It was so nice to take a hot bath before I went to bed last night and a nice shower this morning. My hair seriously needed washed after going a couple of days without being able to wash it. May I never take the small pleasure of a bath and shower for granted again.
My yard looks like I have been burying bodies in it. There is a big pile of dirt up by the sidewalk and another big pile back by the side of the house. Hoping by spring time the dirt will settle a bit and not be so obvious.
A dear friend dropped by today. I love when I can have a deep conversation with someone. I am so blessed with the friends I have. Many of us are on the same path of finding peace and love and figuring out how to live that out during these times of chaos. It does help to have others to bounce things off of and offer encouragement to each other.
I went to Emporia to get groceries so I can start making Christmas treats. Hope I didn’t forget anything. I was erasing some things off my list and erased some extra things. We shall see what I may have missed.
Came home and was tired. I slept almost all night last night but for some reason a long nap sounded so good I couldn’t resist. Trusting I will be able to sleep tonight. I have a stay at home day tomorrow so if needed I can sleep in.
While I was in town I stopped and picked up the title for Tagen’s truck. We will have to go to the court house here in Cottonwood Falls soon and get it registered.
I worked on my Christmas letter today and think it is ready to go. Now as I have time I can start getting my cards ready to mail. I like to add a personal note to each card so it can take me a bit to get them ready. With Thanksgiving so late this year, it doesn’t feel like I have lots of time before Christmas will be here.
I look forward to a stay at home day tomorrow. I hope to get some treats made and to be able to make a good start on my Christmas cards. I also have a couple of phone calls to make. I couldn’t make myself make them today. I also need to give some serious thought to what I am gifting this year. I am running out of time and it is time to make some decisions. I also need to figure out the games we will do on the 21st and make a list of what I need to pull those off.
Friday morning I am meeting Tagen at 10:00 so we can take care of a banking issue. It will be good to get that taken care of. He is slowly getting moved in and I need to find out what he still needs and where he is with that.
Saturday I am going to Pioneer Bluffs to help with a mailing. That will probably take most of the day. Sunday I will get to stay home and watch the Chiefs game and make some more treats.
A week from today Nicole and I are flying to Phoenix, AZ. We will spend the night and early the next morning we are going on a hot air balloon ride and then drive to Sedona for a retreat. Looking forward to getting away for a couple of days.
I don’t think I have fully accepted that Christmas is almost here. I have a weird relationship with time these days and most days it doesn’t make sense to me. The weather patterns don’t help either. It was 60 degrees here today. It some ways it feels like we just celebrated last year’s Christmas. How can it be time for another one?
Sitting in a good place tonight. Felt good to allow myself to take a nap and give myself some extra rest. Somedays I do best when I do nothing.
Grateful I have the stuff to make the treats, grateful for a long winter’s nap, and grateful tomorrow is a stay at home day.