Our guests left this morning around 10:00. It was hard to see them drive away. I so enjoyed our time with them and wish them safe travels home today.
This has been a rest and recovery day for me. I exchanged laundry and put fresh sheets on our bed. I have sheets to make up the two twin beds but haven’t done so yet. I vacuumed the living room and did some picking up.
I laid down for a bit this afternoon but wasn’t able to fall asleep. I think laying down helped though as my headache went away. It has felt good to sit in silence today. I enjoyed visiting with our guests but am talked out. I think I have forgotten how to be social.
We had bacon and tomato for lunch today. Our guests had brought some home grown tomatoes that were huge. They were so good. I had almost forgotten how good home grown tomatoes can be. I don’t eat bread or I would have had a sandwich but they were good with just tomato and bacon on the side.
We are going to Tom’s house for dinner tonight. It is nice not to have to cook again. I am getting spoiled by eating others food. Our guests fixed steaks for us last night that were delicious. Two nights in a row I don’t have to cook. What a treat.
We don’t have any plans for tomorrow except to go to the grocery store one last time. Friday we have a park entry pass for noon. We plan on taking a hike somewhere in the park. We will have to get back fairly early as Jim’s two brothers and families are coming over for dinner at 6:00. Both are leaving for home Saturday morning so this will be our farewell dinner for them. It will be weird not having them in camp.
Hard to believe we will be heading home next Wednesday. One more week! The time has gone by so fast. I am looking forward to going home though. I have been away so much this year that I am ready to go home and stay home for a bit.
I found a source to mail order some baby chicks. I will do that Friday. I’ll have to find a place to get a money order to send for payment. I think the post office can do that for me and I know where that is in Estes Park. I’m not sure if the post office on campus can do that but I will check. I’m hoping they will ship them a week from tomorrow and I should have them the Saturday after we get home. It will be fun to have baby chickens again. We will have to get the chicken coop ready for them but we will have a couple days to get that job done. I’ll also have to get baby chicken feed and cottonseed hulls and make sure my baby chicken feeder and water containers are still usable. I haven’t used them for four years. I plan on putting the babies directly into the big chicken coop and keep them out of the house. I haven’t done that before so this will be a learning experience for me.
I have a Crisis Hotline shift tonight. I checked last night when I was up in the middle of the night for an hour or so and they could have used me but I was too tired to hop on. Hoping we are busy tonight so my shift will go by quickly.
It is a bit cloudy this afternoon and looks like it could rain anytime now. Heard we got a nice rain the last two days back home. Maybe I will get to mow when I get home.
Feeling a bit drained this afternoon. I have gotten used to not being around other people. It was so fun to have our guests here though and I so enjoyed having them here. I am a bit tired today though. I will recover quickly and will be back to wishing I had guests around again.
Grateful for the guests that came and shared their time with us, grateful for a rest and recovery day, and grateful I get to eat “out” tonight.