Tuesday, July 28, 2020

I am feeling much better than I was yesterday. No more blood in my urine and no pain or sense of urgency today. I even have more energy and have been hungry today. I didn’t eat much the last two days.

It was a rainy day in the mountains although it has cleared off late afternoon. We have stayed in so far and packed up most of the cabin. We still have our clothes, the stuff in the refrigerator, and toiletries to pack. We will get the car mainly loaded tonight so we can get off and going quickly in the morning. We hope to leave by 9:00 at the latest.

I took a nap this afternoon. When I woke up Jim was sleeping. It has been a good nap day in the mountains. We are getting ready to go for our last hike. When we get back we are cleaning out the refrigerator to find dinner. Not sure what we have in there but am hoping we find enough for both of us to have something for dinner. I have bacon and eggs if nothing else that need used up.

We finished the second puzzle this morning. It was a challenging one as the colors were subtle and the light in the dining room was not puzzle friendly. We both enjoy putting together puzzles.

My house sitter let me know she hasn’t been able to mow since the prairie has received so much rain. I told her I’m glad as I like to mow. I guess I know what I will be doing as soon as it is dry enough. Yay!

I keep forgetting to call and order my baby chickens. Guess I will wait until I get home now. The cell service here is very bad and any calls I get I usually get cut off.

We had a fire in the fireplace for a bit this afternoon but it kept setting off the smoke detector. The winds would shift to a downdraft and cause the smoke from the chimney to come back into the house. We finally decided to just let the fire burn out instead of listening to the ear splitting noise from the detector. The detector is too high to reach in the cabin.

Tomorrow we drive home. It will be so good to be back on the prairie but I will miss the beautiful Mountain View’s and fresh air. It is only in the low 60’s today here and that is a bit cool for my liking. Sounds like the prairie is getting lots of rain and is only in the low 80’s. I can’t wait to see the horizon and watch the storm clouds blow in. I have especially missed the sunrises, sunsets and the moon.

Grateful for the power of antibiotics and feeling better, grateful for the time we have had in the mountains, grateful to be headed home tomorrow.