A non-productive day today. Jim has worked hard outside all afternoon and I have been lazy inside. It is 90 degrees and too hot for me!
I did bake Jim a batch of oatmeal chocolate chip cookies this afternoon. I have a meat loaf and baked potatoes in the oven for dinner. I guess I haven’t totally wasted the day.
Woke up at 4:00 this morning and couldn’t get back to sleep. Finally got up and took another hot bath and was able to sleep afterwards. The full moon hit me hard last night. I had a good cry earlier and that helped. Needed to release some emotion that I had been holding on to. Feel a bit drained this afternoon as a result. We will take a long walk after dinner and while on the walk I will refill my soul with light and love.
Wrote a long letter to my brother Max today. I have been attempting to write at least one letter a day to friends and family. I love receiving letters so decided to send some out.
Ordered two flat sheets and some grosgrain ribbon to make face masks out of. Also ordered some flannel receiving blankets to use to make the masks too. Amazon is sold out of elastic, interfacing and even cotton material that is at a reasonable price. Many others must be making masks too. If I was in KS I would have what I needed on hand to make them. Gotta put the thinking cap on and make them out of what I can find here. The stuff I ordered should be in this weekend so I can get started making them. That will give me a project – I have needed a project to do. I really do better when I am productive.
Tomorrow night we will attend Maundy Thursday church services via Zoom. So grateful for the technology we have that makes this all possible. Not sure if the church is putting anything out for Good Friday or not. Their Easter services will be on-line for sure.
I haven’t been off the property for over a week now. Jim went to the store yesterday but I haven’t been out. I’m surprised I am not going stir crazy but with the stores closed I really don’t have anywhere to go.
I realized after I scheduled my Ultrasound at 12:45 and my doctor appointment is at 10:30 that there is no where to go have lunch at in Topeka. At least no where that we can sit down and enjoy a lunch out. We will have to go to a drive-thru and then find a park to eat it at. Can’t even go shopping to waste time as the stores are mainly closed.
The guy that takes my prairie hay in exchange for him burning my property called me today to let me know he burned the property today. Wish I could have been here to see it. I enjoy watching them burn it. Grateful it was done without harming man or beast.
I told Jim last night on our walk that sheltering in place has a rhythm to it that I found on the Camino. Not much else to do but meet our most basic needs with shelter, food and water. The world seems to have become much smaller in some ways. Anything we choose to do during the day is optional. The Camino gave me a reason to get out of bed each morning though as I had a goal each day of getting to the place I would be staying that night. This time I am already there!
Makes me wonder how much of what I “normally” do is just busy work or essential stuff. I had given most of my busy stuff up as I worked to simplify my life after my divorce. I kinda like the rhythm of my days now. It will be jarring when the shelter in place order is lifted and we can begin to assimilate back into society.
Grateful for lazy days at home that feel full of the best things in life, grateful my property burn went smoothly and no one was harmed, and grateful I have had practice simplifying my life.