4 a.m. My alarm rings and I get up to start another day.
Daughter Verena gets ready to go across the road to stay with daughter Loretta and her boys until Dustin comes home from work. I always watch at the door to make sure she gets across the road and to their house OK. 4:25 a.
m. Daughter Lovina gets a ride here with her husband Daniel on his way to work. She goes up to her former bedroom to get some more sleep since it’s still so early.
4:30 a.m. I’m helping get some food packed for son Benjamin’s lunch.
He usually doesn’t want breakfast. He leaves a little after 4:30. He’s working 10-hour days at the factory.
4:45 a.m. I start packing my husband Joe’s lunch and make him a sausage, egg, and cheese sandwich.
I use tortilla soft shells instead of bread for the sandwich. I had plenty of leftovers from last night when the family was all here for supper for their lunches. 5:10 a.
m. Joe leaves for work. I take a nap in my recliner.
I can tell it’s Monday and it’s hard to get started. 7:15 a.m.
I had a great nap and feel much more rested. I do some work at my desk — including paying bills and getting it ready for the mail, etc. Then I gather laundry and throw it down to the basement through our “laundry chute” (which is only a vent I take out of the floor).
8:30 a.m. Lovina is washing dishes and sweeping floors while I help son Kevin get in his mobility scooter.
He takes the mail out for me. 9:30 a.m.
I wash the laundry and hang it out on the lines after eati.