I slept in today. Later than I have in a long time. And after I woke up, I spent some time in bed. I didn’t look at the clock until I got out of bed.
I didn’t hurry today. The weather was chilly and wet. I got some prep work done for the trip with my nieces. I’ve got more to do, but I made a start today that I feel good about. Tomorrow, I’ll get what was out for the last trip put away and start staging areas for the gear and food.
I got rid of the thistles at the transfer station. They were fine going with the general trash. I stopped by the grocery store in town just in time to see a couple pulling an RV who had run it into one of the signs lining the street.
While I was shopping, I came across a pumice stone on a plastic handle. It was advertise as a way to get stains out of toilet bowls and other hard surfaces, and I bought it. I’ve been wanting to get the circular rust stains out of my toilet bowls pretty much since I bought this house. And the pumice stone worked! I’m absurdly excited to have my toilets look all clean. And I stains off of my bathroom sinks and my bathtub.
I actually forgot to get the before pictures before I started. Both toilets did start with full rings right above the level of the water. That pumice stone just worked a treat.
I’m feeling calmer today, overall. Still coming up on that 23 month mark next week. But I can focus on the trip with my nieces and getting my work done so that I can leave for a week and a half, and I can somewhat ignore the inevitable, inexorable passage of time. I made my bed this morning. I have been neglecting to that for a while now. I guess I haven’t really found that “new normal” yet. I’m trying out patterns and ways, and being gentle with myself when what I think I should be doing is too much.