Day 72

Day 72

Sunday, June 8, 2014

It seems a lot of mornings I come across here as very grumpy and unhappy.  Perhaps the reason is that I don’t wake up feeling “good”.  I’m not aware of not sleeping well; but I wake up feeling achy and draggy.  Some days, like this morning but not always, I wake up faintly headachy. All of that tends to put me in a bit of a negative mood in the morning.

So, my goal is to (1) try to figure out why I’m not sleeping well, and (2) recognize morning grumps and not give in to them.  Not saying how well I’ll succeed .. and sometimes I just plain have bad days.  But I’ll try.

Sunday was a surprisingly good day.  It didn’t start well.  I didn’t want to get started on any project since I didn’t know what would happen later.  But around 11:30 (much earlier than I would have thought) DSS and TGF showed up … with truck and trailer; and no kids!   It turned into a very productive afternoon.

First of all, they took all the bags of VHSs I had stuck out on the porch, to take to the dump.  The cats had torn into the bags, but evidently quickly realized there was no food! LOL!   But the temptation is now removed, at least until more bags are filled. 

Next TGF started pulling all the old cameras out of the cabinet they’ve been in for many many years.  She identified what type each was, and as much info as she could.  The plan is to search on line and see what if any value any of them have.   Then they will probably be listed on Craigs List.  I’d much rather list them as a collection; but they’re determined to list by camera … hugely more complicated.  So of course they’ll handle it.  Naturally … and not much chance I’ll ever see a penny out of that.  But since I don’t expect them to be actually worth much, I’m not going to worry about it.  My instructions are that what isn’t sold is to be donated to the local museum .. and if they don’t want them, they’re trash.

After that project for some reason DSS brought the baby kittens inside.  It’s sort of funny how they are fascinating him.  They both played with the babies a bit, let them roam and explore.  This is all part of the project to get them socialized enough to make very good pets (sadly, not for us).  At one point they started “crying” a little, so I got some food.  I don’t have any kitten chow, but they’ve been eating regular cat food; just not much.  They ate maybe a few bites ..and went to sleep!  We put them in a chair so they wouldn’t get stepped on, and they went back to work.  TGF went through the pile of DVDs and picked some.  DSS started going through the stuff on the hall shelves .. especially books.  He picked out loads of books to keep (good because it sort of looks like he’s the only one who wants most of them).  He was looking through one pile of random stuff, and I was explaining it came out of a cabinet in the guest room, and there’s another one I hadn’t even looked in yet.  They wanted to see what was in it … and ended up emptiying that cabinet!  Even though that part doesn’t show, that’s big progress for me!

It was beginning to look “heavy”, so they decided they better hurry up and get the big stuff they brought the trailer for, and get home and unloaded before it rained, if it did (which it did not.  We really need rain badly).  They took the dresser, the small rolling cart, the stupid punching bag (that I never understood why was here anyway), and the rockng ram (to be put in the attic for when DGS15 has kids). Oh, and they took the pile of fishing rods.  They only big thing left in the room to go is a chair for DS .. he has to come 2 hours to get it and not until he can be sure he can come and get it home again without rain.  So, it waits.

Mid afternoon or so I got several emails from DIL, and one from DSis.   Unfortunately, due to some unforeseen circumstances, the visit to my niece has to be postponed.  It’s disappointing but just can’t be helped .. so I choose to look at it as still something to look forward to.  Meantime, hopefully DIL will still try to get some “background” information. 

DIL is trying very hard to draw everyone into a pattern of having someone come out here I think every week (not really clear on the frequency) to help me with stuff and just make sure I have someone with me.  It’s is above and beyond sweet and thoughtful of her.  I think a few of the people she wants to draw in are not so willing to commit;  but that’s OK too.   She  created a shared Google calendar .. I love the idea.  Too bad it’s too hard for me to actually read it!  But I’m sure she will keep me advised as to anything going on any particular day. 

Also she and the kids are coming here on Thursday.  She will help me get started on the cleaning my “office closet” project.  It’s a hundred times better than it used to be … but could be several hundred times better than it is.  I especially need help with making sure I’ve got important papers together, and not keeping a bunch of stuff no one needs.  I have a file drawer, a 2 drawer file cabinet, and a file box (made to hold hanging folders).  No one needs all that! LOL!  What I’d most prefer is to get all the important papers consolidated into the free standing box, and let DIL/DS take charge of that (keep in their home).  TGF can have the 2 drawer file cabinet along with the big one (she will have 6 classes, so that will give her a separate file drawer for each class.  As unreliable as she is most of the time, it’s odd how organized she is in terms of her teaching.  But anything I don’t actually need, I’m fine with giving to someone who wants it). 

Anyway, on Friday I will go back to NB with DIL.  On Saturday I will ride with them to the OBx for out “goodbye ceremony”.  I will ride back home with DSS & TGF.   And yes, thee is a sneaky ulterior motive …. I won’t get stuck paying for gas but one way!

The rest of the evening was remarkably boring.  There was nothing I wanted to watch on TV; and I didn’t want to start a book because I was afraid I’d doze off anyway.  Which I did … missed big chunks of the programs I did turn on! LOL! 

There is nothing going on today (Monday) as far as I know.  My “plan” is to finish that last shelf of tapes.  Since the cameras are now all over the den, I need to put them back in the cabinet.  They won’t be in any kind of order .. but they just need to *be* somewhere, and I don’t have any boxes to put them in.

I don’t know how long SIL’s house guest is staying,  so I guess there’s an “outside possibility” that she could come over.  I have a shelf full of craft books that I know she wants to look at (and hopefully take a lot of them with her).  She’s expressed an interest in quilting books, but I think I’ve already given away most if not all of what I had.  I am going to give her more fabric and batting.  Maybe if I go on and put that in a bag, I can free up 2 tubs I can use … one as a temp home for the cameras, and one to use to start packing  ….  Though that might be a bit silly.  It will be months at the very least before any chance of a move  I need to concentrate on urging first.   But it won’t hurt to have empty boe on standby.

I guess if I want to accomplish stuff today, I best go get this day started.  I’ll get in the shower, then get the cats fed, and while they’re eating I’ll come back and get to the newsletter  Maybe I’ll have e verything done before too late in the day, get the last of the tapes sorted … and tackle the plant stand project that I really want to do! J