October 10
NSD
Dinner: Greek Chicken Penne
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Another No Spend Day.
Things that would have been nice 10-20 years ago: MH's cousin just made the lower-cost move to our locale. This was always their plan, to move here when their eldest started high school. So it wasn't pandemic or recently motivated. But the pandemic probably made it an easier transition. They both have kept their mega high paying Bay Area jobs, for now.
They moved here a couple of months ago but are just finishing up their move and getting more settled. So we went over last weekend to see their new home. They have chickens, so we scored some fresh eggs.
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October 11
$9 Groceries
$10 Donation
Dinner: Burritos
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MM(18) was radio silent over the weekend and then late Sunday told us he was sick. I have been pretty zen about him going off to college, but *this* I am not zen about. 😔 That said, I instantly felt better because he told me his high school friend (one of his best friends) was bringing him hot tea. She brought him meals a couple of times and he is clearly being well cared for. Phew! That makes it so much easier.
I did recall that the local synagogue delivers free soup to sick college students (other parents have brought up in the parent group). I made those arrangements on Monday. Isn't that the nicest thing?! I left a donation.
I've got two days off of work. Which is helpful, and gives me some extra time to make arrangements if he does need anything. (I took a whole week off, but straddled weeks because DL was home last week and we both wanted some quiet time).
I was envisioning some more leisurely time off but then everything got crazy last week. I was going to run some errands today but it was crazy windy here. To the point I didn't want to risk damage to my car. Decided to keep it mostly inside today. But MH went back to work and asked me to take DL(16) to school and make dinner. So that is how my quiet day is going. I decided to put off some other errands until Wednesday when I am working from home (and driving DL to school). I was able to get an appointment tomorrow to get my new glasses adjusted. I will get my flu shot while I am there. & if I remember, I also have a store return to do in that area. It will be nice to kill all those birds with one stone.
Hell has frozen over and I have the house entirely to myself. It may be the first time in 18 months!
I did stop by the grocery store on the way home (from dropping DL off at school). I told MH I'd rather just make burritos (an old family recipe). MH told me we had everything on hand for that. But later figured out that we needed tomato sauce. I picked up some almonds for $5 (I am not sure MH knows those are on crazy sale on Mondays. We already had two bags, but it was 50% off!) Sunflower seeds were 60% off so I picked up some of those. Got a few cans of tomato sauce, some sourdough bread, snacks, and some flowers. Spent $9. Yup, I used up the quarterly grocery store bonus/reward of $19. That was a nice surprise!
MH asked me to cook dinner because he had a focus group. It was $65 for about 1 hour. Definitely a good money day.
This was the first time MH has been back to work since May 2020. He said it was definitely a smaller crew but it was busy. I am still not holding my breath. Not expecting great hours or consistent work until things get more "normal".
It ended up being a very good day. I just needed some leisure and quiet. I was skeptical early on how "leisurely" it would be, but a quiet house and an extra 8 hours goes a long way.