The highlight of my day was going into Cottonwood Falls and depositing a check and dumping recycling. On days like this I feel how small my world has become. It got me out of the house and for that I am grateful. Only talked to the lady at the bank and she was behind a glass window.
Fixed black bean soup for dinner. Not sure Jim was impressed but he ate it. It was good but you have to like black beans. I think the texture thing got to him. Not sure I will fix it often but it was an easy meal and on a cold day was a nice dinner for me.
Tomorrow I am baking a ham that Jim picked up when he went grocery shopping Monday. He always comes home with extra stuff. Ham is his favorite meat. Not so much mine although I will eat ham. There is a chance for rain tomorrow so decided to do the ham tomorrow and then we will grill steaks for Thanksgiving. I love that I know what we are having for dinner for the next two days. Makes it much easier once that decision is made.
I plan on baking two pumpkin pies tomorrow and taking one to Jason and one to Michelle. It will be a taste of what Thanksgiving dinner should have been like. I have a tub of Cool Whip for each of them to go with it. You only eat pie as an excuse to eat Cool Whip – right? I may bake Jim a pecan pie. Not sure he can eat the whole thing though and I won’t eat any as I don’t eat sugar or flour. Anyone want to share some of it with him?
I managed to stay awake all day and not take a nap. Now I need to stay awake until at least 10:00 and I will be back on schedule. It is raining out and the sound of the rain may put me to sleep if I sit and read. I have some typing to do so will work on that to stay awake.
Got Jim’s medical insurance thing figured out. He is going to stay with his retirement plan but we improved the plan he had chosen when he retired. This one doesn’t have a big deductible and should act like the plan I have. It is cheaper than we can get otherwise and the coverage looks the same as mine. Sure was a challenge figuring it all out though. I finally sent an email to the benefits department and got some questions answered. Jim gets bored with that type of thing and he missed getting some important paperwork in the move. Hopefully we got it all figured out and it will process as expected. We even got his beneficiary form updated. Good to cross that project off my to-do list.
I’m finally coming out of the muck pond. I took a spill yesterday and landed face first. I got triggered with something and it has taken me about 24 hours to process what happened and understand why I was triggered. It is an old issue I have been working on for a long time. I get angry at myself when I let myself get triggered and then those feelings get mixed with the other and it takes me a bit to sort through it all. I get quiet when that happens which is hard for Jim. We got it all sorted out tonight. Good to be back on track.
I haven’t heard from my new doctor about the medication he had prescribed for my cholesterol. The results on the website said a separate report was given to my doctor but I have no idea what that means or said. If I remember I will call the office tomorrow and find out. Walmart will only hold the prescription for seven days so if I don’t get it resolved tomorrow the doctor may need to send a new script if the insurance company has agreed to cover it.
I am slowly coming into acceptance about Thanksgiving. My heart still hurts but I am allowing it to be heard and felt. It isn’t the end of the world to not have a big dinner. I would much rather be safe than sorry. We will find a way to make the day a bit special.
Nothing on the calendar until next Monday when Jim goes to Emporia to get his KS driver’s license. I’ll send a small grocery list with him when he goes to town. He will have to get his cars titled next week but he needed his KS driver’s license first. Then I can call and add his cars to my house insurance company and save him some money.
Grateful to have Jim’s medical insurance plan lined up for next year, grateful I understand what triggered me and was able to work through it, and grateful for the gentle rain that is falling on the prairie.