This has been another interesting day. It helps break up the week when “things” happen.
This morning the Chase County Sheriff called me. He had received intel that I was organizing another protest and I had not applied for a permit. I explained we were not marching at this one and told him we were gathering for a meditation and then scattering out into the community individually to do random acts of kindness. He backed off and wished me luck with the event. He even said he would have come if he was going to be in town. Still not sure if I would need a permit if we did march as a group. From what I have read, if we stay on public sidewalks and don’t block traffic a permit is not required.
When I got the mail today I got a letter from the state of Massachusetts informing me that Max’s state health insurance was canceled on May 4. That was the day Max died. But they included four pages of paperwork in case I wanted to appeal that decision. Sometimes the things humans do make me want to scream WTF! Wonder what I was to appeal? Really?
I went to Emporia to deposit the insurance refund from a rental I sold in July. It took the insurance company almost three months to get me the refund and they didn’t include interest. Wonder if I can be three months late paying without interest?
Got another donation for the Love in Action project in the mail today. Just about the time I think the donations are drying up another one comes in. This little project keeps on going and going. We now have funds for 90 of the needed 148 gift cards for our Christmas project. I think we can, I think we can, I know we can! I should have gotten 20 more while I was at Walmart today and forgot to do so. I have to go to town tomorrow again so will try to remember to stop then and get some. I can only buy 20 at a time.
Phil is working on the addition this afternoon. He has the bathroom roughed in and is getting ready to lay the shower drain. The two new windows were delivered. Progress! I keep reminding myself not to get too excited as it is still a couple months away from getting done.
Tomorrow I have to go to my annual Cardiologist appointment in the afternoon. If I remember I wills stop at Walmart afterwards and get some more gift cards. Not expecting him to do anything different. I still don’t feel like my blood pressure is under control but it is doing better than it did a month ago.
Nothing on the calendar for Thursday or Friday. Saturday is the Hour of Love in Action event at 2:00. I am getting excited for it and trust that some people will show up and join us. The editor of Kansas Reflector on-line newspaper will be here and will be writing an article about the event. Hope some will join us!
Read another article about how the algorithm that on-line social media uses is helping to divide the country. What I see on my news feed is totally different than someone else sees who has different views of the world. We assume all of us are operating with the same set of “facts” and that is simply wrong. Knowing this I feel a softening happening in my heart. I have been guilty of judging the “other side” thinking they knew what I know and they were making decisions that I can’t agree with. Man, it is hard these days to sort things out. It reminds me to hold gently to those things I believe as I may need to release them and pick up different ones.
Grateful to understand truth is not fact or opinion, grateful for the conversation with the Sheriff today, and grateful for the continuing donations for Love in Action.