The temperatures have dropped today. Around midnight, when I took Poppy out, it was miserable. I asked Alexa, and it was 90F with a feel-like temperature of 98F. We had a little storm come through, and just 24 hours later, it is 74F with a breeze and feels like 74F and falling. As I type this it has already fallen another degree.
How good the cousins are to my mother. She is the last of her generation. All of them have lost both parents now. The ones that live near drop by often, take her out to lunch, take her to appointments or shopping. The ones that don't live there call and text her all the time, and they still come through regularly, just like they have all their lives, and stop by to see her. She has a more active life than I do. They all say that she is the last touch with their parents, but they are also her touchstone with her brothers and sisters. I am just glad that she has that many children these days. Even though we generally talk and text daily, it makes me feel better to know that others are checking in throughout the day, also, and some of them actually see her weekly and let me know if things seem out of the ordinary, because she is always saying she is fine. I can usually tell just by talking to her when she is not fine, but having backup helps a lot. Now that she is not driving, I am glad that they make it a point to get her out of the house several times a week. It can be good to have a large family.
Floor coverings are being taken up today at the new house. New ones are supposed to be put down next week. The dear neighbor who has become such a great friend already has a key, and let them in. It doesn't bother me that people are coming and going there when we are not there because the only things in the house are some beds that don't even have headboards, couches, pots and pans, plates, and things. Very minimal. Furniture is hard to steal and hard to make any money on. The whole house might buy one good meal.
We are staying at home until the rental is finished so it can go on the market. They got posts set today for the section of fence that blew down in a bad storm. They need to get the boards up and finish getting the rest of the new posts on the porch, and lay some sod where the renters had an above-ground pool. Fairly easy projects except for the heat wave we have had. Two days, hopefully, and it should be finished. It will be so good to get one big project finished. The old lake house should only take a day or two, a week at the most, then that will be gone. The new house is coming along, and we can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. Hopefully, by mid-July, my husband should have some relief from all the stress. Maybe that will help him.
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