I have had a lazy feeling day today. My get up and go got up and left the body without me. I had to take a nap this afternoon even though I actually slept last night. The more sleep I give my body, the more it wants.
I walked the dogs this morning one by one. When I got home with Roxy after having walked Sophia, the guys showed up to work on the back yard. I think there were three high school/college aged guys and then the man that I contracted to do the work. They quickly cleaned out the old shop and filled a dump trailer with stuff from it.
They left to dump it and then they were going to fill their dump trailer with gravel and return. I had to go to Emporia for exercise before they returned.
I stopped at my Chiropractor and got my weekly adjustment and then went to exercise. I could have fallen asleep during exercise today. We did gentle chair yoga stretches and it was relaxing. I barely could stay awake to drive home afterwards though. I needed to stop and pick up a few groceries but I wanted to get home in case the guy and crew needed something. I will get them Friday when I go to town again.
The guys had returned and filled in between the new shed and the old foundation with gravel. They were working on removing piles of rocks and cinder blocks from the back fence line.
I talked to the guy in charge and then took a nap. By the time I woke up they were done and gone. The yard looks so much better. They did leave a big pile of dirt though that I wished they had flattened but he may be coming back to do that. I didn’t get to talk to him when he was done. I have a much bigger yard to mow now that the obstacle course of rocks has been removed. The gravel around the shed looks nice too.
The tree guy didn’t come today but not sure there would have been room for him to work with the other crew here today. The tree guy has a very heavy truck so it needs to be good and dry for him to do his thing without leaving a deep tire trail through the yard.
The guy from today is to bring me an invoice tomorrow. Not sure how much that will be but whatever it is will be worth it. Most of the stuff the guys lifted today was much too heavy for me to lift and I didn’t have anything to put it in to make it go away anyways. Sure feels good to have that big project taken care of.
What an absolutely beautiful day it has been today. The temperature has only reached the mid 70’s, little to no wind and bright blue skies. I turned off the A/C and have let the sounds of the birds chirping back in the house. Sure would like more of days like today in KS.
Tomorrow I have to go to Topeka to the Endocrinologist. My appointment is at 2:00 so will have to leave around 12:30. I have a dinner to go to in Emporia at 5:30. Not sure I want to make two trips to town to go to the dinner so we shall see what I do. I might skip the dinner.
I was going to try to rent a U-Haul tomorrow morning and get Tagen to help me get a dog kennel but that seems to much to me since I have to leave for Topeka at 12:30. I will do that another day soon. I sure wish I could let the dogs outside for most of the day when it is as nice as today is. Last time I rented a U-Haul it took almost an hour to do the paperwork and I don’t want to stress out tomorrow about time.
Saturday is the Alumni Banquet dinner in Hartford. Kathy is thinking about going but I am not going. Just not my thing. I don’t have any holiday weekend plans so will probably stay home. Sometime Kathy and I will take a drive and put flowers out at cemeteries around here for our ancestors. We have 15 graves we decorate when we do our little trip.
Next week is looking empty for the most part. I will have exercise in town three times and I have a doctor’s appointment Thursday with my regular doctor to have him check out my hips. Not sure he can do anything but they are starting to limit how long I can walk each day and want something done about that if possible.
It is nice to have lots of empty space ahead of me. One of the reasons I made this big move was to create more empty space in my life. It is nice not to have the responsibility of that big house and property to care for. This house and lots feel much more manageable.
Think I will spend the evening reading and sitting on the front porch enjoying this beautiful weather. I will need to take the dogs on another long walk but other than that have nothing I have to do today. It feels so good to be able to take do nothing days and relax into the empty space that has been created.
Grateful for strong kids and their willingness to take on hard, heavy jobs, grateful to adults that work with young kids and do hard, heavy jobs, and grateful for an evening of empty space.