Monday, July 17
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gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
That I had decided to let my Sweetie go have a short visit with his sister on his own. I like her just fine, but it would be another "get up early" event, and would mean a round trip of over three hours, just to meet her for lunch.
She is in the province visiting a close friend who has published a book, and her friend lives in Calgary, but was interested in meeting in Red Deer, which is roughly half way.
Part of me wanted to be petulant about my husband using up one of "our" days to go see her, but I get it.
He did manage to take my car first thing to our local mechanic to get a nail removed from my front tire, and get the hole patched. I'd been having to fill it before I went anywhere for the last week.
I had a decent sleep, then I talked to Sister E for quite a while.
She had a very stressful time getting one of her horses loaded, but got it done. She loaded both horses, took the one horse to it's new owner, and then took the horse she is able to keep to her friend's property where she will be boarding her.
She was feeling sad/guilty for not being able to keep both of them, but she no longer needed the second horse. He is not currently broke to ride (though could be), and was always meant to be a companion for her riding horse at her property.
Since my sister and husband are moving to town, her horse will be living with her friend, who has other horses, so she doesn't need to keep the companion horse (and since she is boarding, it would be more expensive).
She did find a family with a handy teen daughter who is hoping to train him to ride, but would also be happy with him being a companion for her riding horse.
I told my sister that she did the best she could for this horse, and that he will likely be fine.
My sister sounds worn out in general, as she's been dealing with things like trying to get current picture I.D. for her 95 year old MIL, and it's been a real ordeal, trying to sort out her husband's financial/medical/pension stuff, because apparently he was indiscriminate about using his common name vs. his legal name, and it's making it hard to prove that they are all the same person.
She's also trying to work out how to finally clear their current home out completely (she's looking at hiring someone), and how to set up the new house for their dog.
They are moving into the house in town soon, and I know all of this must be very emotional for them. They've lived on their acreage for about 20 years.
I went to town, and it started raining on my drive in.
I did some recreational shopping, as well as groceries.
The grocery store is still a mess, and it felt mentally taxing trying to find what I needed as the whole layout is different now. I don't like the new shelves, as they are black, and it feels bleak. The old ones were yellow, and not as tall. It feels oppressive now, where the new shelves are.
I am still grateful to be able to get groceries; to have a car, the time, the physical ability, the financial means.
The stores are so huge now, when you compare them to the little stores we had when I was a kid. Now, I feel like you have to really be in decent physical shape to manage to get around that whole monstrous store to get your food, to get it out to your car, and get it all in the house and put away.
I learned that while crystal skulls do exist, all of the ones submitted for scientific study say they are European, not ancient Mesoamerican, and not really all that old.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_skull
That I had decided to let my Sweetie go have a short visit with his sister on his own. I like her just fine, but it would be another "get up early" event, and would mean a round trip of over three hours, just to meet her for lunch.
She is in the province visiting a close friend who has published a book, and her friend lives in Calgary, but was interested in meeting in Red Deer, which is roughly half way.
Part of me wanted to be petulant about my husband using up one of "our" days to go see her, but I get it.
He did manage to take my car first thing to our local mechanic to get a nail removed from my front tire, and get the hole patched. I'd been having to fill it before I went anywhere for the last week.
I had a decent sleep, then I talked to Sister E for quite a while.
She had a very stressful time getting one of her horses loaded, but got it done. She loaded both horses, took the one horse to it's new owner, and then took the horse she is able to keep to her friend's property where she will be boarding her.
She was feeling sad/guilty for not being able to keep both of them, but she no longer needed the second horse. He is not currently broke to ride (though could be), and was always meant to be a companion for her riding horse at her property.
Since my sister and husband are moving to town, her horse will be living with her friend, who has other horses, so she doesn't need to keep the companion horse (and since she is boarding, it would be more expensive).
She did find a family with a handy teen daughter who is hoping to train him to ride, but would also be happy with him being a companion for her riding horse.
I told my sister that she did the best she could for this horse, and that he will likely be fine.
My sister sounds worn out in general, as she's been dealing with things like trying to get current picture I.D. for her 95 year old MIL, and it's been a real ordeal, trying to sort out her husband's financial/medical/pension stuff, because apparently he was indiscriminate about using his common name vs. his legal name, and it's making it hard to prove that they are all the same person.
She's also trying to work out how to finally clear their current home out completely (she's looking at hiring someone), and how to set up the new house for their dog.
They are moving into the house in town soon, and I know all of this must be very emotional for them. They've lived on their acreage for about 20 years.
I went to town, and it started raining on my drive in.
I did some recreational shopping, as well as groceries.
The grocery store is still a mess, and it felt mentally taxing trying to find what I needed as the whole layout is different now. I don't like the new shelves, as they are black, and it feels bleak. The old ones were yellow, and not as tall. It feels oppressive now, where the new shelves are.
I am still grateful to be able to get groceries; to have a car, the time, the physical ability, the financial means.
The stores are so huge now, when you compare them to the little stores we had when I was a kid. Now, I feel like you have to really be in decent physical shape to manage to get around that whole monstrous store to get your food, to get it out to your car, and get it all in the house and put away.
I learned that while crystal skulls do exist, all of the ones submitted for scientific study say they are European, not ancient Mesoamerican, and not really all that old.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_skull
