May 24, 2004

  • I'm tired ...


    My stuff is in storage. 


    Tucker came home today with a certificate for having the best sense of humor in his class.


    Michael told me that he doesn't mind leaving Indiana, but thinks it's irresponsible of me to take him to a place where they have tornadoes.  (I told him that there are sometimes tornadoes here, but since he hasn't seen one with his own eyes, he isn't sure he believes me.)


    My list today including the following:



    • Pay Dr Sarah (dentist)
    • call Verizon to schedule phone service cancellation
    • get driver's license renewed (oh and I hated this one, because I'll have to get a new one once I get to Colorado, but my current license was due to expire on June 18.  )
    • go to bank
    • go by insurance agent to pay insurance and arrange to have policy changed from home owner's to renter's
    • stop by post office to pick up change of address cards
    • stop by attorney's office and drop off a letter I received this weekend from a company that apparently hasn't noticed that we filed bankruptcy
    • buy bread so I can make sack lunches for the boys' last day of school picnic
    • go to landfill

    I did everything on the list.  Its a little deceptive because normal people can do all this in a reletively small area ... I had to drive to three different towns to handle all my business so in addition to just handling the errands, I drove 150 miles.  I will need to go back to the landfill a couple more times, but I'm getting there.  And because two of the places on my list actually charged me less than I had been billed, and I had a phone call from the school saying they found Tucker's library book so they were tearing up the check I wrote ... I ended the day with $55 more than I thought I'd have when I left this morning.  Every bill paying day should end this way. 


    Tucker had a "zero checkmarks" day (this is a GOOD thing) so he naturally wanted to have a treat.  He and Michael have gotten really good about managing their money.  When they earn a treat, I give them a dollar.  They choose what they want to buy (Tucker usually goes for life savers or skittles - Michael likes to visit those vending machines that dispense something cheezy for 25 cents.)  They keep their change in the ashtray of the car.  This way if there is a day they want something more, they can splurge.  Today they splurged.  Michael bought a slinky and Tucker got a flavored milk - Nesquik Banana. 


    I decided that I deserved a treat too, so we went to the car wash.  I spent the dollar to wash my car, and then ANOTHER dollar to vacuum it.  I know, I'm a wild woman.


         

Comments (8)

  • Missed you.

  • Busy, busy girl. You done good.

  • Geeze...I bet you are tired.  We were going to drive and would have come right up through Scottsburg, but last night Denise and I pretty much talked ourselves into flying and bought tickets today.  So I guess we'll just have to wave from the plane.

  • you are, indeed, one of the wildest of wilds.  i'd've begged to differ with you until you vacuumed.  that just drove the needle up over the top.

    can't you get a cheap "temporary" liscense or something?  dang!  doesn't seem right to have to get one just to get another in a month or so.

    and, for the record, there is nothing found in toy vending dispensers that can be labeled as cheesy.  humph.  They're priceless gems.  Not unlike the cracker jack's prizes of yore.

  • I wish just one of my days was as productive as yours has been.  I'd think I had died and gone to heaven if it was that productive and I came home with money left over...

    Mike

  • I love that the school appreciates Tucker's special gift.

  • I'd choose the slinky!

    You really are doing great with all of this.

  • put this on your list:

    R E S T

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