I went to Emporia early afternoon to pick up my weekly on-line grocery order. Didn’t need much again this week. I remembered to wash the car while I was in town. I stopped at Wendy’s and got some chili. I enjoy their chili and it made a great lunch.
Michelle had received a package late last week so I took that by her office and gave the package to her. Then I headed home.
Kathy went out this morning and cleaned out the chicken coop for me. I helped a bit but she did the dirty work. I kept an eye out for the rooster but he left us alone. Sure feels good to have a clean coop again. It was way over due for a good cleaning.
I still need to get out and mow. I had forgotten about it until I took trash down. I stopped at the barn and got two bags of trash Michelle had fixed up and saw the mower and then remembered that is on my to-do list today too. When I get done blogging, I will go down and get that little job done. It shouldn’t take more than an hour to do it.
Craig let me know his brother died yesterday. My heart is hurting for Craig and his family. Joe was well loved and will be very missed. Joe was Craig’s first and best friend and I know Craig is hurting right now.
My Camino friends from California face-timed me today. It is always a good day when I hear from them. It had been a bit since they had called and it was nice to catch each other up on happenings in our lives. Every time I talk to her I find out about a new baby or newly engaged grandchild. Their life revolves around their huge family and it is always fun to hear what their group is up to.
When I get done with mowing I will go watch another class on boundaries. It is so good I could watch the whole class in one sitting but am giving myself some processing time between classes so the information can sink in. Sure wish there had been a class like this years ago. It feels like it is life changing type of stuff.
While I was down helping Kathy clean out the chicken coop, my blood pressure dropped. Sure wish I knew what caused that. Came back up to the house and sat for a bit and drank some water and it came back up again. I hadn’t drank much this morning so I might have been a touch dehydrated. I don’t like the feeling I get when my blood pressure drops. It hadn’t done that for a bit. This afternoon it was 123/74 so back to normal.
The weather today has been fall perfect. Mid 70’s with very light wind and lots of blue skies and sunshine. They just don’t get much better than today. It got down to the upper 30’s last night. First freeze isn’t too far away. I’ll be glad to get some allergy relief when it freezes. I’m not a big fan of winter weather though so not looking forward to the cold.
I got home from my UK trip three weeks ago today. A lot has happened in these three weeks. It sure feels good to have a very quiet week this week ahead of me. My body and soul needed to slow down and rest.
My eating continues on plan. I am liking fasting. It adds a challenge to my day and I seem to be adapting to it easily. I do have to pay attention and make sure I eat enough calories though. I am only eating two meals a day now and I added a fruit snack before I started my fast. I will see if that helps.
I have’s heard if the windows have arrived yet. They should be at the store getting stained and ready for installation. The last update I got they said they would be here before November 1 to install them. It is almost here so hoping they are still on schedule. Looking forward to having them installed as well as the EFIS repaired.
Thursday Cody is coming for the day so that will keep me busy. Ellexia is with her dad this week so she won’t be able to come out. Maybe I can sweet talk Tagen and Lily into coming out for a bit. I will entice them with a meal.
Tagen stayed home sick today so don’t think he will get to play Friday night. That means I won’t go to Junction City Friday night. I won’t mind if that is the case. He has one last JV game next Monday if he wants to play in it and then his season is over.
No plans for the weekend. It feels so good to have lots of empty space on my calendar right bow. I will need to get back out there sooner or later but right now my soul needs lots and lots of quiet home time.
Grateful for this picture perfect fall day, grateful the chickens have fresh linens, and grateful for the love and life of Joe.