This has felt like a busy day with two trips to town. Not sure I got much done but haven’t had lots of down time.
I was awake around 6:00 this morning. I had my alarm set for 7:00 but couldn’t go back to sleep so got up around 6:30. I left for Emporia with Sophia around 7:15. I dropped her off for her surgery today and then went by the rental house.
The make it go away people had shown up and did their job. The back yard looks much better from the clean up yesterday. The house still needed a good cleaning but is close to being ready to be shown. I found a window open but couldn’t get it to close. I will have to go back and take a hammer with me so I can pound the window close.
My handyman let me know he successfully switched the washer and dryer from the rental house and took them to Jason. He then brought the set that was at Jason’s house and put them in the rental.
The plumber called and let me know he tried a simple fix for the leaking bath tub faucet and it didn’t work. He needed to go get parts and was going with Plan B. If that doesn’t work he will have to come another day with Plan C. Who knew stopping a leaking faucet required three plans.
The realtor let me know the cleaning lady was to come this afternoon and then the house will be listed tomorrow. Fingers and toes crossed that there will be some interest in the house. The realtor told me she had a couple other houses listed and no one has come through them yet and they have been listed for several weeks.
My Endocrinologist office called to schedule my throat ultrasound. They were going to put it on my calendar the day before my appointment with the Endocrinologist and then decided they could do it the same day so I didn’t have to drive to Topeka two days in a row. I appreciated them accommodating my schedule.
I was trying to take a nap this morning when all this commotion and communication was happening. Made for a constantly interrupted nap.
I went back to town around 4:00 and picked Sophia up. She has a sizable wound near her back side. The Vet was happy that I had agreed to surgery as the site was showing signs of infection from the drainage attempt they did last week. Sophia has a drain that will need to come out Saturday and then the following Saturday she will get her stitches out. She is to remain in the house and is to have only short walks at least until the drain is out. We may have to keep her inside until the stitches come out depending on how she is looking Saturday. She likes to roll in the dirt and that would not be a good thing.
I had to pay $71 last week to get the cyst drained and the bill today was $435. Still two visits to go! Yikes! Like having a teenager in the house. I forgot to get Bravecto today so will try to remember to get that Saturday.
My cat is having trouble using the litter box. Kathy’s carpet is starting to smell like a litter box. Next week when I have a quiet day I need to go to Emporia and pick out some vinyl flooring and find someone to put it down so we can get rid of the carpet. I dislike carpet anyways. I might go ahead and do my bedroom too so this house can be carpet free.
Tomorrow is going to be another busy day. I am meeting a friend at 9:30 for a chat. I’m meeting a different friend for lunch at 11:30. Then Kathy and I are going to the funeral home in Cottonwood Falls to prepay our cremations at 3:30. Wonder what else I will do tomorrow?
No plans for the 4th. I don’t enjoy fireworks and I am not exactly in the mood to celebrate our democracy as it appears to be fleeting. I will stay inside and put on some quiet music and do some inner work. Saturday I have to take Sophia to the Vet to get her drain out.
So far next week looks quiet. I have a thing to go to Tuesday evening but other than I don’t have anything on my calendar. I will appreciate a quiet week. It feels like it has been a bit since I had one. Since I now know I won’t be having surgery until fall (if then) I can plan Max’s Celebration of Life Dinner.
I figured out how to look up Max’s probate case and it isn’t showing up yet on the court docket yet. Not sure if it hasn’t been processed or if there is a problem with the way I submitted it. I will give it another couple of weeks and then will call if I don’t see it. Not sure what the next step of the process is.
Still sitting with what is happening in DC. I feel more detached from it today and can zoom out and see why this is happening. I am being called to be a bridge and not become part of the division. I keep reminding myself that opinions are not truth and truth is hard to find in all of this. Stepping out of the overwhelm and fear and into trust and love. Trusting that love will win, somehow, someway, and in divine timing. This is a lesson for myself to stay out of the But how? But why? But when? Allowing light to flow and looking for good things and miracles to celebrate is where I need to stay.
Grateful Sophia did well during surgery, grateful the rental house is ready to be listed, and grateful for the everyday miracles that are happening around me.