Twenty months into this unwelcome transition, I’m still feeling unsettled with a roller coaster of emotions I can’t identify half the time. Things are happening, though.

Friends invited me to travel to Shreveport, and they taught me to play a few casino table games. We had an enjoyable couple of days.

I’m helping other friends close their antique store, which is a sad event, but they are looking forward to having more time to enjoy life, and I support them wholeheartedly in that endeavor. They need everything out of the building by the end of the month, so this next week will be hectic.

The painting of the house is nearly complete. Once they no longer need the lift to paint, they can complete the roof installation. The two bathrooms at the back of the house are next.

The two windows on this corner need to be rebuilt, so painting is delayed until that can happen.

A few renovation projects are underway in the new building I purchased. I had them remove a few walls, add a new wall, and move some doors around. Carpet has been removed in preparation for epoxying the floor. Bathrooms have been renovated, and in one case, two half baths have been combined into a full bath–well, a shower, so maybe that’s only a three-quarter bath.