Another night of being up for two to three hours in the middle of the night. What is up with that? Luckily I was able to get a long second sleep. Feeling tired today though. Wonder if it is the effect of the time change. I don’t do time changes well.
I have taken a rest day today. Just don’t have any motivation to find something to do. I have taken care of the chicks and fed myself. Not sure I have accomplished anything else today. Somedays are like that.
It reached the low 60’s today but the wind has been gusting between 25 – 37 MPH all day. I was going to clean out the chicken coop today but the wind makes that job difficult. Decided to wait until I get a better day. I will have to tolerate the dirty, messy chicks for another couple of days inside. I need to give them fresh linens tonight or tomorrow since they will be inside for another couple of days. Last week when I did that job, Piper was here to help me. Piper please come back and visit. I need your help!
Today is Roxy’s birthday. She turned seven years old today. A Great Pyrenees/Saint Bernard life span is 10 – 12 years so she is middle aged now. Couldn’t tell it by the way she gets excited when guests arrive. She has been a faithful dog and is very gentle, yet can be protective of me when she doesn’t like the looks of someone new.
I’m meeting a friend for lunch tomorrow and then am going to run some errands while I am out and about. I need a few groceries and a couple other things from town. It will be good to get out for a bit. It is to rain tomorrow but it looks like it will be warm enough that we won’t get ice or snow.
I made an appointment for a week from Friday for an eye exam. Kathy is going to get one too so we will both go to KC for the day. We will have lunch with Nicole and then I want to make a Costco run before our eye appointments. I have something I need to get to Nicole before our Vegas trip so will get that taken care of that day. It will be a three-for-one type of trip.
I checked with my plumber and he hasn’t heard anything about the water booster pump yet. I’m tired of mopping up water in the furnace room so hope the new one gets in soon. I have the floor fan running to help dry the floor up a bit. I go down twice a day and sweep the standing water into the floor drain. I’m grateful it isn’t going out in to the hallway too much. I need to get it replaced before water starts to spread out in the hallway and I can’t keep up with it.
My tummy is a bit upset today. I usually eat chicken and occasionally I eat beef. I had a hamburger for lunch yesterday, pot roast for dinner last night and then pot roast for lunch today. I think I have eaten too much beef in a row. I may skip dinner tonight and see if it will settle down and then go back to chicken for a few meals to see if that helps. The pot roast was really good but eating it twice in a row is too much and not good for me.
This wind is blowing in the dust. I did all the floors last week and they need done again. We have a wind advisory for most of the rest of the week so may wait until the wind slows down before I clean them. No use cleaning them only to have them need it again the next day. The chicks add to the dust and dirt in the house too. I am eagerly anticipating getting to move them outside very soon.
Found out a friend has Covid. They were on a trip and just got back and discovered Covid hitched a ride and came home with her. She has gone all this time without getting it. Thankfully she is up to date on her vaccinations and should be OK. She got the antibodies and was feeling better today. I worry more about someone getting long Covid. From those I know that have it, it is a beast to deal with.
I worry about getting Covid on my trip to Europe in September. Sure hoping Covid has slowed down by then and I won’t get it. Have a feeling it would ruin a trip if I pick it up along the way.
Feeling a bit blah today. I’m still at base line of consciousness so haven’t fallen down the ladder but I don’t think it would take much to do so. Trusting by tomorrow I will find some motivation to do something and get some things done. Somedays it is best to do nothing and rest. Grateful I have the space and time to do that when needed.
Grateful for Roxy and the love she brings to my life, grateful for sleep, however it comes, and grateful for rest days full of empty space.