the post office and get some more stamps for the Detention Center.
Have been doing lots of thinking about the direction Love in Action should go in 2026. The Detention Center put a big ask in my lap when I was up there yesterday. We also have the transportation issue that may use lots of dollars to help get detainees home after being released from the Center. I am a bit shy about asking for more donations as people have already given so very generously. My habit when a path isn’t clear is to sit and do nothing until the path opens easily. That in-between thing again! Not an easy place to sit but one that is so very necessary for me.
Grateful the first day of preparing income tax returns is in the bag, grateful my own taxes are ready to go to the accountant, and grateful I can go to bed early if I choose to do so.