I live, write, and garden in the PNW with my husband of 27 years, disabled daughter, college-aged son, and my 84-year-old mother. We have paid off $250,000.00 worth of debt (if you include the interest) in the last fifteen years and as of 6/12/2020 are 100% DEBT FREE!!!!My alarm clock did not go off this morning. I have no idea why. It is still set properly and was on, it just didn't go. I suppose I may have to get a new one. This one is 15 years old, and it is just possible that it is not working. Anyway, we all slept through Tobias's soccer game. He never sleeps in, he is usually up before everyone else, but today he did. He must have needed it. I know I did.
I suppose it is just as well that we didn't go to the game because it was raining something awful. Watching soccer in the rain is not my favorite pasttime, and either I or Rose come down with a cold if we do.
So we stayed home today. The kids have cabin fever, though and are picking at each other. I considered at one point going out to eat with them, but I didn't really want to inflict them on anybody else, and that would be spending money that was unplanned and waste gas.
Later on I considered going to the grocery store, just to get out of the house, but again, I don't really need anything at the closest grocery store and even that is 10 miles away. My car averages 20.1 MPG, so that is a whole gallon of gas just to drive the round trip. I chose not to do that.
Then I wanted to go down to the little convenience store a mile away and buy ice cream, as we are out of ice cream. I really had to talk myself out of that one. I didn't need to waste the gas, I was going to be near the store that had ice cream on sale on Monday, I didn't need the ice cream, I just wanted it so I could stress eat, because the kids were driving me batty.
The rain finally stopped and the sun is out, so I could walk it, but the ice cream would be all melted by the time I got home with it. But no. So no wasted gas and no money spent.
We are going to make brownies tonight from stuff on hand and maybe that will get rid of my sweet tooth without me driving down to get ice cream, that I just want and certainly don't need.
I'm a little stir crazy, too. DH gets back Monday at midnight, so I can relax a bit then and get away from the kids a little. They are great kids but there are days when I just really want them to go be great kids at someone else's house.
Today didn't go as planned
April 30th, 2006 at 01:56 am
April 30th, 2006 at 03:22 am 1146367354
How may kids do you have? I have just one four year old daughter and she alone can drive me crazy sometimes. So just hang in there until hubby comes home, and then find some time for yourself without the kids.
Good to hear you didn't get in the car and drive to the grocery store or buy that ice-cream you wanted but didn't really need.
April 30th, 2006 at 03:22 am 1146367357
How may kids do you have? I have just one four year old daughter and she alone can drive me crazy sometimes. So just hang in there until hubby comes home, and then find some time for yourself without the kids.
Good to hear you didn't get in the car and drive to the grocery store or buy that ice-cream you wanted but didn't really need.
April 30th, 2006 at 04:05 am 1146369948
April 30th, 2006 at 04:23 am 1146371020
Next time, movies and popcorn in the middle of the day!
April 30th, 2006 at 04:59 am 1146373199
Is Roses' finger bothering her at all?
April 30th, 2006 at 04:10 pm 1146413438
April 30th, 2006 at 10:05 pm 1146434740