The cement was poured this afternoon for the room addition. Progress! The best news is it was 3/4 of the expected cost. The guy that fixed the footings said he usually bids high just in case and adjusts the final amount if the project goes as planned with no unexpected bumps. Grateful!
Kathy and I drove to Lebo today to track down our two brothers. We were able to find both of them and they each signed the insurance check that was payable to our oldest brother Max. I took it to the bank and they deposited it but they warned me it might bounce. Supposedly insurance companies can be hard to deal with. We shall see what happens.
I sent a note to my insurance company inquiring about a refund I should have gotten over a month ago. They told me due to a glitch in their system the check was sent to my old address. The check was returned and they are in the process of issuing another check to the correct address. Wonder if they will add some interest – they certainly would have added penalties and interest if the situation was reversed and I owed them money.
The stickers I ordered to complete the appreciation gift I am fixing to give to the staff at the detention center came in. I need to find a day and time and invite some others over to help me prepare them. They won’t take too long – we will be adding a sticker and tying a pen to a paper and then signing the paper. I’ll find a time soon and get the word out and see if I can find some helpers.
My list of pending things is getting things scratched off this week. Don’t have much left on the list of things to do. Time to come up with another project of some sort.
I did some calculations last night and discovered we have received enough funds to purchase 49 gift cards for the detainees Christmas project. Only 99 to go. I will figure out a way to put a countdown on the Love in Action Facebook page so people know what the need is. It amazes me every time I list a need on that page, how quickly people respond and give. I need to raise $500 plus for the pizza party we are giving them the week of Thanksgiving too. I do have funds if needed to complete both of these projects but that would delete the funds on hand. I have faith that additional fund will continue to come in.
It is almost time to give attention to the Hour of Love project that is happening October 18. I have purposely held off on pushing that project as it was too far out but it will be here soon. Time for me to start promoting it and giving people a chance to learn about it and get it on their calendar if they are interested in participating. It is an option to protesting that day. The event is registered with 50501 and our numbers will count towards the national numbers. This event will feature a short meditation to get us started and then we will scatter throughout the community being Love in Action. We will come back together and share our experience.
To me this feels more like bridge building and sharing love than holding up signs and shouting names. I am so very tired of all the finger pointing and name calling. It is time to come together as one in love and build community. That is the way this country will be rebuilt and all will be welcome.
Tomorrow the guy is coming to service the furnace in anticipation of winter. I am going to have a discussion with him about the addition and see what he recommends we need to do to make sure the addition has heat and A/C.
Thursday I have a dental appointment at the Vo-Tech to finish the cleaning that was started a couple weeks ago. I trust I will be on time this time and she can get done.
Saturday there is a Walk to the Cure for Alzheimer’s at the fair ground and I am going with Kathy to participate in the walk. Chase County is having a fall festival of sorts in the afternoon with live music in the evening. It will be a full day of fun and outdoors.
Felt a bit restless this afternoon. I know it is from having an almost empty to-do list. Some days the empty space feels comfortable and other days like today it is intimidating. It will be a good practice for me to sit with the uncomfortable feelings and allow them to be heard and felt and pass through. I have an old habit of judging myself by what I do and not by what I am. It rears its ugly head once in a while to remind me to give that shit up. Not sure why this lesson has been so hard for me to let go of. I must have layers and layers of it to allow and process.
Grateful the cement work got done today, grateful the insurance check got cashed, and grateful I can proceed with assembling the appreciation gifts.