There were tears of relief and joy shed in our house today as we watched the new President being installed. A big sigh of relief fell over the prairie. The ceremony was beautiful. The poet was simply amazing. The music spot on. Biden’s remarks hit the right notes (although I cringed once or twice). May peace be restored in our nation’s capital was our prayer.
It was alarming to see the photos of the national guard sleeping at our nation’s capital building. To think we have come to this is still beyond my belief. The division is wide and deep. Biden has his work cut out. I trust we all give him a chance and understand it will take time.
I finally found the KS state website to get vaccine information but alas it is mainly blank with information to come. Not sure how OK is getting enough vaccine to inject those over 65 when KS doesn’t seem to be getting it. We will patiently, or not so patiently, continue to wait until the supply chain gets restocked and trust that when the timing is right it will happen. From what I have read they recommend you continue the same precautions anyways so guess getting it sooner won’t change much.
We took Jim’s car to the repair shop in Cottonwood Falls around noon. We tried to dump the recycling but the trailer was still too full to add more to it. Went to Emporia and got some international stamps for Jim and mailed Aunt Marylyn’s prairie quarters to her. We went to Walmart and picked up the stuff we needed from there and then came home after a quick stop at Fanestil’s for bacon and turkey.
The drive to town today seemed to take three hours. Not sure why I was doing the out of time thing today. It was good to get back home. I took a long afternoon’s nap as soon as I put the groceries away. I had woken up at 4:00 this morning when Jim came to bed and wasn’t able to go back to sleep. I have a Crisis Hot Line shift tonight and needed some rest before I could handle my shift.
I have scalloped potatoes with ham cooking for Jim’s dinner. I will have some plain ham slices or else a left over hamburger. White potatoes and I are not friends these days. It has been over a week now since I took my last antibiotic for C-Diff and so far, so good. I trust I haven’t jinxed myself for mentioning it. I still have to watch what I eat as certain foods still don’t sit well. White potatoes is one of them as well as anything raw. I can do limited amounts of beans which is an improvement. I still am avoiding dairy although I can tolerate small amounts of it. Trusting that over time my stomach will heal and I won’t have these limitations. As long as the C-Diff doesn’t return I am happy.
Found a new ball of yarn on the floor this morning all messed up. Tony, Jim’s big cat, had some fun with it last night. Jim untangled it while we were watching the swearing in ceremony. Tony is on my shit list. He better not mess with the blanket I am making or he will be banned from the house.
I still haven’t received my stimulus check. They have to mail it to me. Last time it got forwarded to Jim’s address so thinking that might be what happened this time. My forwarding has expired so am not sure where it might have gotten sent if that happened. Not sure how to track it down. Guess it will show up (or not) someday.
Nothing on our calendar for the rest of the week. We will have to go to Cottonwood to pick up Jim’s car whenever it is ready and hopefully be able to dump the recycling stuff then. It will be another quiet rest of the week at home on the prairie.
Grateful for our new President and administration, grateful the grocery list was filled today, and grateful to be home for the next couple of days.