I have taken 8 calls on the hot line so far today. I have a two-hour shift tonight that I will do. They are so busy I feel guilty when I get off to do other things. The wait time is long for most of the non-urgent texters. Many don’t respond when we finally get to them. We are supposed to limit ourselves to 12 hours a week and I have already put that in. I think they are waving that restriction due to how busy the hot line is.
I have one hat almost done. I’m anxious to get it off the needles and see if the size is correct. The pattern calls for a different weight of yarn and needle size so am adjusting on the fly. If it is too big I will rip it out and downsize it. Once I get the size thing right the other two will knit up quickly. Hats don’t take long – especially when I use the bigger needles.
Not sue what we are having for dinner yet. I haven’t gotten inspired. I have some hamburger thawed out so may end up with just burgers unless I can think of something else to do with it.
Jim took a long walk this afternoon and I took a long nap. I didn’t sleep well again last night and needed to make up some lost sleep. I didn’t sleep real well during nap but I got some more sleep and my headache is gone. Damn, I hate not being able to sleep.
Being back on the hot line so much sure makes my days go by faster. Add to that my knitting time and I am back to being busy. Much better than sitting around all day doing nothing. Now I have a real excuse not to clean my house.
I ordered Tagen and Ellexia’s Christmas presents today. I had some Best Buy bucks that needed used up and they ship for free. The two things I wanted were even on sale. Now to figure out what to get for Jim. He is my last one to buy for. I have lots of things in transit to me so trusting everything will get here safely and on time. I will wrap the local gifts and deliver on the appropriate day. The others I will have to wrap and ship so they have plenty of time to get where they need to get. I know the USPS and UPS are overloaded this year so want to allow a lot of extra time.
I still need to put the Christmas tree up. If we are going to the trouble of putting one up we should get it up so we can enjoy it a bit. Maybe Jim will help carry things up for me in a bit and I can get that done today. It is cloudy and looks like it is going to rain. We need a little brighter living room right now.
We had been forecasted to receive snow but now it sounds like we will just get rain. That’s fine with me as long as we get some moisture. The cracks in the yard are growing wider and are deep enough to catch an ankle in them and break it.
I got a long, news filled letter from Aunt Marylyn today. I love getting letters from her. Aunt Glenda and I text regularly now so I keep updated with her that way. I so love my last two remaining aunts and sure wish I could go visit them face-to-face. Maybe some day soon it will be safe enough to do so again.
It still feels weird to me to look at my calendar and see absolutely nothing on it for the near future. Jim and I were commenting today that trash day has become the highlight of the week for us. How pathetic is that! I am having more and more trouble remembering what day of the week it is as everyday feels the same. Thank heavens my iPad tells me the day of the week and month. I would have no idea otherwise.
I meant to run into town today to mail my Christmas cards and forgot to do so. I will try to remember to do that tomorrow. I also have my tax bills I need to mail. Chase County property taxes went down but Lyon County went up. Man, I hate paying those bills.
Jim is almost out of cookies again so will bake him a batch either tonight or tomorrow. The grandkids haven’t put in an order for what they want so they may still have some treats and don’t need any this week. They might be getting tired of Grandma’s cookies. In another week or so I can start doing my Christmas baking so it is all done for the 26th. I need to mail a couple of packages so will need part of it done before that so I can send some treats with some of the packages I will be mailing.
Feeling a bit like we have gone into hibernation for the winter. I don’t see an end to the shelter-in-place that we are doing. I keep hearing about more and more people that I know coming down with COVID. I am concerned about how many will get sick later this week as a result of traveling and being with friends and family over Thanksgiving. I sure wish there was something I could do for the medical providers and teachers right now to show my support to them.
Grateful for the time I am spending on the hot line, grateful my Christmas shopping is almost done, and grateful for letters and texts from my beloved Aunts.