House Sitting

Monday I drove to San Antonio, where I have been ever since. I am house sitting for a good friend who is at her high school reunion. My duties have been pretty simply, feed the cats (former strays that live outdoors), water some plants, and just watch the house. I brought a lot of work with me, so I have been keeping pretty busy this week.

Tuesday morning I took my friend to the airport and then visited a few stores. Didn't spend much but did get some good ideas of how I can solve a few problems back at the ranch. Spent some time visiting with a friend who live only a few blocks away. I also worked on a computer issue for the friend I am house sitting for. I happen to be her computer tech.

That evening when it was not as hot, I washed my very filthy car. Living on a dirt road means the car is always filthy. Since I already had everything out and was wet, I washed my friend's car too.

Wednesday morning I worked on future newsletters. Then after lunch I went to my former church and put in a few hours working in the library. I have been on the library team at that church for years and it was kind of nice to get out of the house and see some old friends. I put in about 3 hours in the library and got a lot done. The exercise was helpful too.

Thursday spent the entire day working on newsletters. Just assembling one newsletter takes about a day to complete and I am currently working on assembling enough newsletters for the rest of the year. I continued this task on Friday. I have made great progress but still have a lot more to do.

A few months ago I began to notice my lap top occasionally felt hot. Then one day it shut down unexpectedly. These symptoms continued to occur and grew more frequent. The last time I was in San Antonio I stopped by the computer store hoping to get it fixed. Unfortunately there was a back log of computers needing to be repaired. We discussed my symptoms and the decision was made to just order a fan and I could bring the lap top in later. It wound up taking three weeks for the fan to be ordered and delivered (not the store's fault, but the parts company did not respond quickly). The fan arrived on Thursday. Yesterday morning I took my lap top in and it was repaired by the afternoon. Hopefully I will have no more computer problems.

Last night I started reading The Federalist Papers. Fortunately my friend has a good dictionary because I need it. The Federalist Papers is not light reading but it is very enlightening. There is a lot about the history of this nation that most of us just do not know about.

My plans for the rest of today is to meet someone for a business lunch. Then I will probably return to the house and do some reading or other work. Tomorrow (Sunday) I will go to church in the morning, have lunch with a friend from Church, and then return to the house. Monday evening I will pick my friend from the airport.

I knew my friend wanted me to house sit for her but knowing how busy I am she did not want to really ask. God though kept showing me work I could do here and as you have read I have been keeping quite busy. I doubt I will complete everything I brought with me to work on. But that is okay. Least I have taken care of my friend's home and gotten a lot of personal work accomplished too.