This has felt like a long day. I spent most of the afternoon in Emporia and I am tired tonight. Might be an early to bed type of evening.
I met Jason for lunch at 1:00. We ate at Bobby D’s. Service and food was fine. I always enjoy having a meal with one of my kids.
I went to True Value to get some paint. I forgot to take the paint sample with me. The guy looked it up as I remembered the color name but we decided that I shouldn’t get it. When he looked it up it showed six different variations of the color. They didn’t have any paint sample cards with the color I wanted left and I didn’t want to buy two more gallons of the wrong color. I am going back through Emporia tomorrow so will get some then.
I dropped off my heart monitor at CVS. They make that process easy.
I worked at the Friends of the Library Book sale from 3:00 – 6:00. I sat with a young man that went to school with Tagen. He was interesting to talk to and we had a good time. I was impressed with how he attended to the customers and helped them out.
Tomorrow I am going to Ottawa and having lunch with a lady that is interested in helping with the Love in Action project. Not sure what she wants to do but I will meet with her and see what she is thinking. She had an employee that got deported and was sent through the Chase County Detention Center a few years ago. We shall see where this leads.
I will need to stop in Emporia either on my way to Ottawa or on my way home and get the right paint. I will take my paint sample with me this time and maybe I can get the right paint. Third time is a charm!
Came home from the library book sale with two sacks of books. I picked out the first sack before my shift started. A lady that was working the sale and I were talking and she picked out another sack of books for me. I was looking for a particular author but neither one of us could find any of her books. I will get to try some new to me authors. The book sale must be successful as they didn’t have lots of books left this afternoon.
The toilet parts keep sticking when you flush the toilet and the tank doesn’t fill with water. If I messed with the parts, I could get it to fill but that gets old after a while. I sent a message to Phil and he came over and put in new parts. That was easy!
I’m tired this evening. Being around people for over three hours wears me out. I’m grateful I had a very pleasant young man to visit with. We weren’t overly busy but had a nice steady stream of customers come through. The time went by fairly quickly. I was glad when my shift was over and I could come home.
Nicole and I firmed up our plans for our trip to India in November. We fly to New York City on the 8th and stay over a night there. We then fly to India on the 9th and will get there on the 10th. It is just a little over two weeks before we leave. I need to give some consideration to my wardrobe and make sure I have what I need to take. May need to make a trip to KC or Topeka to do some shopping.
We are going to try to find a time later this week to scatter Max’s ashes. We shall see if we can get that done. If not, we will find another date soon.
Feeling a bit drained this evening. I’m not used to being around people all afternoon. All I interacted with were fun and easy to deal with. I spend so much time home alone that any interaction with people these days wears me out. I am going out tomorrow and Friday so will need the weekend to recover. So far next week looks empty so have some recovery time built in. Hoping I can get my painting done before the cold weather comes.
Just a little over two weeks before my trip to India. I haven’t given it much thought yet so need to get it on my radar and get things ready. I think I will need more mental preparation than physical stuff. It will be fun to spend the time with Nicole and see a new to me country or two. I’m sure it will be sensory overload for me but I think one needs to get out of their own safe box and explore occasionally. It shakes one up and that can be good for the soul.
Grateful to meet a wonderful, wise young man today, grateful to have lunch with Jason today, and grateful I can go to bed early tonight.