I have had a much better day today. Woke up feeling more like myself today. I have managed to stay home all day and that helped.
I got some paperwork taken care of today that had been patiently waiting for me to take care of. Cleaned downstairs and have done about all I need to do down there. Still need to move some furniture around but need some help for that so will wait and do that when the kids are here Saturday.
Phil came and worked on repairing the ruts in the back yard that were caused when the U-Haul Jim was loading got stuck. Then the tow truck got stuck trying to pull out the U-Haul and created even more ruts. Phil still has some work to do but got some of them taken care of today and he also hauled the last load of Jim’s stuff away from the barn.
I called and requested a guy come look at the guttering that got broken during the move. Not sure when they are coming but the lady said they would try to get out this week. Friday the new lock gets installed on the back door. Maybe both things will get taken care of the same day.
Got the rest of the Christmas presents wrapped and one of the games we are going to play set up. Now I need to get baking and get the Christmas treats made. I will start that this evening and spend a lot of time tomorrow and Friday in the kitchen cooking.
I took Jim’s name off the mailbox and put up new letters for my name. It seems like I have a lot of little projects like that to take care of and it feels good to get some of them done.
Tomorrow morning I have to have Belle at the Vet’s office before 8:30. She needs to be sedated so they can clean up her back. She is so fat she can’t clean her coat and it is matted and nasty looking. While she is there they are going to give her her annual shots. We couldn’t catch her when we took the others to the vet a month or so ago. I will pick her up late afternoon. Get to make two trips to town tomorrow. On one of the trips I need to stop and pick up a few more things for Saturday and a prescription that is ready to be picked up.
I enjoyed the sunshine today. It warmed up to 44 out. The wind finally slowed down a bit and it was a beautiful day on the prairie.
I got up early this morning and happened to look to the west. I caught the moon setting. I rarely get to see that so it was a treat. The moon will be full Friday so it was nice and big this morning as it set. I don’t think I had ever seen a moon set before I moved to this house.
I’m still adjusting to living alone again. Jim has been out of the house since November 6 so it has been almost two months. I haven’t been doing a good job of fixing myself meals. I keep thinking today is the day I will do that and it rarely happens. Meal times seem to be hard for me right now. I will get over it and things will get easier in time.
I do enjoy the clutter free house I have now. It seems to be staying cleaner and taking less of my time to keep up. I can sense the energy of the house is lightening up and becoming more relaxing for me. I enjoy the silence and am grateful I can play any type of music I am in the mood to listen to again. I still forget I have a TV in the living room and don’t watch it much. When I remember, I enjoy watching a movie sometimes. I do find it hard to sit and do nothing when a movie is on though. I rarely watch a TV program but it is nice to know I could if I wanted to. I much prefer soft music playing then a TV on.
Grateful for a better day today, grateful I was able to cross some things off my to-do list today, and grateful for the beauty of a setting moon this morning.