The boat is gone! Yay! Dakota Blount is my hero. I was given his name by the City Hall ladies. I contacted him and he responded quickly. I met him at the house and he checked out the boat and said he could make it go away. I paid him and I left. When I went over this afternoon to check on things, the boat was gone. That is a huge relief to me. I had been trying to find someone for several years that would haul that thing away. Several people had said they would but didn’t.
I went to Emporia this morning. I met with my builder, went to the chiropractor, stopped and got some wine, did exercises, washed and vacuumed my car, had lunch and bought a few groceries. It was a productive trip to town.
I came home and sat in my chair and fell asleep and slept for several hours. This must be my take a break day and rest day. It felt good to slow things down this afternoon and take a break. I felt very scattered yesterday and the rest day today helped make that go away too.
The builder incorporated the kitchen cabinet design the lady I am working with came up with. I also had him make the two other changes I wanted into the plans. I think they are final now. He won’t break ground on building my house for a couple of months but at least the plans are ready when he does.
He is to work up cost estimates over the next month or so and when those are done and we agree to that, a contract will be drawn up and signed. That will give me time now to focus on moving and getting settled in my temporary house knowing the house plans are done for the new house.
Exercise went fast today. I exercised for 47 minutes but it didn’t feel that long. We worked on shoulders and legs today. I was surprised I wasn’t sore yesterday from them. When I was at the Chiropractor today, he asked if I had been working my shoulders. He could tell they had been worked. I guess that is a good thing.
I have a friend coming for lunch tomorrow. I need to get a few things I am serving for that fixed tonight. It won’t take long. I will probably make a batch of cookies to serve. We shall see if I find the motivation to do so.
I go back to exercise tomorrow as my trainer had something going on Friday. I will get to stay home Friday instead of Thursday this week. Saturday the big riding mower is going to its new home. A friend is hosting line dance lessons Saturday evening that I want to go to. Sunday I get to stay home all day.
Next week I don’t have anything extra on the calendar so far except for exercise three days. I am having some friends over for dinner Tuesday night so we can watch my last full moon rise at this house. That will be bittersweet for me. I have so enjoyed hosting people at this house as it was so easy to do. Watching the last full moon rising here will be a bit hard for me. I have so enjoyed the view this house has provided me. Grateful I will get to share it with a group of people that I love dearly.
A cousin let me know my last remaining aunt on my dad’s side of the family is in the last days of her life’s journey. I offered to come sit with her if that would be of help to them. I am so grateful I took the time to go see her a while ago and spent an afternoon visiting with her. I wish my Aunt well on her final journey. She blessed me richly and I love her dearly.
I doubt that I get much of anything done today. I will continue to enjoy this beautiful day and consider it my rest day of the week. It is an absolutely beautiful day out today with little wind. After the gale force winds of yesterday that is a huge blessing. The birds are chirping and gathering sticks to make their spring nests. It is 82 out today which is about the perfect temperature. Love spring days like this.
There is a thick layer of dust over everything in my house. That wind yesterday blew in tons of it. It might be enough to make me clean this house up a bit as it is thick enough to really bug me. I have put off cleaning as it seemed pointless with the upcoming move. Not sure I can ignore it any longer.
Grateful for a long, afternoon nap, grateful for a perfect spring day, and grateful for the memories I have of my dear aunt.