Had a delightful evening sitting out in the swings with my guests last night. It cooled down nicely and it felt good to have the fire on. The guests from New Zealand were so fun to visit with. When they left this morning they told me to get hold of them if we have a free day in one of the cities I will be in while visiting New Zealand and they would drive up and take us out to see the country outside of the tourist spots. Not sure we have a free day in that city but if we do I just might take them up on their offer.
I didn’t sleep much at all last night. Sometimes that happens when I take a nap and sometimes it doesn’t. I am really tired this afternoon but I will stay up today and hopefully be able to crash tonight.
Went to Pioneer Bluffs after my guests left around 9:00 this morning. There was a meeting of about 65 people being held at Pioneer Bluffs and I was asked to help serve the lunch. The guys we served were very polite and gracious. I could tell a bunch were from OK as they called me Mam. I felt old!
When I first got to Pioneer Bluffs I could smell a dead mouse. One of the other volunteers could smell it too. We decided we needed to find it and get rid of it as it was close to where we were going to be serving the desserts. I looked under the sink and opened a box and found it. It was a rat about the size of a fist. YUCK! It had been dead for some time. There was a guy there and I hollered for him. He picked up the box the rat was in and took it to the tree line and dumped it out. I could have done it but decided to take advantage and ask the man to do it. I thanked him a couple of times for his service. The smell got stuck in my nose hairs. I was glad when the BBQ arrived and I went over and took a good whiff of the BBQ to get the dead rat smell to go away.
Came home a little after one. The guy I have been texting had sent me a box of a dozen chocolate dipped fruit pieces. How sweet is that?
Am working on doing laundry and cleaning the room that the guests from New Zealand used. I need to get that room cleaned so one of my long-termers can move into that room this week. Then I will use the two connecting rooms for short-term guests.
Still feeling like I am running a bit behind since I got home from the city. Thankfully I have three empty space days coming up so should be able to get caught up. My upstairs needs cleaned badly as does the great room and kitchen downstairs. I should have plenty of time the next three days to get everything cleaned up.
Saturday I will go back to Pioneer Bluffs to help with the Fall Round-Up from 1:00 – 7:00. Sunday I have a family reunion to go to in Marion. I do need to get to the grocery store one day this week to get stuff so I can make food to take to the reunion. I’m going to make a meat loaf and roasted veggies – that way I will have something I can eat.
I hid my Match account for a bit. I want to see where the Match I have been texting is going. I can’t talk to two guys at the same time. A couple of others have sent messages over the last few days. I really like the guy I am texting with now and want to give him my full attention. Still not sure where it will go – if anywhere – but I want to give it a chance to work. I will open the visibility of my account back up if this Match flames out.
Struggling to stay focused today and get things done. Probably from not sleeping much last night. I feel like I have a lot to do yet I’m not sure that is true. There is an internal pressure inside telling me to go faster and faster. Usually when that happens what would really serve me better is to stop and do nothing for a bit. Thinking my body is struggling to keep up with all the changes happening around me lately. The pieces of me don’t seem to be in sync with each other.
Got some mowing done last night and will go out tonight when it cools down and finish that job. I got started mowing late as my guests had come up and wanted to visit. Hopefully I’ll get started a bit earlier tonight and have time to finish the rest of the yard.
Grateful for the guy that helped me out and dumped the dead rat, grateful for the gift the Match guy sent me, and grateful for knowing what my body really needs and that I have some empty space days ahead of me so I can get back into sync.