Today's prompt is "If you could add one hour to your day, what would you do with it?" I would sleep, or try to sleep. No kidding. I don't sleep well. I'm always trying to catch up on sleep. If I could manage to sleep well, I would use it to exercise within my limits.
It is now 2:03 a.m. here. I have been up for about an hour. Today is payday, which also means today is bill pay day. I was up paying the bills. I woke up thinking it was later than it was. I was sweating and wanting something other than water to drink. I looked at my phone and checked my bank account balance to see if the direct deposit had been made yet. It had, so here I am on the computer getting my work done.
Yesterday was a good day. I didn't have any appointments, and I feel like I accomplished a lot. I prepared for today's bill paying and updated my spreadsheets. I track everything over time to measure progress. It's harder to see progress when there are no records. I feel like I am working in circles as far as paying off my debts goes. I had a chat with my mom about that very thing today when she called. I am not alone it seems. That's helpful to know.
I have to come up with a new plan of action as far as how to pay off my credit cards. My situation has changed since the last plan I put in place. I had success with it. I successfully paid off 2 credit cards, and am scheduled to pay off 2 credit lines this month. Unfortunately, I had to reuse the credit cards, and they are no longer paid off. The credit lines will never be reused. Once they are paid, they are closed.
I finally had Caleb unload the dishwasher! I have been asking for days now. He put away the dishes in the dish strainer too. He also cleared a path on the living room floor so I can walk through without getting hurt. I followed behind him, at a later time, and shop vac'd the cleared area. This was done as a way to earn his way to go to Publix to buy the Hot Wheels car he wanted so badly. I explained to him that everybody must work and earn their way to get the things they want. I don't know if he is understanding better now, or what, but he worked! So, I took him to the store. I'm proud of him.
I told him that tomorrow he would have to add to his work, to do a better job, so I could do my job. That's how it goes around here. We are dependent on each other. I am trying to get him to understand teamwork. I can't do my job if he doesn't do his job. He can't go on doing what he wants, if what I need to get done, doesn't get done.
I was finally able to drive the Volvo yesterday. It was not so extremely hot outside yesterday. It started right up! I was so glad. It's such a worrisome thing when the battery drains. It's a new battery, but if I don't drive the Volvo, it drains. I went ahead and filled the gas tank up! She was a thirsty girl!
I checked on the gardenias with my mom on Facetime yesterday. The heat killed all the blooms, but it's still as green as can be. I don't remember the last time I put down miracle grow around them, so I might need to do that this Fall when it is not so risky for me to work outside.
I am trying to catch up on my paperwork that I do. I keep print outs of my monthly and weekly records, and file them in a binder. I'm collecting a paper pile on my "desk." I want to start using the free workbooks I printed out for the school year. I have to look through them and see what applies to us, and make adjustments accordingly.
I still need to get the Volvo inspected prior to being able to pay the registration and taxes. I need to fill out the application with the state to begin homeschool this Fall. Traditional public school starts on August 17th this year. I want to print out a traditional public school calendar so I can try to maintain a parallel schedule as much as possible.
I need to schedule time to take photos of my property for insurance reasons. I have to update my records every so often as things get added and trashed over time. I don't want to relive the time when the RV caught fire and I got no compensation from the insurance company for my losses. That happened as a teenager, and I happened to have lost many favorites that could not have been replaced anyway.
Well, I guess since I'm very much awake, I may as well start working on some these things.
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