Another quiet day at home. Not sure why I blog these days as most days look the same. The workers were here a little before 9:00 this morning. They made lots of noise today as they hammered, ran the power saw, etc. They are to return tomorrow and hopefully finish up the job.
I worked on face masks again today. Still not finished with all of them but I made a good dent in them today. Most of them are pinned and waiting to be sewed together. More ribbon came in today but I will put it aside and have it on hand if I decide to make more later this year. I don’t have anymore cotton or flannel so can’t cut out any more pieces. I’m tired of seeing the sewing mess by the dining room table and am ready to get it cleaned up for a bit.
Jim put up two pieces of woodwork today that fits over the door to the kitchen. He has some more finishing touches to do to them and then tomorrow I can get them painted. Little by little we are getting things done.
We took a one-mile walk this afternoon after it warmed up. It has been cloudy and cool again today. It did warm up to the mid 70’s this afternoon but it was windy enough it didn’t feel that warm. It is to be in the 80’s tomorrow and the sun may pop out and play for a bit. I’m ready for this rain to go away and for it to be sunny and warm again. I will need to mow when this rain is gone.
I fixed bacon, eggs and hash browns for dinner tonight. Makes an easy and quick dinner. Need to decide what I am going to fix for tomorrow night. That is the decision of the day!
I have my volunteer shift tonight with the Crisis Text Hot Line tonight between 10:00 and midnight. I’m looking forward to it. I trust the sheets I typed up will help me tonight. I have checked a couple of times over the last couple of days to see if they needed help but every time I checked they had less calls then counselors. They just brought on hundreds of new counselors.
I went to the post office this afternoon to drop off four letters that I wrote. I have enjoyed that project. Not sure I have kept up and written one a day but I have come close. When I get back to KS I will have my address book so can write to lots more people.
It sure is difficult to make many long-term plans these days. Everything feels so tentative. It is getting easier for me to accept that but it still catches me off guard sometimes. I am a planner and not knowing how to plan can be unsettling to me. Good thing everyone else is in the same predicament and there is a basic understanding how plans may have to change.
Grateful more face masks are completed, grateful for our walk today, and grateful I get to be in service on the hot line tonight.