All Things Considered

Hi, Amanda.

My, how fast a paycheck gets spent when you haven't had one in a while...and you need toilet paper and plastic bags and all those things that you stocked up on--in preparation for not being paid for a while--but now need again. Thank goodness I have my mother's food hoarder instincts, which produced some TJs gyoza and an ahi tuna steak in my freezer. Who needs to go out for dinner when you can whip up a little Asian cucumber salad to go with said freezer treasures?...It's not a very pretty plate, but it was tasty. And I got to eat it wearing long pj pants and a long sleeve t-shirt while a pumpkin spice candle scented my house!!!

Finally summer broke this afternoon after a wicked rain storm. It was humid all day and another day in the eighties, but when I walked out of school after 3 it was so breezy and wonderful...I immediately 1) went to the store for a pumpkin spice candle and then 2) came home and turned off my AC and opened my windows. Then came the comfy clothes and eventually dinner....Now I'm looking forward to the forecast of a string of fall-like days.

That being said, even if I weren't watching my checkbook I probably still would have chosen to come home to snuggle into the idea of fall tonight. I'm ready. This weekend I'm pulling out the crock pot for Sunday football and next week I'm changing my toenail polish color. (Crazy, hu?) (Woo hoo! Don't stop me now!)

All things considered my week has been a good one. I've gotten to the gym and made good food choices so I'm feeling better physically, and I know that's half the battle (if not more). Hope your week has been a good one, too. I'm around if you have any time of from the cult of kid's football (let's call it CKF) to chat.

Love you,
Barb