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I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed. No, not a “bit,” but a whole lot. This is the month that we have no out of town trips scheduled. For which I am very thankful. That means that I have time to get a lot done around the house and making plans for the next 5 months, in which there will be many days away.

I woke up around 4:30 this morning, thinking on all that needs to be done around here, much of it outside. The weather this year started out with lots of rain, which we needed. Then, for six weeks, no rain, just very cold temperatures and fog. I even ran sprinklers last weekend because the bulbs are all beginning to bloom and the grass around the greenhouse pad is looking sad. The front yard lawn, although scrappy, looks lush and green after all that rain. I love it, especially with the flowers starting to bloom.

Terry ended up staying in bed most of Tuesday, missing his cardiac rehab session. Nausea and pain. After a day’s work pulling weeds in the front yard. Was it the yard work or was it the radioactive “bits” still taking out some of the neuroendocrine tumors? By Wednesday he felt good enough to go out and prune more of the mulberry tree.

I’m doing the grocery shopping, meal prep, laundry, general cleanup, and cat care this week. It’s only Thursday, but I’m tired. There are more errands to run today (Thursday). The taxes are on the back burner as it seems the Defense Department did not automatically send 1099s as had been done in previous years. Now I wait for that to come once Terry was able to get in and order the form. There is only one day a month that can be done now. I’m assuming this is all part of the new DOGE way of doing government.

Then there is the issue of Savannah Guthrie’s mother being kidnapped in Tucson. What is the meaning of that action? There are people complaining that an 84 year old woman should not be living alone. Such rubbish. Our neighbor is even older, lives on her own, drives her car, does her yard work, cooks, even brings food over for Terry during his recuperation. I could not imagine telling her she needs to live with her family or in an assisted living facility. I’m sure it’s the same with Mrs. Guthrie. I did tell our neighbor, though, that we needed her house key and her daughters’ phone numbers just in case. Our next door neighbor has that information about us, just in case.

So, how am I going about “fixing” being overwhelmed with all that the world is dishing up? Prayer at 4:30 am helps. God and I had quite the conversation this morning. I reminded him of all the stuff I once juggled and did just fine. He reminded me that I had a team that helped with much of it. I worked with the very best people, and the people at our church were good at assisting and abetting. I had a group of friends who cheered me on.

I no longer work so that team is gone. Administration changed at the church we attended and the leadership fell apart. We moved to a different congregation where the members are dying faster than new people are arriving and the church is run more like a business. And the core of my friends’ group has died. I am outliving those who helped make life better.

Ladies Who Lunch. (the retired teachers) met on Monday and we had a grand time, but there are issues going on with the school district’s retiree insurance plan that has upset so many. Here’s the problem–there are too many retirees with health issues than the district and/or the insurance company can handle. I believe that is probably a national problem. Overwhelmed.