Oh what a night! Very little sleep. I took a nap from 9:00Pm – 11:00pmm so I could stay up and watch the meteor shower. I got to watch for about 30 minutes before the clouds rolled in and blocked the view. I saw several meteors but it wasn’t a great show like in 2016. I came in after the clouds rolled in and got on the Hot Line. I stayed on until 4:00 am as I wasn’t tired. Finally took a bath and went to bed but couldn’t fall asleep. Still haven’t slept. Hoping I can take a nap yet today so I can stay up for a bit when Jim gets here. He won’t be here until after 8:00.
I took 7 calls on the hot line last night. Two were intense but successfully resolved. I am feeling more and more comfortable with handling calls now. I have volunteered for 90 hours so far. Only 110 more hours to fulfill my commitment. I have a scheduled shift tonight. We have been very busy lately late at night and there are less and less counselors on each shift now. When the call is intense I only take one call at a time but when it is a routine call I take two at a time. Some people can handle up to four conversations at a time but I’m not there yet.
Did some house cleaning and laundry today. Have a crock pot of chili cooking for when Jim gets here for dinner. I wasn’t sure what time he would get away and needed something that was forgiving of time in case he was later than he expected to be. I told him this morning I would be surprised if he left before 5:00. He told me he would leave at 3:00. I was right this time!
Sure hoping the baby chickens will arrive tomorrow. It may be Friday though. I worry about them traveling without food or water for 2 – 3 days but they ship them successfully all the time and I have to trust they know what they are doing. It will be fun to have baby chicks again.
I should get a call either tomorrow or Friday that our beef is ready to be picked up. It will be nice to have a full freezer of beef. I still haven’t gotten the bill for the beef so not sure how much it is yet. Hopefully I will get the bill soon.
Nicole and Geoff are coming to spend the night Friday night. They are leaving after breakfast Saturday morning so it will be a short visit. They are coming to pick up their quarter of beef. It will be fun to see them.
Saturday I am going to take dinner to Tim and Michelle again. This time the request is for meat loaf. Not sure what I will fix to go with it – probably cheesy potatoes, corn and a dessert of some sort. Ellexia texted me last night to thank me for the dinner I took in last night. That was so sweet of her.
With all that going on it will be a busy weekend tending to baby chickens and cooking. I will enjoy every minute of it though.
Next week I have my annual physical and mammogram appointments. It is always good to get those done for the year.
It will be good to have Jim back home again. It is hard for him to leave his place in Stillwater and come back here. I think he feels like a man divided. I know the feeling as that is how I felt for the first six months this year. It is hard to live in two different places.
Grateful Jim will be home soon, grateful the baby chicks will be here very soon, and grateful I will have a full freezer of beef by weeks end.