Happy New Year’s Day. I made it up to midnight but didn’t really celebrate. New Year’s Eve has never been a holiday that I celebrate. It feels too loud for me.
I have spent a pajama day at home. I decided not to get dressed today. I had no where to go and no real reason to get out of my pajamas.
The only thing I have gotten done today is two loads of laundry. I have it folded but not put away yet.
I have been binge watching the series “This Is Us” on Netflix. I haven’t even finished the first season yet and there are six seasons. It is really good although it confused me for a bit as it keeps jumping timelines following a family that had triplets. For part of it the triplets are babies and growing up and for part of it the triplets are adults. They jump all over the place as the babies are growing up but it is a good story line and I recommend it.
Tomorrow Tagen is coming over and we are going to the Courthouse to get his truck registered. Then we are going to Emporia to the water department to get that switched to his name. We also need to go to the bank and figure out which account is which. I thought I had it figured out but now I’m not sure. We set up the truck payment to come out of one of them and I want to make sure it is the right account.
Friday I have to go back to town for exercise in the afternoon. I also need to stop and pick up some groceries one of the trips to town. Saturday morning someone is coming over for some help with a tax issue.
It has been good to take a day and do nothing. I got good sleep last night and felt rested today but needed a very quiet day. Somehow the energy of the world feels too fast for me to absorb right now. It also feels like it is going to continue to speed up.
Someone posted a picture of the Northern Lights in KS again this morning. There was a big chance they were going to happen again tonight or in the early morning tomorrow. They are happening as a result of all the sun flares going on.
Now that the holidays are finally over things can go back to their normally scheduled programming. It is normally hard for me to figure out what day of the week it is but these last two weeks I have almost given up guessing what day of the week it is. Good thing my phone and iPad tell me that information daily.
If I don’t hear from Gentle Thunder by Monday I will contact her again. She had said she would get back to me a couple of days ago and I still haven’t heard from her. I am assuming because of the holidays she got tied up and will get back to me soon. I want to do some planning for an alternative inauguration event. I need to know what she will be doing and if she wants up to be able to lay on the floor or sit in chairs. Then I can start inviting people and find a space that will accommodate all that come.
Days like this help ground and center me. I feel ready for whatever is going to come my way this year. I need to remind myself to slow down even when things are speeding up around me. Otherwise I will get pulled into the chaos that is happening outside of me.
Grateful for a quiet day at home, grateful for good series on TV to watch, and grateful for the calm around me.