I did that timed typing test on Tuesday. I as able to type 50 wpm with 94% accuracy. Not bad. Most places want 25-50 wpm so I'm okay.
Yesterday I spent the day waiting for the phone and DSL to be turned back on by Qwest. I swept and vacummed floors, did the dishes and the laundry. I also dusted. The house looks really nice. Everything was up and running by 6pm. Woohoo! It was great to get back online.
I've been completing applications online and sending in apps and resumes for part time jobs. I think I'll have a difficult time since I haven't worked since 2000. But that's okay, because it will give me time to work with Voc Rehab and do some skills assessments at PPWFC. I was going to go to PPWFC this morning but I ended up having to mail off the Vonage equipment so I can get my money back. I also took time to sell some books (made $20) and answer some emails on items I have on craigslist. Haven't heard back on them yet though. That frustrates me. I'll try to get to PPWFC tomorrow morning and then go over to Lisa's at 1pm.
I did mess up today though. I told Vonage they could debit my account for $39.99 when I knew I might not have the money in the bank account. I could have waited and closed the account tomorrow when I'd be sure to have money in the bank, but I wasn't thinking. I got smacked with another $25 bank charge because I messed up. The money I made selling books was deposited in the bank and got me back in the black. For now. David get's paid tomorrow so all should be well. I called David and told him what I did. I have no idea why Vonage needed to debit $39.99 from my account when I was in the trial period and have already paid $40.43. I sent back the equipment and I was promised that I would get back all my money as soon as they got the equipment. We'll see how that goes. I also had to make a $120 deposit to Qwest and they said I should get that back in December (not sure if it will be this December or next December though - that sucks). The phone costs are killing the budget this month. Eventually it might all work out that I'll save money, but right now it just seems that I keep paying out money I don't owe on fees and deposits.
We've been sticking to the $60 per week grocery budget and we're way under the $250 per month gas budget. I'm still trying to cook what I have on hand as much as possible, but I'm really running out of stuff on hand (besides meat). I'll have to plan better for the next week. I need to add in more veggies and fruits and salads. We're still trying to eat as healthy as we can. It's been nice to basically get through the week on the cash we budgeted out for groceries, breakfast, chew and blow $$.
I've missed a couple days walking because of weather and waiting on the phone guy. But I did go out and walk today. I walked a bit later than usual and boy was it warm. Earlier is still better for walking. I'm at 249 now. Woohoo!
Lisa called today and reminded me to set up our voice mail. I took care of that this afternoon.
The Red Sox are playing the Rockies in Fenway tonight. They beat the Rockies 13 - 2 last night. What a whoopin'! Hopefully tonights game will be similar. David is routing for the Rockies and I of course am routing for the Red Sox. We talked to Kyle last night because it was his birthday and we talked some about the MLB World Series. Then Brad called to make sure I was watching the game and routing for the Sox. It was good to hear from him but he sounded like he had been drinking or doing drugs. He hasn't been going to see his PO and he'll probably end up back in jail. I feel bad for him but he's going to have to work this out this time.
I've been listening to the DR Show pretty much every day on KRDO and on podcasts. I get so much out of the show. I learn something new every time I listen.
The Sox are on in 45 minutes so I probably should get dinner going. I think I'm just going to make fried egg sandwiches tonight. Something easy and it's stuff I have already. Off I go to cook.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Woohoo!
I went over to Kitty's this morning and we were able toget my resume off of that zip disk. Woohoo!! I've already updated it and uploaded it to Monster. I also sent a copy of it to Mardel. The prescription site was up so I could order some of my prescriptions too. I've been able to get a lot done in an hour. Now I'm going to pack up and head home. I just realized that I forgot to have breakfast this morning and I'm hungry. I also have things to do around the house and I'm sure the dogs would like to go out. Just remembered, I want to take that timed typing test. I'll do that then I'll head home.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Power cord
I talked to Kitty this morning. She can't find the power cord to the zip drive. She has stuff to do this morning so she won't have a chance to look for it until later. I checked the jobs I would apply for and I don't really need a resume this morning. I will need it though.
I've got the headphones on and I'm listening to DR while I sit here. I came to the library this morning to log on to Caremark but their site is down for maintenance. Frustration again. I'll have to keep checking while I'm here and hopefully it'll come up. Think I'll go check my email.
I've got the headphones on and I'm listening to DR while I sit here. I came to the library this morning to log on to Caremark but their site is down for maintenance. Frustration again. I'll have to keep checking while I'm here and hopefully it'll come up. Think I'll go check my email.
Frustration
10/21/07 It’s snowing out. Yep, October 21st and it’s snowing out. I took a couple of pictures that I’ll post probably tomorrow. I don’t think I’ll get to the library today because of the weather. I don’t want to go out in the snow. If it clears up some though I might have David take me over there just so I can order my prescriptions. I need to get that done. I probably won’t get to that until tomorrow either. Anyway, it’s like a winter wonderland out there. It’s a good day to sit under the blanket or to nap. The girls have gone out a couple times already. They don’t seem to mind the snow. I thought they would have a problem going out because they don’t like going out in the rain, but they don’t seem to mind the snow.
I had a lot of bad dreams last night. I think it’s because of the new medicine I’m taking for the bladder issue. I take it at night before I go to bed and I end up feeling weird during the night. I think I’m going to stop taking it and see what happens. I’ll have to call the Doctor and see if there is something else I can take. I also need to get something generic. I can’t afford these name brand drugs.
The girls just came in from outside. It’s really snowing out now. Big flakes. The wind is picking up and whipping the snow around. It looks nasty out there. It wasn’t this bad just a half an hour ago. Boy, the weather sure can change quickly. It was in the 70’s yesterday and it’s snowing today. It’s supposed to be nice the rest of the week though, cool but not snowy. It’s just yucky out today.
I sure wish I had internet access. It’s still frustrating to not have instant access. I miss being able to just look something up when I think about it. I’m very spoiled. lol
Since it is cold and snowing we decided to go take a morning nap. We just got up a few minutes ago. I think we would have slept longer but Gabe called so I got up to answer the phone. I looked out on the deck and we have about three inches of snow! And it’s still cold, windy and snowing. Brrr! David asked if I wanted to go to the library. I told him that I don’t want to go out in this weather. I should check to see how the streets are though. If they are clear I might think about going to the library. I wouldn’t be able to stay long though since David would be waiting so it’s not really worth going. I can wait and do what I need to do tomorrow morning. I don’t have anything scheduled this whole week. I’ll just be going to the library each day once I get my morning routine done (walk, shower, breakfast, laundry, dishes). I have no appointments until next week when I go to the optometrist. I won’t be able to get new lenses even if I need them because I don’t have the money in the budget to do that. Maybe I’ll just reschedule and go when I have a bit more money in the bank account.
I’ve been playing with the budget this weekend working out some of November and December’s expenses and income. I like having a budget. Having a framework to work within really helps. I realize that I’m not on BS1 yet (the $1k BEF). I’m still trying to get current with all the bills. I need to get ahead so that bills aren’t late at all. I know it will take months to get the budget really working so I need to be patient. I need to be as much ahead as I can be before we start saving for the BEF. With the Excel spreadsheet that I’m using, the one from joelmaxwell.com, I can put in different figures and see what effect it has on the rest of the month and the coming month. We need to stay within what we’ve budgeted for groceries, gas, etc. Anything over what we have budgeted for the month will go toward paying bills at the beginning of the next month (land lease and mortgage). I know I’ll get there soon enough.
I just had a pb&j for lunch. It was good. Think I’ll have some raisins for a snack in a little while.
I miss the DR forum and listening to the show during the day. I can hear the show from the day before the next morning from 9-noon. But I like listening to it live online. I’m not sure why it’s not on live on our local radio stations. At least I can get it in the morning. That’s helped me out this week while I’ve been internet-less. It’s funny, but I’m not much interested in the forum while I’m at the library. The forum is something I do in my leisure time. When I’m at the library I want to just get done what I need to do and get back home. Sitting there looking at the forum isn’t much fun. I like to look at it when I can just sit at home with nothing else to do.
I don’t have much else to say today. Maybe I’ll blog some more later but for now I have nothing left to say. lol
We finally went out today. David wanted to gas up his jeep so we went to 7-11. The roads are just fine. It’s cold (about 30 degrees) and windy though. I’ll wait to go to the library tomorrow when it’s nicer out.
I’m really hungry today. Don’t know why. I’m snacking but on fruit and stuff. I think it’s because I am bored without the internet. Usually I just sit in my chair and surf but since I don’t have that to do, I want to eat. That’s not good.
I got the Sunday paper while we were at the store. I’ll check out jobs and the coupons here in just a minute.
There are quite a few jobs in the paper today. I’ll do some applications online tomorrow. I need to find my resume. I made one up put it isn’t that good. I need my detailed resume. I looked on some CD’s I made but no luck finding the resume. I did find a zip disk that has documents on it from when I was working. My resume might be on there. I need to find someone who has a zip disk drive so I can access the disk. I have to find that resume. I’ll need it to apply for jobs in this week’s paper. There are quite a few part time jobs that would be of interest to me. I must have shredded my hard copy of my resume. Stupid. I’ve looked through all the files on my laptop and I have Brad and David’s resume, but not mine. I’m sure it’s on that zip disk. I may have to check with a computer shop to see if I can get access to it if Lisa or Kitty doesn’t have a zip drive. I don’t even have the information to recreate my resume. I have no idea of jobs or pay. Man, this is frustrating. I just called Kitty and left a message for her asking if she or anyone she knows has a zip drive. If she doesn’t I’ll check with Lisa. I’m sure a local computer company would have a zip drive. I don’t want to have to pay just to get it transferred to my flash drive. I hope Kitty can help me out. Maybe she can check with Dan and see if they have one up at FOTF. There must be a zip drive somewhere up there. Arrgghh! I’m so frustrated. I can’t believe I don’t have a copy of my resume anywhere that I can access. I wonder if they have a zip drive at any of the library branches. I guess I could check with Best Buy or Circuit City and see if they have one available. Maybe they’d let me check to see if the file is on there and just move the one file. I’m feeling pretty desperate. I can’t use the resume I made this past week because it’s so terrible.
I need to get my mind off of this. It’s going to drive me crazy if I keep thinking about it.
Kitty called me back. She has a zip drive. Woohoo! I’m going to give her a call tomorrow and go by there on my way to the library. I might go to the Ruth Holley library if they have wi-fi there since I’ll already be on the side of town. I think they do have wi-fi. I’m just glad that Kitty has a zip drive. Now I just have to believe that my resume is on that zip disk. If not, I’m up a creek. I do have one other floppy disk I can check but I don’t think my resume is on that disk. It has to be on that zip disk. I think I can plug the zip disk into my laptop but I’ll bring it over to Kitty’s to make sure before I take it. I’ll transfer my other zip disks to CD’s while I have it. If I can’t plug it into the laptop, then I’ll have to have Kitty set it up on her PC and use it over there.
Okay, now I can relax a little. I’ve found the zip drive. I know I have a really nice resume (if it’s on the zip drive) and it would help me to get a job if I had a better resume than the crappy one that I put together last week.
David’s watching hockey. I’m bored.
Not bored any more. The Red Sox are playing Cleveland in game 7 of the ALCS. They are leading 2-0 in the top of the third. Matsuzaka is pitching. If they win this game they will play in the World Series against the Rockies. No question as to who I’ll be routing for in that Series.
I know I’m insane now because I keep doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result each time I do it. What am I doing you ask? I keep trying to log on to the internet. I’ll pick up some other wireless networks and I’ll try them to see if they are public. So far none of them have been public. But I keep trying. See, I’m insane! lol
I look forward to finding my resume on that zip disk. If it’s not on there I’ll have to keep using that crappy one that I put together last week. I’m sure that the one that might be on the zip disk has what I made per hour. I have no idea how much money I made at my last job and I don’t have any paperwork that documents what I made. I really, really need that resume to be on the zip disk. I’ll call Kitty around 9am and go over there and then to the library. I hope the RH branch has wi-fi. I’m not sure that the RH branch is any closer than the East branch. I should measure the mileage tomorrow. If RH has wi-fi and it’s closer, I’ll go there until I get access at home. I’ll feel so spoiled having access at home again! lol
How I’ve made it this long without internet at home is beyond me. If I didn’t have wi-fi at the library I would be crazy by now. I need to check on how much my prescription will cost. I’ll order what I can tomorrow, if I can get logged onto the site. Then I can order the rest on Friday. I also want to remember to do that timed typing test again so I can see how many wpm I’m typing these days.
I WANT MY INTERNET BACK!!!
I have the home phone forwarded to my cell phone so that hasn’t been a problem. We haven’t had too many calls. Speaking of which, Lynn hasn’t called today. Maybe I’ll give her a call in a little bit.
Have I said “I WANT MY INTERNET BACK!!!” lately? Well, I’m saying it now!
I just want to go to bed so I don’t have to face the rest of the night without internet access but I want to stay up to see the Red Sox game. It’s just before 8pm. I think I’ll take my nighttime medicine and see if I can get sleepy enough to not be bored and frustrated.
Most of the jobs in the paper today that I was looking at wanted 50wpm for typing. I think I could do that but I’m not sure what my accuracy would be for 50wpm. That’s why I want to do that timed typing test, so I can see not only what my speed will be but what my accuracy is.
I’ve got to put the laptop down. I’m starting to get too frustrated again. ~sigh~
I had a lot of bad dreams last night. I think it’s because of the new medicine I’m taking for the bladder issue. I take it at night before I go to bed and I end up feeling weird during the night. I think I’m going to stop taking it and see what happens. I’ll have to call the Doctor and see if there is something else I can take. I also need to get something generic. I can’t afford these name brand drugs.
The girls just came in from outside. It’s really snowing out now. Big flakes. The wind is picking up and whipping the snow around. It looks nasty out there. It wasn’t this bad just a half an hour ago. Boy, the weather sure can change quickly. It was in the 70’s yesterday and it’s snowing today. It’s supposed to be nice the rest of the week though, cool but not snowy. It’s just yucky out today.
I sure wish I had internet access. It’s still frustrating to not have instant access. I miss being able to just look something up when I think about it. I’m very spoiled. lol
Since it is cold and snowing we decided to go take a morning nap. We just got up a few minutes ago. I think we would have slept longer but Gabe called so I got up to answer the phone. I looked out on the deck and we have about three inches of snow! And it’s still cold, windy and snowing. Brrr! David asked if I wanted to go to the library. I told him that I don’t want to go out in this weather. I should check to see how the streets are though. If they are clear I might think about going to the library. I wouldn’t be able to stay long though since David would be waiting so it’s not really worth going. I can wait and do what I need to do tomorrow morning. I don’t have anything scheduled this whole week. I’ll just be going to the library each day once I get my morning routine done (walk, shower, breakfast, laundry, dishes). I have no appointments until next week when I go to the optometrist. I won’t be able to get new lenses even if I need them because I don’t have the money in the budget to do that. Maybe I’ll just reschedule and go when I have a bit more money in the bank account.
I’ve been playing with the budget this weekend working out some of November and December’s expenses and income. I like having a budget. Having a framework to work within really helps. I realize that I’m not on BS1 yet (the $1k BEF). I’m still trying to get current with all the bills. I need to get ahead so that bills aren’t late at all. I know it will take months to get the budget really working so I need to be patient. I need to be as much ahead as I can be before we start saving for the BEF. With the Excel spreadsheet that I’m using, the one from joelmaxwell.com, I can put in different figures and see what effect it has on the rest of the month and the coming month. We need to stay within what we’ve budgeted for groceries, gas, etc. Anything over what we have budgeted for the month will go toward paying bills at the beginning of the next month (land lease and mortgage). I know I’ll get there soon enough.
I just had a pb&j for lunch. It was good. Think I’ll have some raisins for a snack in a little while.
I miss the DR forum and listening to the show during the day. I can hear the show from the day before the next morning from 9-noon. But I like listening to it live online. I’m not sure why it’s not on live on our local radio stations. At least I can get it in the morning. That’s helped me out this week while I’ve been internet-less. It’s funny, but I’m not much interested in the forum while I’m at the library. The forum is something I do in my leisure time. When I’m at the library I want to just get done what I need to do and get back home. Sitting there looking at the forum isn’t much fun. I like to look at it when I can just sit at home with nothing else to do.
I don’t have much else to say today. Maybe I’ll blog some more later but for now I have nothing left to say. lol
We finally went out today. David wanted to gas up his jeep so we went to 7-11. The roads are just fine. It’s cold (about 30 degrees) and windy though. I’ll wait to go to the library tomorrow when it’s nicer out.
I’m really hungry today. Don’t know why. I’m snacking but on fruit and stuff. I think it’s because I am bored without the internet. Usually I just sit in my chair and surf but since I don’t have that to do, I want to eat. That’s not good.
I got the Sunday paper while we were at the store. I’ll check out jobs and the coupons here in just a minute.
There are quite a few jobs in the paper today. I’ll do some applications online tomorrow. I need to find my resume. I made one up put it isn’t that good. I need my detailed resume. I looked on some CD’s I made but no luck finding the resume. I did find a zip disk that has documents on it from when I was working. My resume might be on there. I need to find someone who has a zip disk drive so I can access the disk. I have to find that resume. I’ll need it to apply for jobs in this week’s paper. There are quite a few part time jobs that would be of interest to me. I must have shredded my hard copy of my resume. Stupid. I’ve looked through all the files on my laptop and I have Brad and David’s resume, but not mine. I’m sure it’s on that zip disk. I may have to check with a computer shop to see if I can get access to it if Lisa or Kitty doesn’t have a zip drive. I don’t even have the information to recreate my resume. I have no idea of jobs or pay. Man, this is frustrating. I just called Kitty and left a message for her asking if she or anyone she knows has a zip drive. If she doesn’t I’ll check with Lisa. I’m sure a local computer company would have a zip drive. I don’t want to have to pay just to get it transferred to my flash drive. I hope Kitty can help me out. Maybe she can check with Dan and see if they have one up at FOTF. There must be a zip drive somewhere up there. Arrgghh! I’m so frustrated. I can’t believe I don’t have a copy of my resume anywhere that I can access. I wonder if they have a zip drive at any of the library branches. I guess I could check with Best Buy or Circuit City and see if they have one available. Maybe they’d let me check to see if the file is on there and just move the one file. I’m feeling pretty desperate. I can’t use the resume I made this past week because it’s so terrible.
I need to get my mind off of this. It’s going to drive me crazy if I keep thinking about it.
Kitty called me back. She has a zip drive. Woohoo! I’m going to give her a call tomorrow and go by there on my way to the library. I might go to the Ruth Holley library if they have wi-fi there since I’ll already be on the side of town. I think they do have wi-fi. I’m just glad that Kitty has a zip drive. Now I just have to believe that my resume is on that zip disk. If not, I’m up a creek. I do have one other floppy disk I can check but I don’t think my resume is on that disk. It has to be on that zip disk. I think I can plug the zip disk into my laptop but I’ll bring it over to Kitty’s to make sure before I take it. I’ll transfer my other zip disks to CD’s while I have it. If I can’t plug it into the laptop, then I’ll have to have Kitty set it up on her PC and use it over there.
Okay, now I can relax a little. I’ve found the zip drive. I know I have a really nice resume (if it’s on the zip drive) and it would help me to get a job if I had a better resume than the crappy one that I put together last week.
David’s watching hockey. I’m bored.
Not bored any more. The Red Sox are playing Cleveland in game 7 of the ALCS. They are leading 2-0 in the top of the third. Matsuzaka is pitching. If they win this game they will play in the World Series against the Rockies. No question as to who I’ll be routing for in that Series.
I know I’m insane now because I keep doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result each time I do it. What am I doing you ask? I keep trying to log on to the internet. I’ll pick up some other wireless networks and I’ll try them to see if they are public. So far none of them have been public. But I keep trying. See, I’m insane! lol
I look forward to finding my resume on that zip disk. If it’s not on there I’ll have to keep using that crappy one that I put together last week. I’m sure that the one that might be on the zip disk has what I made per hour. I have no idea how much money I made at my last job and I don’t have any paperwork that documents what I made. I really, really need that resume to be on the zip disk. I’ll call Kitty around 9am and go over there and then to the library. I hope the RH branch has wi-fi. I’m not sure that the RH branch is any closer than the East branch. I should measure the mileage tomorrow. If RH has wi-fi and it’s closer, I’ll go there until I get access at home. I’ll feel so spoiled having access at home again! lol
How I’ve made it this long without internet at home is beyond me. If I didn’t have wi-fi at the library I would be crazy by now. I need to check on how much my prescription will cost. I’ll order what I can tomorrow, if I can get logged onto the site. Then I can order the rest on Friday. I also want to remember to do that timed typing test again so I can see how many wpm I’m typing these days.
I WANT MY INTERNET BACK!!!
I have the home phone forwarded to my cell phone so that hasn’t been a problem. We haven’t had too many calls. Speaking of which, Lynn hasn’t called today. Maybe I’ll give her a call in a little bit.
Have I said “I WANT MY INTERNET BACK!!!” lately? Well, I’m saying it now!
I just want to go to bed so I don’t have to face the rest of the night without internet access but I want to stay up to see the Red Sox game. It’s just before 8pm. I think I’ll take my nighttime medicine and see if I can get sleepy enough to not be bored and frustrated.
Most of the jobs in the paper today that I was looking at wanted 50wpm for typing. I think I could do that but I’m not sure what my accuracy would be for 50wpm. That’s why I want to do that timed typing test, so I can see not only what my speed will be but what my accuracy is.
I’ve got to put the laptop down. I’m starting to get too frustrated again. ~sigh~
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Sleep
I forgot to look at the DR forum while I was at the library. I’m frustrated tonight because it’s Friday night and I don’t have internet access. I’ll watch the DR show on FBN at 6pm (in about 5 minutes) then I’ll watch “Ghost Whisperer” at 7pm. After that, I don’t know what I’ll do. I’ll probably call Lynn and talk to her for a while. I’m so mad that Qwest is going to take until Wednesday to get it up and running. DR is on now so I’ll write more later.
I’m already tired and it’s only quarter past six. I think I’ll end up in bed early tonight. It really stinks that I don’t have internet. I know I keep harping on that but it’s really bugging me tonight. I checked with the library to see if they were open late tonight but they closed at 6pm. They open at 10am tomorrow. I guess I’ll try to go over in the morning.
I didn’t get my walk in today. I don’t feel bad about it though because it’s not a bad thing to take a day off. I’m hoping to get out there tomorrow morning. Sunday it’s supposed to snow so I don’t think I’ll be walking that morning. Again, it’s okay because I could do with a day or two off this week. I’m starting to feel a bit sore and I don’t want to over do.
I didn’t go over to Lisa’s this afternoon because I had a headache. It’s gone now. Yay! But I’m still really tired from not sleeping too well last night. I was so anxious about that meeting and it turned out to only last about 15 minutes. Oh well.
11:20 p.m. I went to bed before 9pm but I just woke up from a bad dream. I think it has something to do with tonight’s episode of “Ghost Whisperer”. It wasn’t scary because of the ghosts. It was creepy because the main character had been stalking a girl and was now stalking Melinda. That’s creepier to me than ghosts ever would be. I’m really not sure why it bothered me so much, but it did. Thankfully, David was home and there to hug me. I still feel upset though. I feel like I want to throw up. It’s not a pleasant feeling. I’d like to go back to bed but I’m afraid that I’ll start dreaming again. I’d rather stay up for a bit and get it out of my system.
Unfortunately David is watching a creepy old Lon Chaney movie. The music is very creepy. It’s not helping me to feel any better.
The dogs are out in the living room, on the couch. They won’t go to bed until I go back to bed. They are loyal dogs.
Maybe I just ate too much tonight. I spent half my grocery budget at the store earlier and too much of it was on impulse buys. Now I have $30 left for the rest of the week. I’m going to have to make it stretch. Anyway, I bought ice cream (two types of Skinny Cow) and had one of each. I think the stress got to me today and I ended up eating things I shouldn’t have eaten and buying things that I did not need to buy. I’m feeling bad about the impulse shopping and eating. I usually do better than that but tonight I was stressed and didn’t have the internet to take my mind off of things, so I ate. Not a good plan. I have to budget my food intake like we’re budgeting money. I can’t have it all at one time – money or food. That’s why we wrote down a budget – so we wouldn’t over spend. I need to do the same thing with food – so I won’t over eat.
I don’t know. I just feel weird tonight. Maybe it’s because I’m running out of my medicine and not taking the doses I need to take. I won’t be able to get my medicine for a while, at least not all of it. I guess I should get the stuff I really need now and get the rest of it later. I’ll have to see what’s in the budget and figure out what I can order. I’ll have to wait until I go to the library so I can go online and check out the cost of each medicine at the CareMark site. If I can just get my psych drugs, I’ll feel a whole lot better. I still have my anti-inflammatory and my muscle relaxant so I don’t need those immediately. I do however need my psych drugs as soon as possible. I wish I could check out the prices now and order them tonight. I’ll have to wait until tomorrow though.
It’s incredibly frustrating not having the internet at home. I can live without the phone right now because I have it forwarded to the cell phone and we just had our minutes renew again. But living without the internet stinks. Thankfully I figured out that I could ‘blog’ in Word and then copy it over to my blog when I get online. I need some kind of outlet and this is it.
I took that timed typing test. I received a score of 39 words per minute with 100% accuracy. I know I can type faster than 39wpm but I was nervous and was typing slow. I want to go to that site again and try a longer timed test and see how I do.
I was thinking about the Mardel job I applied for online (a department clerk). It would be so cool to get the job. It’s only about 2 miles from the house and it’s part time. I’m sure it doesn’t pay great but I could put in some hours and make some extra money that could go to the BEF and then the debt snowball. I also applied for that teller job. Since I don’t have any teller experience I don’t expect them to have much interest in me. I’m also not sure what effect not working the last seven years will have on my ability to get a job. I was honest too and said that I left work to go on disability. They might not want to hire me because of that either. But I have the PPWFC stuff (skills certificate, voc rehab) that could help me in the long run to get a job. I just have to be patient. I’m so used to getting a job whenever I apply for it that it’s weird for me to have to think of being rejected for a job. I have to face that it might take a while to get something. I might be in luck though because the holidays are coming up and a lot of places will be hiring for the holidays. Hopefully, if nothing else, I could get something working through the holidays. That would give me time to get something more permanent. I’ve also thought of applying at temp agencies. I would request to work only part-time positions, not full days. I don’t know that they’d have much work like that but I could look into it.
I’m surprised that David hasn’t been more ‘excited’ about my job search. He’s always trying to get me to work and now that I’m looking into it he’s not saying much. Just applying for jobs is a big deal for me. I’ve come over to the dark side again. lol I know he’s happy that I’m looking for work but I don’t know how he feels about me working part-time and only being able to make a certain amount each month before it affects my benefits. I can earn between whatever I want for the first nine months. If I don’t make over $640 in a month, then that month is not counted toward the 9 month trial work period. Any month that I make over $640 is counted as a TWP month. I have five years to get the 9 months in. I’m sure if I get to work though, that I’ll get the 9 months in pretty quick. I don’t want to work lots of long days though. I’d rather work a bunch of short days that add up. I’ll have to see what I’m offered first. I’m not going to be too picky. I just don’t want to earn over $900 after the 9 month TWP. If I do make over $900, it will affect my benefits. So I have to be careful of what I make per month.
I’m still feeling yucky but it’s better than it was. Getting my mind off of it has helped. And that creepy show that David was watching is over. Thank goodness. That music was getting to me.
I think I’ll wait to go back to bed. I’ll wait until David goes to bed. I don’t want to go to bed alone. I don’t really want to be up all night either though. David often stays up late after hockey games to unwind.
Gosh, I wish I could get online. I’d love to check out the DR forum. I miss seeing what’s going on there daily. I guess I was online a lot more than I should have been and the internet was taken away to slow me down some. I know I can’t get along without it though. Well, I don’t have to have minute by minute access to it anyway. I’m definitely addicted though because I have an emotional reaction to not having the internet available to me. At least I’m addicted to positive sites like the DR forum.
It’s officially Saturday now. It’s 12:20 a.m. The Red Sox play Cleveland tonight in game 6. The Sox need to win or they are out of the playoffs. If they can win the rest of the games then they would play the Rockies in the World Series. That would be a fun series. It’ll still be fun if it’s the Rockies and the Tribe. David has hockey so he won’t be able to see the game. That kind of stinks. It could be the last game if the Sox lose. But that won’t happen!
Joe Torrie, the Yankees manager, turned down a one year, five million dollar contract to come back next year. Must be nice to be able to turn down five million dollars for one years work. Actually it’s one season, not even a full year. Anyway, it will be weird that he’s not the manager of the Yankees.
Every time there’s a commercial or show they say ‘find us on the web at www blah, blah, blah. It irritates me because I can’t go on the web.
What a bunch of junk there is on TV this time of night. David’s watching his favorite infomercial right now. It’s on a colon cleanser. Yuck! He really believes this stuff can help him. I hate infomercials.
My weight on Thursday as under 250 for the first time in a long time. I’ll go up and down a bit during the week but hopefully at the end of it I’ll still be under 250. I’m excited that I’m steadily losing weight. My pants are so big on me now. I constantly have to pull them up. That’s a good sign. I know I look like I’ve lost weight too. I can see it in my face especially. I still have a long way to go but I’m hopeful now that I can do it. I have to get out there and walk tomorrow though. And I also need to watch what I’m eating. I’m eating too many carbs lately. I need to not turn to food when I’m stressed out. I need to walk instead or blog like I’m doing now.
I think I’ll get up in the morning and go for my walk, then clean the back yard. After that I’ll take my shower and then head to the library if it’s okay with David. Or maybe I’ll wait until later in the day when David is taking his nap. I’ll have to see how that goes. I don’t want to spend hours away from him on the weekend when he’s up and about. I can wait until he takes a nap. Or I could go while he’s mowing the lawn. Not sure if that would be okay with him or not. Like I said, I’ll just have to see how things go.
I look forward to getting to the library though so I can get online. Am I addicted or what? lol I’ll probably spend most of my time on the DR forum. It’s not as much fun to be on there though while I’m at the library. I stay fairly task oriented while I’m at the library. But I don’t really have any tasks to do today so I’ll try to spend some time on the forum. It’s motivating for me to read what others have to say. It’s very informative too. I always learn something when I’m on the DR forum. People are so helpful on there too, very encouraging and supportive.
Well, I think I’m ready to go back to bed even though it looks like David is still going to be up channel surfing for a while. I hope I can get back to sleep.
I was able to get back to sleep. I got up a couple times to go to the bathroom though, so I’m still tired. It’s 6 a.m. It’s cold and windy out. I hope it gets warmer so I can go for my walk this morning. I had a lot of weird dreams last night. I can’t really remember them now but I know they were weird.
Fall has definitely moved in and winter is very close behind it. I dread this kind of weather but I’m going to have to deal with it if I get a job. I saved a pdf file from Barnes & Noble and I filled out their application for employment last night. I’ll mail it out today. I’ve applied at quite a few places already. I don’t want to wait on PPWFC helping me out. They could take a while and I want to get a job as soon as I can. I think I’ll have to really work at getting a job because I’ve been out of work so long and because of being on disability, but if I persevere I can do it.
I’ll probably go back to bed here in a few minutes. I’m still very tired. I’ll have to get the dogs to move out of my space. They always go right for the pillow. lol They make themselves as comfortable as they can. They are funny. A lot of times they’ll wake up and ‘attack’ me with kisses and sneezes. It’s too funny.
I’m going to head back to bed and hopefully get back to sleep quickly. I’ll blog more later.
I was able to get to sleep for a couple of hours. I was up around 7:30am. I went for my walk. I was able to listen to the book on tape I got from the library. I didn’t think about David’s headphones on his little radio. He let me use those this morning. They are kind of like ear buds. I don’t like them as much as my other ones but they did the job. It was hard walking today. Not sure why it was more difficult today than it has been. Maybe taking that day off yesterday didn’t help me much. So I took it easy today. I didn’t push myself. When I got home I relaxed for a few minutes and then I went out into the back yard and cleaned up. David is out there mowing right now. I’ll probably have to go over the yard one more time once the grass is cut. I’ll wait until after that to take my shower. I’m still not sure when I will go to the library today.
I went out and swept the yard for anything I missed on the first outing. There wasn’t too much out there. So I’m done with that now. David’s done mowing too. Glad that’s done.
I was thinking that I should order what medicines I can with what’s left in the bank account. Then next week I could order the rest of it. Mostly I need my Prozac and Trazadone. I’ll have to see what I have left in Wellbutrin. I’m not going to reorder the Abilify. It’s too expensive, $200 for three months worth. I pay that much for ALL of my other prescriptions. It’s expensive because there is no generic. I’ll have to check to see if there’s something I substitute it with.
I have to jump in the shower. If I don’t do it now I’ll never get it done today. Actually I’d like to take a nap right now. lol
The nap won out. I just got up after napping for about an hour. It felt good to take a nap. Still have to get a shower done. I’m thinking of popping over to the library since David is still asleep. Think I’ll go do that after I take a shower. Toodles.
I’m already tired and it’s only quarter past six. I think I’ll end up in bed early tonight. It really stinks that I don’t have internet. I know I keep harping on that but it’s really bugging me tonight. I checked with the library to see if they were open late tonight but they closed at 6pm. They open at 10am tomorrow. I guess I’ll try to go over in the morning.
I didn’t get my walk in today. I don’t feel bad about it though because it’s not a bad thing to take a day off. I’m hoping to get out there tomorrow morning. Sunday it’s supposed to snow so I don’t think I’ll be walking that morning. Again, it’s okay because I could do with a day or two off this week. I’m starting to feel a bit sore and I don’t want to over do.
I didn’t go over to Lisa’s this afternoon because I had a headache. It’s gone now. Yay! But I’m still really tired from not sleeping too well last night. I was so anxious about that meeting and it turned out to only last about 15 minutes. Oh well.
11:20 p.m. I went to bed before 9pm but I just woke up from a bad dream. I think it has something to do with tonight’s episode of “Ghost Whisperer”. It wasn’t scary because of the ghosts. It was creepy because the main character had been stalking a girl and was now stalking Melinda. That’s creepier to me than ghosts ever would be. I’m really not sure why it bothered me so much, but it did. Thankfully, David was home and there to hug me. I still feel upset though. I feel like I want to throw up. It’s not a pleasant feeling. I’d like to go back to bed but I’m afraid that I’ll start dreaming again. I’d rather stay up for a bit and get it out of my system.
Unfortunately David is watching a creepy old Lon Chaney movie. The music is very creepy. It’s not helping me to feel any better.
The dogs are out in the living room, on the couch. They won’t go to bed until I go back to bed. They are loyal dogs.
Maybe I just ate too much tonight. I spent half my grocery budget at the store earlier and too much of it was on impulse buys. Now I have $30 left for the rest of the week. I’m going to have to make it stretch. Anyway, I bought ice cream (two types of Skinny Cow) and had one of each. I think the stress got to me today and I ended up eating things I shouldn’t have eaten and buying things that I did not need to buy. I’m feeling bad about the impulse shopping and eating. I usually do better than that but tonight I was stressed and didn’t have the internet to take my mind off of things, so I ate. Not a good plan. I have to budget my food intake like we’re budgeting money. I can’t have it all at one time – money or food. That’s why we wrote down a budget – so we wouldn’t over spend. I need to do the same thing with food – so I won’t over eat.
I don’t know. I just feel weird tonight. Maybe it’s because I’m running out of my medicine and not taking the doses I need to take. I won’t be able to get my medicine for a while, at least not all of it. I guess I should get the stuff I really need now and get the rest of it later. I’ll have to see what’s in the budget and figure out what I can order. I’ll have to wait until I go to the library so I can go online and check out the cost of each medicine at the CareMark site. If I can just get my psych drugs, I’ll feel a whole lot better. I still have my anti-inflammatory and my muscle relaxant so I don’t need those immediately. I do however need my psych drugs as soon as possible. I wish I could check out the prices now and order them tonight. I’ll have to wait until tomorrow though.
It’s incredibly frustrating not having the internet at home. I can live without the phone right now because I have it forwarded to the cell phone and we just had our minutes renew again. But living without the internet stinks. Thankfully I figured out that I could ‘blog’ in Word and then copy it over to my blog when I get online. I need some kind of outlet and this is it.
I took that timed typing test. I received a score of 39 words per minute with 100% accuracy. I know I can type faster than 39wpm but I was nervous and was typing slow. I want to go to that site again and try a longer timed test and see how I do.
I was thinking about the Mardel job I applied for online (a department clerk). It would be so cool to get the job. It’s only about 2 miles from the house and it’s part time. I’m sure it doesn’t pay great but I could put in some hours and make some extra money that could go to the BEF and then the debt snowball. I also applied for that teller job. Since I don’t have any teller experience I don’t expect them to have much interest in me. I’m also not sure what effect not working the last seven years will have on my ability to get a job. I was honest too and said that I left work to go on disability. They might not want to hire me because of that either. But I have the PPWFC stuff (skills certificate, voc rehab) that could help me in the long run to get a job. I just have to be patient. I’m so used to getting a job whenever I apply for it that it’s weird for me to have to think of being rejected for a job. I have to face that it might take a while to get something. I might be in luck though because the holidays are coming up and a lot of places will be hiring for the holidays. Hopefully, if nothing else, I could get something working through the holidays. That would give me time to get something more permanent. I’ve also thought of applying at temp agencies. I would request to work only part-time positions, not full days. I don’t know that they’d have much work like that but I could look into it.
I’m surprised that David hasn’t been more ‘excited’ about my job search. He’s always trying to get me to work and now that I’m looking into it he’s not saying much. Just applying for jobs is a big deal for me. I’ve come over to the dark side again. lol I know he’s happy that I’m looking for work but I don’t know how he feels about me working part-time and only being able to make a certain amount each month before it affects my benefits. I can earn between whatever I want for the first nine months. If I don’t make over $640 in a month, then that month is not counted toward the 9 month trial work period. Any month that I make over $640 is counted as a TWP month. I have five years to get the 9 months in. I’m sure if I get to work though, that I’ll get the 9 months in pretty quick. I don’t want to work lots of long days though. I’d rather work a bunch of short days that add up. I’ll have to see what I’m offered first. I’m not going to be too picky. I just don’t want to earn over $900 after the 9 month TWP. If I do make over $900, it will affect my benefits. So I have to be careful of what I make per month.
I’m still feeling yucky but it’s better than it was. Getting my mind off of it has helped. And that creepy show that David was watching is over. Thank goodness. That music was getting to me.
I think I’ll wait to go back to bed. I’ll wait until David goes to bed. I don’t want to go to bed alone. I don’t really want to be up all night either though. David often stays up late after hockey games to unwind.
Gosh, I wish I could get online. I’d love to check out the DR forum. I miss seeing what’s going on there daily. I guess I was online a lot more than I should have been and the internet was taken away to slow me down some. I know I can’t get along without it though. Well, I don’t have to have minute by minute access to it anyway. I’m definitely addicted though because I have an emotional reaction to not having the internet available to me. At least I’m addicted to positive sites like the DR forum.
It’s officially Saturday now. It’s 12:20 a.m. The Red Sox play Cleveland tonight in game 6. The Sox need to win or they are out of the playoffs. If they can win the rest of the games then they would play the Rockies in the World Series. That would be a fun series. It’ll still be fun if it’s the Rockies and the Tribe. David has hockey so he won’t be able to see the game. That kind of stinks. It could be the last game if the Sox lose. But that won’t happen!
Joe Torrie, the Yankees manager, turned down a one year, five million dollar contract to come back next year. Must be nice to be able to turn down five million dollars for one years work. Actually it’s one season, not even a full year. Anyway, it will be weird that he’s not the manager of the Yankees.
Every time there’s a commercial or show they say ‘find us on the web at www blah, blah, blah. It irritates me because I can’t go on the web.
What a bunch of junk there is on TV this time of night. David’s watching his favorite infomercial right now. It’s on a colon cleanser. Yuck! He really believes this stuff can help him. I hate infomercials.
My weight on Thursday as under 250 for the first time in a long time. I’ll go up and down a bit during the week but hopefully at the end of it I’ll still be under 250. I’m excited that I’m steadily losing weight. My pants are so big on me now. I constantly have to pull them up. That’s a good sign. I know I look like I’ve lost weight too. I can see it in my face especially. I still have a long way to go but I’m hopeful now that I can do it. I have to get out there and walk tomorrow though. And I also need to watch what I’m eating. I’m eating too many carbs lately. I need to not turn to food when I’m stressed out. I need to walk instead or blog like I’m doing now.
I think I’ll get up in the morning and go for my walk, then clean the back yard. After that I’ll take my shower and then head to the library if it’s okay with David. Or maybe I’ll wait until later in the day when David is taking his nap. I’ll have to see how that goes. I don’t want to spend hours away from him on the weekend when he’s up and about. I can wait until he takes a nap. Or I could go while he’s mowing the lawn. Not sure if that would be okay with him or not. Like I said, I’ll just have to see how things go.
I look forward to getting to the library though so I can get online. Am I addicted or what? lol I’ll probably spend most of my time on the DR forum. It’s not as much fun to be on there though while I’m at the library. I stay fairly task oriented while I’m at the library. But I don’t really have any tasks to do today so I’ll try to spend some time on the forum. It’s motivating for me to read what others have to say. It’s very informative too. I always learn something when I’m on the DR forum. People are so helpful on there too, very encouraging and supportive.
Well, I think I’m ready to go back to bed even though it looks like David is still going to be up channel surfing for a while. I hope I can get back to sleep.
I was able to get back to sleep. I got up a couple times to go to the bathroom though, so I’m still tired. It’s 6 a.m. It’s cold and windy out. I hope it gets warmer so I can go for my walk this morning. I had a lot of weird dreams last night. I can’t really remember them now but I know they were weird.
Fall has definitely moved in and winter is very close behind it. I dread this kind of weather but I’m going to have to deal with it if I get a job. I saved a pdf file from Barnes & Noble and I filled out their application for employment last night. I’ll mail it out today. I’ve applied at quite a few places already. I don’t want to wait on PPWFC helping me out. They could take a while and I want to get a job as soon as I can. I think I’ll have to really work at getting a job because I’ve been out of work so long and because of being on disability, but if I persevere I can do it.
I’ll probably go back to bed here in a few minutes. I’m still very tired. I’ll have to get the dogs to move out of my space. They always go right for the pillow. lol They make themselves as comfortable as they can. They are funny. A lot of times they’ll wake up and ‘attack’ me with kisses and sneezes. It’s too funny.
I’m going to head back to bed and hopefully get back to sleep quickly. I’ll blog more later.
I was able to get to sleep for a couple of hours. I was up around 7:30am. I went for my walk. I was able to listen to the book on tape I got from the library. I didn’t think about David’s headphones on his little radio. He let me use those this morning. They are kind of like ear buds. I don’t like them as much as my other ones but they did the job. It was hard walking today. Not sure why it was more difficult today than it has been. Maybe taking that day off yesterday didn’t help me much. So I took it easy today. I didn’t push myself. When I got home I relaxed for a few minutes and then I went out into the back yard and cleaned up. David is out there mowing right now. I’ll probably have to go over the yard one more time once the grass is cut. I’ll wait until after that to take my shower. I’m still not sure when I will go to the library today.
I went out and swept the yard for anything I missed on the first outing. There wasn’t too much out there. So I’m done with that now. David’s done mowing too. Glad that’s done.
I was thinking that I should order what medicines I can with what’s left in the bank account. Then next week I could order the rest of it. Mostly I need my Prozac and Trazadone. I’ll have to see what I have left in Wellbutrin. I’m not going to reorder the Abilify. It’s too expensive, $200 for three months worth. I pay that much for ALL of my other prescriptions. It’s expensive because there is no generic. I’ll have to check to see if there’s something I substitute it with.
I have to jump in the shower. If I don’t do it now I’ll never get it done today. Actually I’d like to take a nap right now. lol
The nap won out. I just got up after napping for about an hour. It felt good to take a nap. Still have to get a shower done. I’m thinking of popping over to the library since David is still asleep. Think I’ll go do that after I take a shower. Toodles.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Meeting went fine
Our meeting went just fine. There were a lot less questions than I thought there would be. It only took about 20 minutes or so. Glad to have that over with. We had to talk about the situation with the house up in Woodland Park and how D & A left us holding the bag. It wasn't pleasant but we got it done. After the meeting we stopped at BJ's and spent a couple bucks on ice cream as a treat for getting through the meeting. David is at home now and I'm at the library. I'll be heading out in just a few minutes. I did a timed typing test and I typed about 40 wpm. Not too bad. I also applied for a couple of jobs online (UMB Teller and a clerk at Mardel). I found out when my skills certificate class is scheduled for (11/9 @ 8:30am). That will give me boost in getting a job I think. Maybe I'll get something sooner though because I'm putting out applications daily right now. I checked the bank account and updated Money. Everything reconciled. That's good. I only have a few more minutes before I need to leave and head home. I'm probably going over to Lisa's this afternoon around 3pm. David has hockey tonight and DR is on at 6pm and Ghost Whisperer is on at 7pm. That'll keep me busy tonight. Qwest called and said that they'll do the install on Wednesday. That sucks. I was hoping it would be sooner than that. Thank goodness for the library. Gotta go.
Financial meeting
10/19/07 I was up at about 6:15am. I did the copies I needed to do and I printed out the budget stuff that needed to be printed out. I have all my paperwork in my laptop bag, ready to go. I feel a bit calmer this morning knowing that today is the day and I won’t have to wait anymore. In about 3 hours we’ll be at our appointment. I wish I had thought to ask what exactly will happen at this meeting our tried to find information online, but I didn’t, so I’m a bit in the dark.
The girls are out on the couch, laying down. David is still in bed. I’m not sure what time I’ll get him up if he doesn’t wake up on his own. I’ll probably get him up around 8am. I’m not sure if I’m going to go walking this morning or if I’ll wait until later to walk. Only thing is, I’m not sure I’ll walk later. It would be warmer out then though. It’s pretty chilly out there right now and it’s windy too. I can’t look up the temperature online so I’m not sure what the temp is right now. I looked at the outside thermometer and it’s showing a bit over 30 degrees. Yikes! It is cold out there. I’d definitely have to wear my hooded sweatshirt this morning.
I have to remember to call Lisa this morning too. While I’m talking to her I need to remember to ask if she has a set of headphones that I can have/buy/borrow until I can afford to get a pair. If she doesn’t have a pair, then I’ll check with Kitty. I’m sure one of them has a set of headphones I can borrow. I’d rather listen to DR while I walk than listen to the news. I still can’t believe that my headphones were run over. ~sigh~
I think David might be waking up. I’d like it if he got up on his own today instead of me having to wake him up. He’s not easy to get up. He takes a long time to wake up and get out of bed.
It’s starting to get light out. I could go walking any time now. But it’s cold. I can’t let that stop me though. It’s going to be cold most mornings now that the weather is changing. I need to just dress warm and in layers. I wish I had some nice exercise clothes, but I can’t afford that and I don’t want to spend money when I know I’m going to be losing a significant amount of weight. My jeans are already almost too big for me. I guess I’ll have to check out Goodwill and see if I can find a pair of jeans there that will fit.
Yep, I hear David stirring. I’m sure he’s nervous about today too. He’s taken today off from work. I’m sure he’ll want to take a nap after the meeting. He wanted to go out to breakfast this morning, but I told him I didn’t think that was a good idea. We don’t have money budgeted for eating out. Guess we could use our Blow $$ but I don’t want to ‘waste’ money eating out. We have plenty of breakfast foods here in the house: cereal, waffles, eggs and smoothie makings. We’ve got to get to a point with the budget where he looks at it and can figure out if we have money to do something or not. We need to be gazelle intense right now about getting our BEF set up. Getting $1000 in the bank will require some sacrifices. It will be worth the sacrifice though.
I feel like going back to bed, not staying up. I’m tired. Think I’ll take a nap after the meeting too. Then I can go to the library. I’ll have to see how that works out.
As I’m typing, I’m thinking of taking some kind of typing test. I’m sure they have a timed test down at the PPWFC. I’ll have to check into that. I want to get a skills certificate. That might make it easier for me to get a job. But who knows, maybe I’ll get one on my own. I’m going to have to remember to apply for jobs at bookstores. I’m going to put an application in at Mardel’s. That’s only two miles from the house. I think it would be okay to work there. It’s a Christian bookstore. I really just want something close by so I don’t have to worry so much about driving in the winter weather. I don’t know if Mardel’s looks at whether you’re in a local church or not. Since we’re not, if they do, then that would hold me back. I guess I’ll just have to wait and see. I’ll look online and see if I can apply there first. If not, then I’ll go by and get an application. Or maybe they have an application online that I can print out (I’d have to save it to my hard drive and then print it out at home). The wind has really picked up. I won’t be going walking this morning as long as it’s this windy out. I can wait until later to walk. Hopefully the wind will die down by later this morning or this afternoon.
It must be chilly out – the heat just came on. I hope it warms it up in here. I’m freezing. And the dogs are using our blankets as pillows. lol I can’t afford to buy two more blankets so they’ll just have to get used to not having a pillow to lay their head on.
Think I’ll go eat breakfast now. The sun is just coming up. It looks beautiful on the Peak with the snow and the purple color from the rising sun. There’s quite a bit of snow up there already. We’d have had snow if we were living up in Woodland Park. Anyway, time to go get some breakfast. David is getting up now. I’m glad that I don’t have to wake him up. Later.
I had a bowl of cereal for breakfast. I decided not to take a shower this morning. I’m too keyed up. My hair looks good so I’m not worried about not getting a shower in. David is up. Yay! He’s not dressed yet though. I’m already dressed and ready to go. I have all my paperwork ready and waiting I’m going to take my CJ too incase I need someone’s address or phone number. I just don’t want to get there and not have some information that they need. I want to be as prepared as I can be.
The wind is letting up a bit but I’m too keyed up to go walking this morning. I’ve got to remember to call Lisa and let her know that I won’t be able to make it over there today. I’ll miss having scones probably. Hate to miss that. I guess I could tell her that I’ll have to wait and see how long the meeting goes and I could call her after the meeting to let her know if I can come over or not. It would just be easier to tell her that I can’t come over today. There’s no Sunday meeting this weekend because Helga is playing in a Philharmonic thing. Lisa and family are going to attend. We wont’ go because it costs $9 per person and we don’t have that in the budget this month. I’d like to see her play but we just can’t afford to go.
The cats are in the hallway. I need to change their box today and also get the backyard cleaned up. I could do that this morning but again, I’m keyed up and don’t really want to do anything until after the meeting. An hour until we leave for the meeting. What will I do to keep myself busy during that hour? I guess I could empty the dishwasher and start laundry. I think I’ll go do that right now.
I emptied and reloaded the dishwasher. I also started laundry. I put away the stuff that was in the dryer and have a load in the washer right now. I’ll probably get that into the dryer before we go. Then I can get the last load of laundry in the washer.
I’m really getting anxious now. I just want to get there and get this going and over with. David is getting ready. We’ll be leaving in about 15 minutes. I want to leave early so we can find the place and be early. I don’t want to be late. We have to be there at least 15 minutes early but I’d like to be there 30 minutes early. I feel like I could throw up right now. Gosh I’m nervous. I have butterflies in my stomach. I can’t believe how I’m feeling right now. I’ll calm down once we leave. I’m just anxious that David won’t be ready on time, but he is. I don’t need to worry anymore. Off we go.
The girls are out on the couch, laying down. David is still in bed. I’m not sure what time I’ll get him up if he doesn’t wake up on his own. I’ll probably get him up around 8am. I’m not sure if I’m going to go walking this morning or if I’ll wait until later to walk. Only thing is, I’m not sure I’ll walk later. It would be warmer out then though. It’s pretty chilly out there right now and it’s windy too. I can’t look up the temperature online so I’m not sure what the temp is right now. I looked at the outside thermometer and it’s showing a bit over 30 degrees. Yikes! It is cold out there. I’d definitely have to wear my hooded sweatshirt this morning.
I have to remember to call Lisa this morning too. While I’m talking to her I need to remember to ask if she has a set of headphones that I can have/buy/borrow until I can afford to get a pair. If she doesn’t have a pair, then I’ll check with Kitty. I’m sure one of them has a set of headphones I can borrow. I’d rather listen to DR while I walk than listen to the news. I still can’t believe that my headphones were run over. ~sigh~
I think David might be waking up. I’d like it if he got up on his own today instead of me having to wake him up. He’s not easy to get up. He takes a long time to wake up and get out of bed.
It’s starting to get light out. I could go walking any time now. But it’s cold. I can’t let that stop me though. It’s going to be cold most mornings now that the weather is changing. I need to just dress warm and in layers. I wish I had some nice exercise clothes, but I can’t afford that and I don’t want to spend money when I know I’m going to be losing a significant amount of weight. My jeans are already almost too big for me. I guess I’ll have to check out Goodwill and see if I can find a pair of jeans there that will fit.
Yep, I hear David stirring. I’m sure he’s nervous about today too. He’s taken today off from work. I’m sure he’ll want to take a nap after the meeting. He wanted to go out to breakfast this morning, but I told him I didn’t think that was a good idea. We don’t have money budgeted for eating out. Guess we could use our Blow $$ but I don’t want to ‘waste’ money eating out. We have plenty of breakfast foods here in the house: cereal, waffles, eggs and smoothie makings. We’ve got to get to a point with the budget where he looks at it and can figure out if we have money to do something or not. We need to be gazelle intense right now about getting our BEF set up. Getting $1000 in the bank will require some sacrifices. It will be worth the sacrifice though.
I feel like going back to bed, not staying up. I’m tired. Think I’ll take a nap after the meeting too. Then I can go to the library. I’ll have to see how that works out.
As I’m typing, I’m thinking of taking some kind of typing test. I’m sure they have a timed test down at the PPWFC. I’ll have to check into that. I want to get a skills certificate. That might make it easier for me to get a job. But who knows, maybe I’ll get one on my own. I’m going to have to remember to apply for jobs at bookstores. I’m going to put an application in at Mardel’s. That’s only two miles from the house. I think it would be okay to work there. It’s a Christian bookstore. I really just want something close by so I don’t have to worry so much about driving in the winter weather. I don’t know if Mardel’s looks at whether you’re in a local church or not. Since we’re not, if they do, then that would hold me back. I guess I’ll just have to wait and see. I’ll look online and see if I can apply there first. If not, then I’ll go by and get an application. Or maybe they have an application online that I can print out (I’d have to save it to my hard drive and then print it out at home). The wind has really picked up. I won’t be going walking this morning as long as it’s this windy out. I can wait until later to walk. Hopefully the wind will die down by later this morning or this afternoon.
It must be chilly out – the heat just came on. I hope it warms it up in here. I’m freezing. And the dogs are using our blankets as pillows. lol I can’t afford to buy two more blankets so they’ll just have to get used to not having a pillow to lay their head on.
Think I’ll go eat breakfast now. The sun is just coming up. It looks beautiful on the Peak with the snow and the purple color from the rising sun. There’s quite a bit of snow up there already. We’d have had snow if we were living up in Woodland Park. Anyway, time to go get some breakfast. David is getting up now. I’m glad that I don’t have to wake him up. Later.
I had a bowl of cereal for breakfast. I decided not to take a shower this morning. I’m too keyed up. My hair looks good so I’m not worried about not getting a shower in. David is up. Yay! He’s not dressed yet though. I’m already dressed and ready to go. I have all my paperwork ready and waiting I’m going to take my CJ too incase I need someone’s address or phone number. I just don’t want to get there and not have some information that they need. I want to be as prepared as I can be.
The wind is letting up a bit but I’m too keyed up to go walking this morning. I’ve got to remember to call Lisa and let her know that I won’t be able to make it over there today. I’ll miss having scones probably. Hate to miss that. I guess I could tell her that I’ll have to wait and see how long the meeting goes and I could call her after the meeting to let her know if I can come over or not. It would just be easier to tell her that I can’t come over today. There’s no Sunday meeting this weekend because Helga is playing in a Philharmonic thing. Lisa and family are going to attend. We wont’ go because it costs $9 per person and we don’t have that in the budget this month. I’d like to see her play but we just can’t afford to go.
The cats are in the hallway. I need to change their box today and also get the backyard cleaned up. I could do that this morning but again, I’m keyed up and don’t really want to do anything until after the meeting. An hour until we leave for the meeting. What will I do to keep myself busy during that hour? I guess I could empty the dishwasher and start laundry. I think I’ll go do that right now.
I emptied and reloaded the dishwasher. I also started laundry. I put away the stuff that was in the dryer and have a load in the washer right now. I’ll probably get that into the dryer before we go. Then I can get the last load of laundry in the washer.
I’m really getting anxious now. I just want to get there and get this going and over with. David is getting ready. We’ll be leaving in about 15 minutes. I want to leave early so we can find the place and be early. I don’t want to be late. We have to be there at least 15 minutes early but I’d like to be there 30 minutes early. I feel like I could throw up right now. Gosh I’m nervous. I have butterflies in my stomach. I can’t believe how I’m feeling right now. I’ll calm down once we leave. I’m just anxious that David won’t be ready on time, but he is. I don’t need to worry anymore. Off we go.
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