Happy birthday to my grandson Tagen. He turns 15 today. Where has the time gone to. He has grown into a man this last year. He is now close to 6 foot tall and towers over me. He is a gentle, kind soul who is sensitive and caring. I sure wish I could be with him today to celebrate.
We went into Cottonwood Falls to run some errands this afternoon. We stopped at the National Prairie Preserve and was able to get $15 worth of the new Prairie Preserve quarters. Aunt Marylyn wanted some so I will get hers in the mail to her tomorrow.
We deposited a check at the bank and then Jim checked with a local mechanic to see if they could fix his car. They can so he will take it in tomorrow morning. We tried to dump recycling stuff off but the trailer was too full. Hopefully they will get it dumped tomorrow and when I take Jim to drop his car off we can dump it then.
I need to go to Emporia tomorrow and run a few errands. I need some groceries and need to stop at Fanestil’s for some turkey and bacon. Jim needs a couple of international stamps so will run to the post office and get those while I am in town.
A friend from Stillwater let us know that OSU is offering vaccines to retired OSU staff. Jim gets his pension from them as they are the umbrella university of Langston where he worked. I called to schedule appointments and found out they are only offering the vaccines to staff that worked on the OSU campus. Dang. So close to getting a vaccine. Guess we will continue waiting until KS gets its act together and we get one here.
I got on the crisis hot line for an hour last night and handled two callers. Neither call felt good to me when we were done. Both had problems bigger than a short text call could handle. But both were in a calmer spot when we finished so maybe it was helpful for a hot minute. If I’m not too tired tonight I will get on again. I didn’t take a nap today so we will see if I can stay awake long enough to get on when they get busy late night.
I have 4 more hours to go to complete my required 200 hours of service. I should do that this week. I have interacted with over 350 texters. Some calls still haunt me today. I will never know the rest of the story.
Jim is having tacos for dinner – I will have a hamburger. Easy and quick to fix. I’m all about doing things that are easy these days. Now to decide what to fix for tomorrow night.
The girls gave me 19 eggs this morning and I am hoping there are a few more when Jim goes down in a bit to give them some water. A friend let me know she will pick up two dozen eggs on Thursday. That will take me down to three dozen in the refrigerator – at least until I gather eggs tomorrow morning.
It has been another beautiful winter day on the prairie. The temperature has been in the mid 40’s with bright blue skies. The wind has been in a bit of a hurry off and on today. It feels colder than it is outside with the wind chill. It is to warm up some tomorrow but we have a chance of snow later this week. Gotta love winters in KS and never knowing from day to day what to expect.
I’m so grateful the inauguration is tomorrow and Trump goes off into the sunset. It is disturbing to read the reports that are coming out about the invasion of the Capital building. It will be interesting to see where this all goes. I truly trust that Congress will figure out how to get something done and the bottleneck gets broken free.
Grateful to have found some prairie quarters, grateful for my grandson Tagen, and grateful for all the eggs I am getting.