John Deere called this morning and said they were on their way to pick up my mower to take it in for its annual check-up. They didn’t show up for over an hour. Hope they didn’t get lost and charge by the mile. They will do the service on the mower and then bring it back to me within a week.
At noon time I went to the McDonald’s on the Turnpike for lunch. Today is the last day there will be a McDonald’s at the Emporia Rest Area. It will become a Subway and Taco John. I told the lady that waited on me I used to own this store. She was very friendly and we chatted for a bit. She remembered Craig as he used to go to the Industrial store for food after we sold the stores.
As I was eating a customer came up to me. He had overheard my conversation with the lady and asked me if he could sit with me for a minute. He had been stopping at this store since he was 7 years old in 1988 when the store first opened. He lives in OK and his grandparents live in Topeka. He was sad the store was changing to something else. He told me the store ran better back in the day.
I realized when I came home from my short visit to the Turnpike McDonald’s that I wasn’t drained. I didn’t stay there very long and didn’t see anyone I knew but I did visit with two different people for a short bit. I will take this as a sign of my healing progress. I was able to hold my consciousness level about the mid-point and not let it drop while out in public. This is the first time that has happened in a long time.
My handyman came out this afternoon and confirmed for me the water leak in the furnace room is from the water booster pump and not something else. I had already called my plumber to let him know but I was concerned there was something else going on due to the way the water was collecting on the floor. I need to call the plumber back and find out when he is coming to fix or replace it. Feels good that I had diagnosed the problem correctly.
My handyman is going to come back another day and removed the broken water softener, an old water filtering system, and some pipes that are hanging above the two things. That will give me more storage space and clean up that room.
I have a pot roast cooking in the crock pot for dinner tonight. We will eat early as the smell is enticing me to eat. Yummy! Kathy said she likes pot roast too. Dinner will be ready whenever we are ready to eat. I added some carrots to it earlier so won’t even have to fix anything else to go with it. Easy!
The sun has been shining today but it is cold. We had a 37 MPH wind gust today and the wind chill has stayed in the mid 30’s. I appreciate the bright sunshine but sure wish it would warm up.
Chase County has a burn ban through Sunday as the forecast is calling for high winds the next couple of days. This is the time of year that it is easy for a fire to get out of control. We are very dry and the fire danger is high right now. I worry about someone throwing a cigarette out a car or truck window on the highway and having it start a fire. It wouldn’t take the fire long to reach my house if that happens.
I have been wearing a pair of leggings all day. When I go to Vegas in April I am limited to how much luggage I can take as I am flying Spirit Airlines and don’t want to pay $69 each way to check a bag. I bought some leggings to take with me as they take up way less space in a suitcase than jeans do. I have never worn any before. They are going to take some getting used to. They are comfortable but not sure if I am too old to be seen in public in them.
Since I got out of the house today I don’t need to go to town tomorrow. I really didn’t need groceries although I could have picked some up if I needed that as an excuse to go to town. I may call some friends and see if anyone wants to have lunch Thursday or Friday. That would be a fun thing to do and would get me out of the house for an hour or two.
I have had three nights in a row now that I wake up in the middle of the night and can’t go back to sleep. I get up for two or three hours and then go back to bed to get a second sleep. I am still taking the sleep aid so not sure why this is happening. Maybe the effects of the sleep aid are diminishing. Dang it anyways. I was just getting used to sleeping more than three hours a night. Hoping whatever is causing this will stop and I will go back to sleeping all night and getting six to eight hours of sleep a night.
The chicks are still inside. The forecast is not looking good for them to get moved outside this week. I’m tired of the dust and dirt they cause. They are starting to get a bit crowded in their chicken nursery but guess they are just going to have to deal for a bit longer. One of these days I will get to reclaim my dining room and get it cleaned. Another lesson in patience for me.
Grateful the mower got picked up for its annual service today, grateful I was correct about the booster pump and nothing else is broken, and grateful I was able to hold my consciousness level above mid-point in public today.