Sheltering in Place, Mood Of Silence, Day 302....

 Had good day. Slept well except for some low blood sugar.

Took myself out for lunch. Had a burger and fries. JS came in to say hello before running errands. Good to see him.

Saw my therapist, KF. We have the same birthday. So today we had sparkling water in wine glasses! And I got to keep the sparkling water and wine glass. Very cool.

I brought my re Markle 2 to show her. She loved it. She thought her kids would too. And since using it my handwriting has improved a lot.

KF had her dog with today. He is such a sweetie! I got lots of puppy love!!

I wrote to the president of the historical society, TS. We have not met in months and had a meeting tonight. I am secretary on the board. I thought I would be ok attending but I just could not. Do not want to be an area with poor circulation and people I do not socialize with and have no idea how safe they live in this Covid time. I was so upset yesterday I was shaking. TS was going to try Zoom from there but there is no wifi. And who knows how good reception is. Well, he never contacted me so I assume it did not work. Guess I will find out later what happened.

Weather is cold tonight, very warm tomorrow, then cooling off. God forbid we would have any snow. When it gets cooler it is with very strong winds.

I need to relocate to where snow happens. Have friends in Rapid City SD. The landscape is gorgeous. And with snow awesome. Love their photos. Colorado is an option. Love it there.

My photos today involve snow. I took most of the photos. The ones with big equipment and people are the first snow after Willie died. The neighbours came over to clear the yard, where I walk and the driveway. Really nice moment.

Sheltering in Place, Mood Of Silence, Day 238......

 What a day full of memories and feeling.

There has been a big change in me. No idea why. My depression is really minimal. How did that happen? I think the events of the weekend have made a difference. After 4 years of unspeakable evil, the goodness feels great!! And hopeful. A relative in another state is just nuts. She is all hoo rah to go to court. And says ballots from "dead" people. And she wants EVERY ballot recounted. And she has posted several times that the end of the election will be God's will. I will refrain from writing to her on January 20 that it truly is God's will.

Also I have found a new pill and amazingly it seems to help. I am relaxes. I slept last night. And while not totally painfree, have a huge improvement. I walked last night I walked standing up straight and not limping. Today is sort of the same but I cannot go far. But so much better.

One year ago this weekend Kisse went missing on Friday. I could hear her but not find her. On saturday I never heard a peep from her. KN was in Kansas City but would not be home until Sunday. On sunday I heard Kisse again. KN came over and we found she had crawled in to the the air duct of my dryer. He took the back off my dryer and out popped Kisse. I never let her outside again. No more kitten under the house. I drove to town immediately got supplies. She escaped twice early on but not since. She is a welcome addition to my family.

My cousin posted a photo of her mom. And I had no idea her mom has RA also. Her parents are wonderful. Live too far away to see. Her father was in the Job Corp in Thailand and came home with a beautiful Thai wife.

JR and I ate at Jalisco's. It was sort of quiet. Then we went next door to an art showing of a friend of ours, GE. Good art. One piece I want.

Then  JR came home with me and carried some trash out. It was far too heavy for me to carry. Cleaned some things out. After that we went to the neighbor's and took photos of a very old truck. No one was working so I drove in. I am sure they would not care but..... Then back in town we took photos of 2 new murals. One is on the back of the public library and the other in a park. I love living in a town with lots of art and music and celebrations.

Covid 19 is growing by leaps and bounds here. I am scared to go anywhere. I feel safe at Jalisco's and maybe I should not but no cases from there. The White Peacock was going to close for coming inside. But now it is closed for at least 2 weeks. The owner's husband has it and so does one barista. I was there on the 3rd and they announced closing on the 6th. Should I worry? I am a little.

My brother's neighbor got a new tiny tiny puppy! It is adorable. They had it outside. They wanted to walk down the sidewalk, it wanted to go back in. It's legs are so short it bounces when running! Shared a photo.

  

Sheltering in Place, Mood Of Silence, Day 233......

 A really busy day. I slept early on but then woke up and could not get back to sleep. Not even on the soffa. I finally gave up and got up at 8am.

 

I got dressed and went to vote. I got lucky and did not have to wait. I think a couple of people did have to wait a short time.

Then I went home to dress and went to town for a burger. Had time to chat with MA. Wished the cook SS a happy birthday (Feliz cumple) and got a hug! Then MA's wife came in and sat with me. Nice to see her.

Then time for my therapy. I gave my therapist a sheet to read that someone wrote and it described me and how I have been/feel my entire life. I was trained from early childhood, young adult, until now to be the mess I am now. I had 2 expert teachers. And I cannot seem to change my feelings and mindset. So inside, I have no peace. And I tell no one. Healthy much??

My therapist always brings her sweet puppy. I got no photos today. I will next week. While she was reading JS called me. He needed me for something but I had no time. I felt so guilty but I think he survived.

Then I met JR2 for coffee at the White Peacock. I had homemade ice cream and tea. And we had a good chat.

Somewhere along the way I lost my billfold. I had it when I voted. But when I got to therapy, I no longer had it in my purse. I emptied my purse in the car but nada. I was so stressed ---- credit card, drivers license, a lot of money after being at the bank. When JR2 and I left the Peacock, I looked under my front seats. THEN. I noticed I had an Arby's bag I was using for trash. Surely not!!!! THERE was my billfold. What a relief!! I yelled to JR2. I called my therapist. I requested to double my meetings as obviously have problems. Hahahah!

Left the kids too long alone today. Nico was a mess!! He was into everything. He could have done that while I was gone but he was voicing his displeasure. Sleeping now. Kisse was trying to climb on the ceiling to catch a bug. Impossible.

 Right now I feel the house shaky and rumbling. Helicopter overhead? I think. We have lots of Air Force traffic here. West of my farm is a bombing range where they practice.

Covid 19 is going nuts here. The county south of us had 67 new cases yesterday. The country north of us had 59 cases yesterday. Today they had to pull the kids from pre-K through 4th grade to home school and the teachers. The high school has 40 kids quarantined. Our college has 90 kids quarantined which is the entire football team. No outside people not allowed at any sports event. I go next to nowhere!!! I want to give a heart felt thanks to those who have allowed this. And that is not any kid or teacher.

Photos follow.