It was a rough drive to KC this morning. I drove through some pretty hard rain and if it wasn’t raining the wind was blowing. I was glad to get there safely. The drive up took a bit longer than normal as there were times I couldn’t go the speed limit due to the amount of water on the highway.
I met Nicole at Costco and we went shopping. I had a rather long list of supplies I needed to get. After we finished shopping we went to lunch and then to her house for a bit. I met a friend for coffee in the early afternoon and then drove home. The drive home was dry but even more windy than the morning drive. My arms were a bit sore from being tense driving due to the high wind. I wished my car weighed a bit more on days like this. I only got 32 MPG on the way home. I usually get 45.
I didn’t have time to come home when I got back so went directly to my tax shift. Did five returns and then came home. I was thankful for daylight savings time as it was still light when I got home around 7:30 so I could see doing the chicken chores. Only got 2 eggs today – the slackers!
I got my car unloaded and then drove down to the mailbox to get the trash can. Decided not to try to pull it up to the house in the 30 MPH plus winds the prairie is getting tonight.
Loaded my car with recycling stuff I need to drop off tomorrow afternoon. I have to go into Emporia for another tax shift and afterwards go into Cottonwood Falls to pick up the Newsletter envelopes. I’ll drop off the recycling stuff while I am in Cottonwood tomorrow. It will take me all afternoon and evening tomorrow to get the newsletters stuffed and sealed.
The sound of the wind wears on me after a bit. It is to blow hard all night tonight and most of the day tomorrow. I can understand why pioneer people went bat shit crazy when the wind blew for days on end.
After I get the newsletter done tomorrow or Friday morning I can turn my attention to preparing to leave on my trip with my Match guy. I have started making a list of things I need to get done before I can leave. I have a tax shift on Saturday morning and while I am in town I need to pickup chicken and dog feed for three weeks. My car will be heavy then with over 600 pounds of feed in it. Maybe I should have stopped and gotten it this morning before I left town.
It has been a long day. I was gone for 11 hours today which is unusual for me. It feels good to be home and be sitting in my corner chair with my feet up. I am looking forward to Friday afternoon and some empty space. This week has been way too busy for my liking.
Still living in my peaceful valley. Things don’t seem to bother me much and pull me off-center when I am firmly in the center of the valley. I understand when stuff happens that it isn’t really about me. When I get pulled off center I forget that.
Grateful for a safe trip to KC, grateful to have been in service to others by doing taxes tonight, and grateful the sun came out for a bit this afternoon.