Tomorrow is D-Day. I will leave the house by 6:30 in the morning to drive to my daughter’s house in Shawnee. I have an Uber reservation for 8:30 that will take me to the airport. The first flight is at 10:40 and the second one to London leaves Minneapolis at 5:30. I will arrive in London at 7:15 am their time Friday morning.
I had a haircut this morning and then picked up my grocery order. I picked up a birthday cake for Michelle. We are having a little early birthday party for her tonight since I will be gone on her actual birthday. Ellexia, Tagen, Tagen’s girlfriend and Michelle and I will be here for dinner and Kathy will join us for cake and ice cream.
I had to go back to town this afternoon. For some reason I have lost one pair of pants I had gotten a week or two ago. I can’t find them anywhere. I need pants that dry quickly as I am only taking three pair and will be washing them out nightly. Two pair were going to cut it too short. Thankfully Dunham’s Sports had what I needed.
I took most of the recycling to Cottonwood Falls. I still have a bunch of cardboard that needs to go. I might make a second trip yet tonight. I’ll see how my time goes.
I have pulled things out to put in the suitcase but haven’t packed yet. I like to wait until I am rather sure I have everything that needs to fit pulled out and then put it all in there at once. It looks like a big pile so hoping all will fit.
The window guy came and measured the windows today. I’m glad he was able to come today so Kathy didn’t have to mess with him later this week. He was going back to the office and ordering the windows. Now we wait 5 – 8 weeks before they come in. He pulled a piece of trim off so he could color match something on the windows. I’m not sure I understand all of it.
While the window guy was on the roof he noticed a spot on the roof that he told me I should have the roofers come back and fix. It is a place where two angles meet and there is a gap. He said it will cause rot. They are coming back to do the guttering after the EFIS gets repaired so will need to remember to tell them about it. Wonder if I should have them come back before then?
I went out and mowed for about an hour. I had a section of the yard that I didn’t get mowed last time and it was bugging me. I’m glad I got it taken care of before I left. Hoping we get some rain while I am gone and I will need to mow the whole yard when I get home. It sure was dusty and bumpy on the mower today due to the dry conditions.
The insurance adjuster called and is to set up direct deposit of the funds he will be forwarding to me. Initially he said he would pay me the EFIS amount and window amount in full but now he is saying he is holding some of the funds back until final invoice. Dang it anyways. We will see how this all sorts out. Hoping I can get the direct deposit set up correctly without issue. It sounds a bit complicated but will see what happens.
I meant to call the title company and see what needs to happen for me to sell one of my rental properties to Michelle. I forgot to do that. Maybe between flights tomorrow I will find a quiet corner in the airport and be able to make that call. I was told the paper work only takes a couple of days to complete so maybe it doesn’t have to be done before I leave.
I feel like I have too many moving pieces in my life right now and am struggling to keep them all moving. I never did get the hang of juggling.
Still not excited about leaving tomorrow but hoping I get with the program by the time I get to London. I am really dreading the long flight and a long first day in London before I can check into my room. Truly trusting that once I get there I will enjoy myself. It will be good to get away from all that is going on here. Everything tends to sort itself out sooner or later and I have to trust that will happen while I am gone.
It has felt like a lot of work to be able to get away. I haven’t prepared myself for the trip like I had hoped I would have. Sometimes when I over prepare I set too high of expectations of what will happen so maybe this time I will just go with the flow and have no expectations.
Taking some deep breaths and reminding myself all is well. In this moment, all is well!
Grateful tomorrow is the day for this adventure to finally begin, grateful most loose ends have been tied up, and grateful all is well – right now, right here, all is well!