Joy and the twins headed for home today. We had breakfast together and then Kathy drove them to the airport. Piper really wanted to stay here – she has fallen in love with KS and the wide open quiet spaces. The twins enjoyed a last breakfast of chocolate chip pancakes. For one of them I added bananas and the other topped theirs with peanut butter. Bacon and scrambled eggs rounded out their last breakfast.
After Kathy left for the airport I cleaned house and started laundry. I managed to get the living room, dining room, kitchen, hallway, entry way and office floors cleaned. I did five loads of laundry and did two more loads in the dishwasher. If feels good to have a clean house this evening. The guests rooms are made up and the house is back in order.
I took a short nap this afternoon in my chair. I knew if I laid down on my bed I would sleep long and hard and didn’t want to do that. I haven’t slept well the last couple of nights and am tired. I trust tonight I will sleep long and hard as I don’t have to be up in the morning to fix breakfast. Tomorrow will be a rest and recovery day for me. I have nothing on my calendar or to-do list.
One day this week I will need to go make a feed run. The chicks have almost gone through the 50 pound bag I got when I got the first 10 chicks. I will need to get a couple more bags of feed and a few groceries later this week. It can wait a couple more days though.
I have spent most of the last four months home alone. Having company for two weekends in a row has been out of the ordinary for me. I have loved every minute of the company but am grateful my calendar is free of company for the next couple of weeks. It will give Kathy and I time to adjust to each other again. She is easy to live with but it will be a change and sometimes change is jarring.
Jim has been gone for over four months now. I must say I am finally adjusting to live alone again and finding it easier than it was when I lived with Jim. There are things I miss about having a partner but there are things I am relishing not having a partner too.
I finally got the bill for the door lock that I had installed on my back door. I had ordered it in November, it was installed in January and the bill arrived in March. Glad to have that project finally completely crossed off my pending list. I ordered a check for the bill to be paid today and crossed it off my list.
The chicks are all alive today. Kathy was wondering if they missed all the loving the kids gave them while they were here. I wondered if they have enjoyed being left alone today. They have been quiet most of the day but have been eating lots. I have to fill their feeders several times a day and clean the wood shavings out off their watering containers several times a day too. One more week and they will get moved out to the chicken coop.
It has been cloudy and in the low to mid 40’s all day. It has been a good day to stay inside and clean. We have a good chance for some rain overnight and tomorrow morning. Maybe it will be a good day to sleep in.
Things feel more settled inside me than they have for a long time. I can’t say it feels like things are back to normal as I don’t know what normal is these days. But I feel grounded in a way that I haven’t for a while. Not sure if is because Kathy is here and I am not so alone or what is happening but I like whatever it is. Life doesn’t feel so heavy and hard tonight. That is a good place to be in.
Grateful Joy and the twins came for a visit, grateful my house is clean tonight, and grateful the heaviness inside has lifted.