Guess what – I spent another quiet day at home. I bet no one guessed that – right? Ha! And double guess what I am doing tomorrow! Right – staying home! Not sure I need a blog to remind myself what I did with myself these days.
I took a nap this afternoon. I haven’t been sleeping well and felt sleepy this afternoon so I laid down. Slept for about 90 minutes. I’ll take sleep whenever it finds me these days.
It was a beautiful day in Stillwater today. It reached the upper 60’s and we had sunshine most of the day after getting rain last night. We took a one-mile walk this afternoon and may take another one this evening.
I still have a headache. I can’t seem to get rid of it completely. I don’t usually get headaches anymore. There was a time that I got them frequently but haven’t had them for a long time. It is probably due to my anxiety of the world situation right now. Trying to find some extra grace to extend to myself right now and allow myself space to not do much when they hit. It makes a day long though when I don’t do much.
Jim has worked outside on his garage roof most of the afternoon. I went out and helped him a bit. He is hoping to have part of it ready for me to paint tomorrow. That will give me an afternoon project.
I wrote letters to my two aunts today. I have been thinking about both of them and decided I would write them a letter. I may try to start writing a letter or two a day for a bit. I do better writing than I do on the phone. I love getting letters in the mail and now seems a great time to send some. Trusting they will arrive Virus free.
I had left over mashed potatoes so fixed potato pancakes for dinner tonight along with bacon and eggs. Made a quick and easy dinner. Trying hard to use up our leftovers and not waste food.
I called my foot surgeon’s office today to tell them I didn’t want to drive to Wichita next week for my appointment. After several calls back and forth they decided they would schedule a phone visit instead. The doctor’s office is to call me at my scheduled appointment time next Tuesday and I will talk to the surgeon about the pain I am still having in my feet. I trust this will work and he can figure out something to do to help my feet fully recover. They are slowly getting better but the right one still sends sharp pain up the big toe when I walk on it. It doesn’t happen every step now like it was doing six weeks ago but often enough I am tired of it.
I am mentally preparing myself to shelter in place in OK until at least August. If we get released before that I will be very happy but I do better with a target date. I set it far enough out that I am trusting we will get released before the date I mentally set. This is the longest time I have been away from my kids and grandkids. Thankful for all the different technology that we have now to help me stay connected to them somewhat. Can’t wait to hug them all again.
I feel for all those single people out there that don’t have someone to shelter in place with. If any of you need someone to talk with please call me anytime – day or night. I told Jim at dinner that if I was in Strong City I would know people that I could be checking on and offering to get groceries for them, etc. I don’t know people here in Stillwater that could use my help.
I have been slipping on my eating habits. I still haven’t eaten sugar or flour but have been snacking more than I have in two years. I’m not even hungry but find myself stuffing food in my mouth. My anxiety must be higher than I realize it is. I’m going to come out of self-isolation and have no clothes that fit if I’m not careful.
Grateful I have a safe place to shelter in place at, grateful for the mail service, and grateful for afternoon naps and walks.