Another quiet day in Stillwater. I did get out this afternoon and finished painting the front of the house. We haven’t got the part above the porch roof done yet but the lower 3/4 is done. It looks nice.
Jim is working on removing shingles from the west side of the house. He hopes to get a section done yet tonight so I can get it washed and painted tomorrow while he does another section. We only have three sides of the house to do as the back section is a deck. There is a small section above the deck to do but it isn’t very big.
We had leftovers for dinner tonight. Cleaner out the refrigerator again. I like getting the refrigerator cleaned out. I laid out a pot roast to thaw and I will fix it in the crock pot for dinner tomorrow night. Once I know what to fix I am good to go.
Had a long phone conversation with a dear friend today. So good to visit with her. Wished I enjoyed phone conversations more and would do them more often. I have to be in the right mood to talk on the phone. Just not my thing I guess.
We took our walk this afternoon. Added another 1/4 mile or more to it. Feels good to get out and stretch our legs. We both need to get out more and keep increasing the distance in preparation for our trip to CO if we get to go. The high altitude always bothers me for a couple of days and hiking there is harder for me. Especially if I am badly out of shape.
Today has felt like a Monday to me. Yesterday felt like Sunday. Sure is hard to know what day of the week it is when you do the same thing everyday. We didn’t do anything special to celebrate the holiday weekend.
Need to start thinking about gathering things I want to take home with me next Monday. I have a friend that asked if she could come stay at my house in June so she is coming June 12 and we are going to come back here for a week. That will allow Jim to get more work done here and we can get the second car to take to KS. We can take two more car loads of stuff back with us. Hoping by then we will know if we are going to CO in July and can get the mountain gear to take back with us then.
Made a doctor’s appointment for Wednesday, June 3. Every time we walk my right shoulder hurts after I walk about 1/4 mile. It hurts the rest of the walk and into the evening afterwards. Once it quiet downs it doesn’t hurt again until the next time I take a long walk. Not sure what is going on but I am getting tired of it. I have a high tolerance for pain but when my shoulder gets set off if plain ass hurts. Haven’t figured out a way to hold my body so that it helps ease it. It will help for a minute at most when I hold my arm behind my back but then it hurts hard again.
My B/P was high today but dropped down after my walk. It is going back up again tonight. Guess I have switched from being too low to being too high. Wish I could find the sweet spot and stay there. I feel better when it is a bit high that I do when it is too low. Maybe I am getting to where I need to be slowly but surely.
It was a party cloudy and cool day in Stillwater today. We got more rain overnight but it has been dry today. While we were walking there were some dark clouds hanging around but they seem to have cleared on out. More rain is in the forecast through Thursday and then it is to clear out and start warming up again.
My mood was better today and the day proceeded with much more ease today. I’m back in my peaceful valley of life. Glad I was on a short detour yesterday.
Grateful for leftovers that turn into a second meal, grateful for friends and long conversations, and grateful to be back in my peaceful valley.