Another lazy day in the mountains. It has rained off and on most of the day so we haven’t hiked yet today. Not sure we will get a very long one in this evening as it is to continue to rain for the next couple of hours.
I took another nap this afternoon and slept hard for about two hours. I slept some last night but not enough so it felt good to sleep on a rainy afternoon.
I did knit one dish rag this morning but I haven’t done anything else. I finished the book I was reading last night and haven’t started a new one today. I only have one book left to read. I have some on my iPad Kindle but I really don’t like reading on it. I still have yarn though so I won’t go crazy!
I have made 10 dish rags on this trip so far and have one more skein of dish rag yarn to go. I also brought two skeins that I can make into baby blankets. They take hours to make so that will keep me busy.
Still trying to find baby chickens. I talked to the guy that supplies Bluestem with baby chicks. Unfortunately he is coming July 25 and we won’t be back until July 29. I have one more source to try to see if they can get me some August 1. The guy I talked to today can ship them so I may go back to him however he won’t sex the Americanas and I want some of them but don’t want to end up with a bunch of roosters.
I am looking for a new upright freezer and am coming up empty on that too. Evidently when the Covid crisis hits a lot of people decided to get a freezer to stock up in case there was a meat shortage. My local guy said he won’t have any until at least October. I’ll try to make a few more inquiries and see if I can find one before my meat comes the middle of August. I may have enough room for it but wanted to get a new freezer as a precaution as my other freezer is getting rather old and I don’t want to lose a full freezer of meat.
My heart doctor’s nurse called today and said the heart monitor test was basically normal. It only caught my low rate at 46. The thing records only when I told it to and when I was sleeping and my heart rate dropped I didn’t push the button. When my Smart Watch would wake me up and I would push the button my heart rate had risen by then. Oh well, I’m glad I am staying in normal rhythm and not having AFib which is why I wore the monitor to rule that out.
Our first two weeks have gone by quickly. Only two more weeks to go! I’m so glad we decided to stay two weeks. We have been able to take quiet days and not feel so pressured to take advantage of every moment here.
We made five more park reservations for the next two weeks. If the weather is bad or we decide not to go we will only be out $2 each day. Got several at 3:00 and some for a noon entry time. I love Trail Ridge Road and look forward to getting back on it a couple more times before we go home.
Grateful for a rainy day and a long nap, grateful my heart monitor test came back normal, and grateful for knitting projects that keep my hands busy.