Yesterday afternoon, after I had written the last post, I fell asleep here in my chair and I slept like I'd died for two hours very hard. I woke myself nodding to 'yes' to a vlogger John was watching who was saying, "I won't be here next week, will you film for me?" And that was my first bit of consciousness, lol. I was sleep drunk when I woke, completely unable to fully come awake or speak, but eventually I was fully awake. I spent the whole afternoon though yawning loudly and feeling tired.
We sat down last night to watch a pastor we enjoy that holds a Tuesday evening service, and my eyes closed again. A bit after 8pm John insisted I got to bed. 'After all,' he said, 'you've only just finished your weekend! You were up extra early on Saturday and Sunday, Monday and today. Go to bed and sleep late in the morning.'
And I did sleep. I woke at one point to find John had come to bed and then I went right back to sleep. I slept until 10am this morning! I came out of the room and sat down to have a very leisurely cup of coffee. I never one thought of breakfast...and turns out that was a severe disappointment to John who apparently felt he couldn't eat anything unless I was there to prepare it. Silly man. I repeated again what I've said to him before, "If I sleep late, you are free to make your own breakfast and eat what you'd like. I won't fuss." He is very insistent that the kitchen is my domain, and I work too hard to maintain my budget for him to just pick up something and eat it. Mind you this does not appear to apply to fruit or snack items...
I told him he was about to be disappointed. "Since I slept so late, I thought I'd fast until lunchtime. I'm going to reheat supper leftovers for our meal today." He sighed deeply and said, "I guess I'll just fast until lunchtime, too." So be it.
So, I went off to the bedroom to attend to our monthly bills and checking. I wrote the date on the checks as April 8. Never looked at my calendar, just convinced the date was correct. But in my head, I kept thinking it was Thursday. I had to correct my thinking several times. "Terri, it's WEDNESDAY." A day behind with the date and a day ahead in the week. I know today is TODAY. But convince my head of it! It wasn't until we were back from town, where we'd mailed off all the checks and cashed one at the bank for allowances that I realized it was April 9.
Funny thing happened in town and it's just how small our county is. We know the sheriff. Not close friends, but he and John went to EMS school ages ago and Bubba decided to go into the sheriff department. We didn't live in Taylor County then, but in the neighbor county. However, one thing and another, we've run across Bubba many times over the years (always in a non-legal capacity!). Well this year he won the sheriff's position and of course, I saw him several times at court this week. In deference to his position now, I referred to him as Sherrif when I addressed him at the courthouse. (But will add that he told me yesterday I could use the elevator at the courthouse and directed me to it. My hip and knee really appreciated that!).
I came walking out of the bank and saw him talking to John and then he pointed at me. "You gotta go back to court, they've called y'all back up." I stopped in my tracks and gasped, "Are you kidding me!?" and he nodded. I guess he saw the sudden deflation of my body and the slump of my shoulders, because then he grinned and said "Nah...I'm just kidding. See ya later, John." He drove off laughing.
I've puttered about today. I haven't done anything exactly but I've hit several small jobs I've been thinking I needed to attend to. I put a roast on top of the stove to cook for supper and I guess now's a good time to share what we've eaten this week.
Monday when I came in from court, I reheated the pork I'd frozen and put sauce on it. I stopped at the dollar store and got plain chips on the way home. So we had pulled pork sandwiches and chips for supper.
Yesterday, I took the last of the cauliflower and some frozen potato cubes and made a hashbrown casserole with Polish Sausage.
Tonight we'll have some of that beef roast. I'm roasting radishes and steaming green peas and made a green salad to go with that.
And that's about all there is to share today.
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1 comment:
I'm not surprised at all that you were so tired! I find that after a big healing release (like yours with Danny) I am extremely tired. On the Sundays that we have virtual therapy, we tend to nap right afterward. It's our bodies way of releasing what it's been holding onto emotionally. It's so amazing how God created us so completely.
And then you had the jury duty stuff on top of that! No wonder! I'm so glad you slept and refreshed yourself.
My husband is the same way as John. He will sit there and starve rather than fix something for himself. Insert eye roll here. I mean I guess it's nice that he's deferential but sometimes I'd like him to just take some initiative and maybe just fix something himself or for both of us. I'm not the only one who knows where the food and kitchen is, nor am I the only one who knows how to use the appliances in the kitchen, despite what he'd have you believe. LOL
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