Received a request for two people to stay for one night. They will be arriving this evening and checking out in the morning. They are traveling from Boulder to St. Louis and wanted to spend some time at the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve tomorrow morning. Hopefully the rain will end and they will get to walk some of the wet and muddy trails.
Dumped out 4.25 inches last night from my rain gauge and already have over 2 more inches in it with the forecast showing rain all day today. My back yard looks like a swimming pool. I have a little bit of water coming up from the floor in the back closet in the basement. I mopped it up last night and put a fan on it. Had to mop up even more this morning. Thinking the water table below the house is finally full. The good news is there is no water in the hiddy hole room. That used to be the room that leaked. Some guests sealed it for me and it has held nicely since. Thanks Robin!
My Marine went to work this morning but returned quickly as his work day was cancelled. He is taking a nap and then is going to go out and look at the flooding around the area. Typical KS behavior during floods! Lots of roads are closed around here and I bet more will flood by the end of the day. It is hard for the ground to absorb six to eight inches of rain in a short period of time.
My Match guy had to go to DC today. He got called yesterday and received a request to come. He sure lives in a different world than I do. I can stick my head in the prairie and ignore the world’s troubles for the most part. He is directly involved in some of the nasty stuff. It will be interesting when I finally get to meet him and hear more about what he is doing – at least the part he can share.
Got the guest rooms cleaned for the guests coming in this afternoon. Due to the rain lots of spiders and other bugs are coming in to find dry ground. Swept them all up. Once the towels are dry and put away the rooms will be ready for them.
Nothing else I have to do today. The guests won’t be here until after 7:00 so have all day free. May take a nap again as I didn’t sleep much again last night.
Star, my pure breed Great Pyrenees turned two years old today. She is finally considered full-grown. Guessing she weighs close to 100 pounds if not over. She is the trouble-maker of the three dogs. She needs to learn some manners!
Just noticed my socks are wet and don’t match. My feet were cold this morning so I put on my thick hiking socks and no shoes. When I went down to mop the basement I must have gotten them wet. It is nice to finally be able to go barefoot. Before I had my feet operated on I couldn’t go without shoes as it hurt too bad. The new Birkenstock’s I got have been very comfortable. I ordered some lined croc like shoes that should be here tomorrow. Hoping they will be comfortable too.
Sitting in my peaceful valley today. I can feel myself opening new ranges all the time. When I am well-grounded it feels good to do so. Change is the one constant in this world. Reminding myself to go with the flow and stay out of resistance. I sometimes want to figure everything out ahead of time and have found that wastes my energy. I have to trust myself more and ride the waves. Life is a mystery and I’m not sure we are to know all the answers. Sometimes sitting with the question is much more productive for me. Answers eventually find me – or not! The Universe has its own sense of timing and when I can match timing that life is easier.
Grateful for guests, grateful for my Match guy, and grateful for being able (at least in this moment) to embrace change and open new ranges within.