Another windy day on the prairie. We had a 42.3 MPH wind gust today. Most of the time it has been between 25 – 30 MPH. Enough with the wind!
I went down to let the chickens out. I attempted to herd them out their little door to the great outdoors but had limited success. As soon as I could get a couple to go out, a couple more would come back inside. I gave up and figure they will figure it out one of these days. Maybe they are waiting for the wind to slow down. Good luck with that chicks!
Did some cleaning this morning. I am slowing getting the house ready for my guests next week. I decided to wait to dust until Monday morning as it does no good to do so now. I am getting the floors done and things organized so all I will have left to do Monday is dust.
I am feeling much better today. Not sure what was off yesterday but woke up having energy this morning. Glad that my energy is returning. I haven’t Covid tested today but did yesterday and it was negative again. Trusting today will be negative too. This is day three out from the Paxlovid and rebound cases normally happen between day two and day eight. Still have my fingers crossed I will avoid that.
Kathy’s cat and I are not on speaking terms. He figured out a way to push a screen out so he could get outside today. I duck taped the screen so it wouldn’t tear anymore. Then he jumped up in the kitchen plant window and knocked over a crystal and broke it. That damn cat! Kathy put some aluminum foil in the window to encourage the cat to stay down. We shall see if it works. He might get banned to the basement for good. Two strikes today and if he gets three strikes he is out!
Found out one of my cousins on my dad’s side of the family died earlier this month. I had lost contact with him many years ago but I stay in contact with his sister. He was younger than I am by about eight to ten years. Sorry to hear this news. I am in contact with most of the other remaining cousins and have been thinking about a family reunion sometime this summer. It has been too long since I have seen many of them. Time does pass and if I don’t get intentional about meeting up with people, I may never see them again.
Still not feeling the urge to rejoin society yet. I would have thought by now that I would have the urge to see people but am still enjoying my isolation time. I still have about five more days until the chances of a rebound case pass so will probably continue isolation until that has passed. I remember coming out of isolation when Covid restrictions started lifting and how much anxiety I had. I don’t feel the anxiety this time but maybe it is present and I am not allowing it to surface. Whatever is going on, I will continue to honor my body and stay home. I will know when it is time to get back out there.
Last night I was getting undressed so I could take my bath and noticed the bathroom sinks were dirty. I thought I had tracked in grass clippings from mowing but when I took a closer look I realized it was ash that had blown in through the window. Sure wish it would rain so the ash would settle down and not blow inside.
My life seems to have gotten much simpler lately. I don’t have much on my calendar and not much to do. I have no desire to find something to do. After all the chaos of last year, this simple time feels healing and needed. I’m sure one of these days I will get busy again but for right now, doing nothing feels right. My central nervous system is finally settled down and I don’t react and then overreact when I get stimulated.
Grateful for a day of feeling great, grateful for this simple time in my life, and grateful for the rain that is coming to the prairie soon.