Today's prompt is " What is your motto?' Everyday is a chance to make a difference.
It is now 3:16 a.m. here. Yesterday was an interesting day. I spent most of the day moving my personal spiritual library from the old china cabinet to the new bookcase. I took photos of each book in the process for insurance purposes. I decided to reorganize my whole library now that I have new bookcases. They are "new", not new. I did not go out and buy new bookcases. These are the same bookcases I picked up for free some months ago. I just never got around to moving stuff around. I want to be able to have the old china cabinet removed when I get money to have the old furniture taken away.
It was a time consuming process because my house is not easy to walk through, and also because I require so many breaks because my back hurts from bending over. I asked Caleb to help me and he refused. I told Caleb he had to read for 30 minutes and play Adventure Academy for 30 minutes and he refused to do that all day too. He wanted to go fishing, no. He wanted to go to the soccer field, no. He wanted to go to buy candy, no. He wanted to go out somewhere, no. I told him if he did not do what he was supposed to do, he would not be granted screen time on his phone the next day. He made me repeat myself all day long as I prompted him to do his work, while I did mine.
I cleared out most of the books from the china cabinet and moved half of the books from my room to the new bookcases. I will finish clearing out the china cabinet today, most likely. I need super glue gel to reattach a knob that broke off of one of the doors. Caleb will not be getting screen time on his phone today, at all. He has to to earn his screen time from now on. I have work to do every day, and so does he.
I am trying to reorganize things so that I do not have so much clutter. It seems to grow out of nowhere, and I really have no space for all these things lying around. Some of it is mine and in boxes. Some of it is Caleb's and just thrown on the floor.
I have to do one project at a time, until it is complete. That is the only way I will maintain my sanity in this mess we have going on. I want my stuff to be cared for. I do not just throw my stuff on the floor like it is junk because I do not think my stuff is junk.
So this project is "Project reorganize personal library." The next project is to scan my Army medical records that I never took out of the box it was shipped in because it was too much to read at one time.
I still have to catch up on laundry, and wash the dishes. I still have to cook dinner and go grocery shopping. I still have to budget and pay bills. These are just things I have to do that take blocks of time that once done, I will not have to do again any time soon.
I am giving away books that don't really belong here. Either I bought them at a different point in my life and no longer have use for them, or they were donated to me and I never wanted them. They deserve good homes.
It is now 4:08 a.m. here. Caleb is asleep on my bed. Bella is asleep in her crate in my room. It is nice and quiet other than the loud window unit air conditioner that keeps the air moving in here.
I am happy with my output yesterday. I worked until I could not work anymore. Not only did I do something that needed to be done, but I was also moving more as a result! Boom! Two birds with one stone!
Caleb needs some help making responsible choices, and I will help with that.
Also yesterday we went to the Generations Church to pickup our holiday gift bag. We were adopted for the holidays to help us pay for holiday food and presents. It was very generous of them to do that, and I appreciate it very much.
It is now the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Today I plan on going to Walmart to buy some groceries and maybe some gifts for Caleb. I also still need to pickup his medication refill because I did not end up doing that yesterday either. It was dark when I went to pickup our holiday gift bag, and I was tired. I just wanted to go back home. I have to stop and put gas in the Mazda. At some point, I need to put some things in the mail. So, I have a busy day ahead of me.
I still want to get my books in order and placed in their forever homes.
Caleb has made a mess of the kitchen, so I need to clean that up, as well as get the laundry moving.
I want Thanksgiving to go easily on me, so I want to prepare the best I can.
Well, I have some other things I need to get done before I go back to bed, so I better go ahead and get at it.
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