This has been a weird day for me. Time is doing its crazy thing again. Sometimes five minutes feels like five hours and other times five minutes feels like five seconds. Has me upside down today.
I went over to a friend’s house to do their taxes this morning. It only took a short bit to get them done. I will get them reviewed tomorrow and they will be filed tomorrow night. That was easy!
I called the city to follow up on my request for a special event on April 19 so a group of us can walk the streets and rally. It was approved at the city Commission meeting. They did give me a designated route. I had wanted to walk around the court house but that is not allowed unless I go before the county commission. We will walk from my house to Pearl St. Up Pearl Street to Broadway St. North on Broadway to the river bridge and then we will reverse the route and come back to my house. We have to stay on the sidewalks and cannot walk around the courthouse. I will take what I can get.
We will be meeting at my house at 421 Plum St at 1:00 on Saturday, April 19. We will have a short gathering meeting and then will walk the designated route and back again. Afterwards I thought we could stay and visit and brainstorm other steps we can take both collectively and individually. That part will be optional. Spread the word and bring a friend or two with you. The bathroom in my house is available if needed!
This afternoon I am going to a friend’s house for happy hour. I haven’t seen some of my friends for a bit so it will be a good chance to get caught up with them. It is a beautiful day to sit outside and enjoy the company of like-minded friends.
I have felt a bit lost today as I have had more free time than I have had for a bit. My mind says get up and do something but my body says sit a bit. I do need to start thinking about cleaning the house and getting things ready for family day Sunday. For some reason Sunday feels like a long way off.
I happened to notice the woodwork in the living room, where the dogs lay at night, is very dirty. I have tall baseboards and the dogs lean up against it when they sleep at night. I will have to get that washed up although I am betting it will be dirty again soon.
Tomorrow I am going to Emporia to do taxes in the morning for the last time this season. I need to stop afterwards and get the supplies for our family day dinner. I want to double check my list so I don’t have to go to town Friday or Saturday and get something I forgot.
Phil came over yesterday and crawled under the house to check what needs to be done about the foundation. He is going to have to cut a hole in the bedroom floor so he can get to where he needs to add some support material to the foundation. He isn’t going to try to level the floor as that will create issues on the back side of the wall and impact the kitchen cabinets and the furnace. He said he would need at least two days and maybe three. I will have to vacate my bedroom while he does that. This will give me a good excuse to take a short trip somewhere. Now the hard part is to decide where to go. Nothing is coming to me yet. He is to let me know a couple days ahead of when he can fit it into his schedule.
Kathy got notified yesterday that she has been selected to go on an Honor Flight to Washington, DC the end of April. Our cousin is on the committee that does fundraising for these trips and he is going to get to go on this trip with her. I’m so proud of her and her service as an Army nurse to our country. She is very excited.
Next week is a much quieter week for me. I will want to do some things to get ready for the rally on the 19th. I also want to get a gym membership and start going to the gym several days a week. I am loosing what I gained from the fitness program I was in. I didn’t think it was doing any good but the longer I am away from it, the more I can tell I am loosing muscle strength, especially in my legs.
I have a weird relationship with time these days. It doesn’t serve me well and I don’t have to pay attention to it most of the time. The last couple weeks have been busier than normal for me and I have had places I had to be at a certain time. I think my body is telling me it is time to step back out of time. I function better when I do that.
Grateful the request for the rally was approved, grateful for this beautiful spring day, and grateful for a restful afternoon.