I got sleep last night although it came in short segments all night long. I’m grateful I was able to sleep any at all after sleeping most of the day yesterday. I woke up feeling rested and more like myself.
I went to Emporia this morning to get a new trash can. While I was at the hardware store I remembered I needed some paint so I can paint the safe room. The safe room has concrete ceiling, walls and floors. A couple years ago when the basement got water in it I had developed a mold problem in the safe room. A guy came and treated it and then I painted the walls with Kilz paint and never did put other paint over it. I got some paint today and got most of it painted. I ran out of paint so will need to pick up another gallon when I go to town in the morning. Felt good to have a project to do today. I’m pleased with how the room is looking painted. I’m doing the ceiling, walls and floor all in the same shade of gray. Makes painting easy when you don’t have to cut a line. I have to paint the ceiling tomorrow and am not looking forward to that.
I went to visit a friend this afternoon. My friend had a group of six women over for happy hour. It does me good to get out and visit with others but it feels so good to be back home in my quiet space afterwards. Since I was in Cottonwood Falls, I took and dumped recycling and picked up more distilled water from Dollar General. I checked at Walgreens today but they are out of distilled water. Walmart is still out of it too. Not sure what is causing the shortage of distilled water. Grateful to have found it at Dollar General.
Tomorrow I am meeting a high school classmate for breakfast in Emporia. I will stop and get the paint I need to finish the safe room while I am in town. Tomorrow afternoon a group of us are gathering at my house to finally celebrate Solstice. Our celebration got delayed due to weather in December and then a funeral last week delayed us again. Oh well, better late than never.
I rode the bike for 15 minutes today. I read a book while I am on the bike and the time goes by quickly. It feels so good to be back exercising and eating on plan. I really do feel better when those two things happen regularly and am never sure why I quit doing them. My checklist is really helping me stay focused and I am taking better care of myself than I have for a long time.
I don’t have anything else on my calendar for several days after tomorrow. Not sure what I will find to do with myself. I like projects but am struggling to find one to do. I do need to start working on tax preparation for my 2022 taxes. Maybe I can get that started Thursday I’m glad I will have taxes to do coming up soon as that will give me something to do several times a week.
Grateful to be back on eating and exercise plan, grateful most of the safe room got painted today, and grateful for friends to visit with.