I had a very restless night tossing and turning and awake more than asleep. Some of the time, I lay there with my eyes closed but my mind was wide awake and at others, I managed to doze off. Needless to say, when morning came, I was fast asleep and it was 10:30 am before I actually crawled out of bed and even then, very reluctantly. Good job, I have nothing planned for today. 

I wandered around raising the blinds to let the sun in and noticed that it was already warm in the RV. I changed the thermostat to air and with a welcome roar, the A/C kicked. Then, I lowered the blinds on the sun side. 

Only in Texas do you need AC and heat on the same day but then again, only in Texas do temperatures fluctuate so much and go from one extreme to the other. 
 
The next move was to bring out the bird feeders, making sure that they had seed in them. I tried a different arrangement of the hangers to see if I could even out how the birds eat. I have two identical large circular feeders that hold a lot of seed. Yesterday, I noticed that one was almost empty and the other almost still full up and they are right next to each other. Go figure… 

I found a little bundle of feathers by the deck and checked it out. It turned out to be a sparrow that had probably run into the glass door of the RV and was dazed from the crash. It was still alive, so I kept my eye on it and gradually it recovered. It was gone by the morning either of its own volition or an animal of the night might have got it. I am hoping for the former. 

We went out walking but did not go very far and only covered a half mile. Still, we have all day to make it up. Then, it was back indoors for breakfast which Sandy ate. I don’t mind if Mikey doesn’t eat breakfast as he is a light eater anyway, but I do worry about Sandy as her very expensive medication is mixed with the food. She is supposed to take it twice a day and sometimes, it is only once. I fixed my own breakfast and today, I had a couple of waffles covered in syrup along with the tea I have switched to at least for breakfast. 

Then, it was blog time which meant, scratching the memory to remember what happened both yesterday and today up to the present moment. Because I had finished yesterday’s blog last evening, it was easy to remember what had happened so far today, mostly because it was not very much and almost a repetition of yesterday except for the getting up very late bit. 

Luckily, I do not have any appointments of any kind today although I am thinking of going into town and after much consideration, that is exactly what I did. I needed to change all of the ink cartridges on my printer and that was my main reason for going into town. Of course, being in Walmart’s, I wandered around and bought a few other items. Some of it was food but I did buy four new Tee shirts. Then I spotted a pair of boots that I liked and found a size that would fit me. My others are pretty old, and I have had the soles replaced once before. Now, even with inserts, they are not very comfortable so maybe a new pair is in the offing. 

The ones I picked out were comfortable and a different color than what I am used to. I bought them anyway and considered it money well spent. I made my way to the check out and would you believe that there was no wine in my cart? This is so unusual for me, but I have to let my stomach settle down before drinking that stuff again. Beer appears to be OK. 

I drove back to Henli and considered stopping at Starbucks but found the idea very unappealing and drove straight home to be met by Sandy and Mikey. As usual, they helped to put the groceries and such away, but I never got any feedback from them on the new boots. 

It was almost 5:00 pm when I got back, and we went out walking the last walk of the day before shutting up the outside shop and retirng indoors for the usual evenings food and entertainment. 

Written February 23, 2024, read my other blog at https://pondblog2011.com