Tony earned himself another night in the cat hospital. His glucose levels have not dropped enough yet. They are going to increase his dose again tomorrow and see what happens. That darn cat!
I went out and painted the top of the swing set today. I made it all around the outside and will go back out when it cools down tonight to do the inside. My blood pressure dropped while I was painting and it wasn’t safe to be on the ladder any longer. It sure looks nice where I have painted so far.
I opened the can of black iron paint and discovered the paint had turned into a solid rock in the can. Jim is in town now getting some lumber and some more black paint. It sure will be nice to get both of those painting jobs finished up. Maybe by tomorrow night I will be done with both projects.
I took a long nap this afternoon. I got two sleeps last night but was up between sleeps for three hours. I got up and finished reading a book I have been reading. I was grateful I was able to get a second sleep after that but felt tired when I got up this morning. It was a good nap day so I took advantage of it.
We saw and heard lightening and thunder last night but got hardly any rain. The deck was a bit wet this morning but the grass didn’t even get wet enough to stay wet very long. Hate when we miss a golden opportunity to get rain. We have slight chances in the forecast over the next ten days for more rain but nothing that looks too promising. We sure need some rain to help close the cracks in the yard.
Jim wants scrambled eggs, bacon and hash browns for dinner. That will be easy. He is staying home until Tony gets out of the hospital and we get a routine with Tony established at home. At this rate, Jim might not make it to Stillwater before the wedding. I have some folding chairs and two tables down in Stillwater that I could use for the wedding but if he doesn’t make it I will figure something else out. I can always use my dining room chairs if we have to.
It was nice to be able to stay home all day today and not leave the property. If feels like it has been a long time since that has happened. I didn’t go anywhere yesterday but it felt like a busy day with the kids coming out for dinner. Today has been very quiet and nothing urgent to do. I like those days the best.
We had fun with the kids last night when they came out. The food turned out good and it was nice to do a normal thing. Ellexia and Tagen had fun after dinner climbing on the big hay bales that are still on the property. We watched a beautiful sunset before they left. It was nice to be with Michelle on her birthday.
Took care of another wedding detail today and have an email to send to take care of one more. The napkins for the lunch and dinner came in today. Little by little things are falling into place. The end of next week will be busy doing last minute cleaning and cooking but it will be fun.
Nothing on the calendar for the rest of the week and through the weekend. I love having Jim home and having a stretch of empty space days ahead of us. We both have little projects we are working on and this gives us time to do them. We both work at turtle speed most of the time and take lots of rest breaks between working. Good thing someone doesn’t pay us by the hour – it would get costly to them as we don’t work very fast these days.
Grateful to have gotten some painting done today, grateful Tony is getting the care he needs, and grateful for some empty space days ahead of me.