I went on the hot line last night but only handled two calls. Both were suicidal and hard calls to manage. The second one we ended up having to call emergency services for. The Supervisor had stayed on the line with emergency services until they arrived and made contact with the texter. The call was intense at times and it was a relief to know that help arrived and the texter was still alive when they did do. I’ll never know if they made it through the night but we gave them the best chance to do so.
I have a hot line shift tonight – trusting it will be a bit smoother and easier for me. The suicidal calls take a toll on me after a bit.
Jim and I went into Emporia to drop off peanut butter balls and a dozen eggs to Jason and Michelle’s house. I had baked a banana cake this morning so we took part of it to each of them too. I got to see Tagen for a hot minute when I did the drop off at his house. Tagen was doing school so I didn’t bug him for very long.
When I got back in the car from Jason’s house I noticed the back passenger side tire was low so we stopped at the tire store on the east side of Emporia and they graciously checked and aired up all the tires. The tire was rather low so we are going to have to keep an eye on it – it may have a leak in it.
When we came back to the hills we went into Strong City. Someone was giving away solid oak doors and Jim needed one for the shop he is going to build in the big barn. The lady giving them away had warned us they were heavy. As we were pulling up two young men had just loaded up three others and saw us drive off. They took off but then came back and offered to help Jim load the door. He was going to refuse their offer of help but I talked him into accepting it. He was glad he did as the door was very heavy. We managed to get it out of the car and drag it to where he wanted to store it in the barn when we got home.
I took a nap when we got home as I didn’t sleep very well last night. My feet were aching due to the cold front that came in. We got a very light dusty of snow overnight. The deck was covered lightly but it didn’t show up much in the grass. It was mighty cold walking down to do the chickens this morning as there was a brisk north wind.
Other than baking a cake I didn’t get much else done today. I haven’t even gotten any knitting done today. At the end of most days I kinda scratch my head and wonder where the time went and what I did with it.
Jim has an eye doctor appointment next Tuesday in Stillwater so he decided to wait to exchange cars then. I think he is planning to go down in the morning and come home the same day but he might end up spending one or two nights if he decides to try to get some work done too.
Nothing on the calendar for the rest of the week or the weekend. It is to warm up a bit tomorrow and even more for Friday. I have spent lots of time today at my desk as I have a little heater under my desk and I have been trying to stay warm in front of it. I don’t like cold weather anymore.
Grateful to See Tagen for a hot minute today, grateful someone gave us a solid wood door, and grateful for the help of the two young men.