I had lots of trouble finding sleep last night. Could not fall asleep easily and if I did, I kept having to wake up to change the dream channel. Rough night for sure.
Took the dogs on their walks one by one this morning. Sophia did her business but Roxy attempted to but couldn’t do it. I felt a bit light headed during both of their walks and that has continued most of the day. This happens to me occasionally- can’t quite figure out why.
The sidewalk guys came back last night and finished up that project. Good to have that done. I am pleased with how they turned out. We can’t pull open the dog pen door but we can push it open. I am a bit concerned that the slope in front of the porch is going to hold water but I will wait until it rains lots to see. I may have to have them come back and fix that.
I went to town for exercise at 2:00. I left a bit early so I could get a load of boxes from McDonald’s for a friend that is moving. I was able to get a big stack of them. I had some extra time so went to Walmart. I am going to attempt to make some aprons and needed a few supplies for that project. I need to go back and get some more fabric but ran out of time to do that today.
Exercise went by quickly today. I have a substitute trainer. He got me started and left me for about 15 minutes and then came back and joined me. He almost did the exercises with me. We visited the whole time and it went by quickly.
I stopped for lunch when I was done with exercise and then went to my friend’s house to drop off the boxes. I came home and have done nothing since. It is hot and humid out this afternoon. We got a bit of rain this morning but the heat has evaporated it by now.
I put a chicken in the crock pot this morning. I’m attempting to clean out my freezer and found one that needed cooked up. I’m not hungry but I’m sure I will eat on it tomorrow. Kathy enjoyed a sandwich she made with it tonight.
Tomorrow I am meeting Tagen for lunch and then we are going to go pay his fall class fees. Most of the fees have already been paid but for some reason he still owes a bit more. He starts class August 12 so it won’t be long for his school to start.
Still haven’t heard from my realtor about the sale of the rental house. We are to close a week from Friday. Trusting the inspections have gone OK and we don’t have to negotiate anything.
Haven’t heard from Ellexia so not sure if she is coming home with me tomorrow or not. If she does, we will have to stop and get her some snack food. I don’t have much in the house to keep her fed. I learned long ago that one of the secrets to having happy kids around is to have lots of their favorite foods on hand and keep them full.
Still haven’t heard from the meat locker about the beef. I sure hope it is ready by next Tuesday so I can take Nicole’s 3/4 of it to her then. If it isn’t ready, I’ll have to make a second trip to KC in August.
Nothing planned for the weekend. I haven’t had a full day at home all week so hoping that can happen this weekend. I do better when I have a couple stay at home days during a week.
Next week I have to go to KC on Tuesday for a mental acuity test as part of the research program I am in. It lasts for three hours and is exhausting to do. I trust I will remember to offer myself some grace and go with the flow and not let it bother me when I don’t do well. I won’t see the score and it really doesn’t matter how well I do or not. I just need to remember that while taking the different tests.
After next week I go down to only two supervised exercise sessions a week and will do the third one on my own at home. I am looking forward to not having to go to Emporia three times a week for exercise. 13 weeks after that I go down to once a week. That will be even better.
I’ve been able to maintain at or above neutral today. Haven’t felt my best today with having low blood pressure all day. Sure wish I knew what caused that to happen occasionally and what I could do to help raise it when it does happen. I have had to be careful when I stand up after sitting for a bit today as I get very light headed. So far, I haven’t hit the ground!
Grateful the sidewalks are done, grateful for the little rain we got this morning, and grateful for McDonald’s fry boxes.