Shaina flies back, Kaylin goes to Hat

I had a bit of a restless night. Harley needed to go out at 2 a.m., and then I woke up at 5 a.m., anticipating my alarm set for 5:20. After waking Shaina, she started her Jeep, and we were out the door shortly after. I dropped her at the airport at 6:15 for her flight back to Ottawa, then headed home, arriving by 7. I crawled back into bed, hoping to fall asleep, but like Grandma, I just can’t nap during the day. Instead, I relaxed for a bit, made a few lists, and did some Spanish lessons.

Shaina took this trending photo of Lexi and had it framed ready to hang in their bathroom.

Seeing as she never got supper last night, Harley was eager to eat her breakfast, and the cats enjoyed their usual soft food to start their day. With my coffee in hand, I tackled some marketing, accounting, and other computer work before heading out to work on the maple coffee table. I decided on a walnut gel stain for the base and ended up using it on the top as well. I also stained the brand-new knobs so everything would match, then left it all to dry. After that, I checked out and took pictures of the 2 "new" old dressers recently dropped off, tossed Bird’s winter blanket in the wash as per B, and got back to working on tutorials—breaking for some leftover spaghetti for lunch.

it looked perfect when done and wet

The day isn’t nearly as warm as they forecasted. It’s only zero at one o’clock in the afternoon, and it was minus six when we headed to the airport this morning. Still, it’s going to be warmer than what’s coming—Sunday’s high is supposed to be a frigid minus 20. Good grief.

Kaylin made a solo road trip to Medicine Hat, arriving around noon. Sheldon took her over to help Papa with lunch. He had managed to stand a couple of times this morning and sat up in the wheelchair to have his lunch, making for a very exhausting morning of ups and downs. After eating, he requested to lay down to continue visiting.

I uploaded photos and posted yesterday's blog then on to mundane housework that required an iced coffee to motivate me. This process took quite a while. Since the weather forecast predicted poor conditions, Harley and I decided to go for a walk. We checked on the hay situation and made sure Switch’s nose wasn’t runny before returning to the task of scooping poop. After that, I resumed house cleaning.

As it id drying I like the top but the base is still too reddish ;(

S thought he might be home by supper, so I took out burgers to grill. I finished cleaning up to relax in the sunshine on our bed and browse Instagram. Kaylin texted that she was heading home at 5, and her dad would arrive later, so I put burgers in fridge and started watching the Morning Show until he got here after 7. We were eating when B arrived to feed the horses. S went to the TV room to watch the Flames game, and I went back to Apple TV. After the Flames won, S woke up, and we watched an episode of Bad Monkey.