Today was a buying day. We didn't go to sleep until 2am last night so when I woke up at 6, I let the dogs out and went back to sleep, all the way to 8am. The dogs were still sleeping at that time so I just wrote to my nephew, Robbie. Hubby got restless and I asked him if my typing was waking him up and did he want me to stop and he said no so I kept writing. He was up by 9. We sat in bed and watched some Netflix and played on our various electronic devices.
I was way to restless and had decided while hubby was still sleeping to not go to church today. Now I really should have, I need the fellowship, but I just wasn't having it today. I needed to go out and do some errands today and we needed to go grocery shopping. When I told hubby, he was glad because he wasn't feeling quite well and knew we had to go out too.
So we put away our toys and I fed the animals while he was taking his morning constitutional. I took the rats out, pet them and then fed them, cucumbers and carrots. Then I got dressed and waited for hubby to finish getting ready.
We left the house with a plan. We headed to PetSmart and bought natural recycled paper bedding for the rats to replace the pine shavings the previous owners were using. We also picked out a healthy food for them to be supplemented with fresh food.
Next we went to Home Depot to look at bathroom fans as the hall bathroom fan died and that one has no window, so it's pretty important. It's also the bathroom we have to use right now until we fix, hopefully just, the caulking in our en suite bathroom. While we were there, we also looked at the price of the shower pans ($159) in case our's is cracked. The bathroom fans ran from $15 to $50. Caulking is just under $6. I did want to pick up two tomato plants but we can't afford them right now.
Right now we are going to have to "float" our payday loans again, take out 3 new loans to pay off the 3 due loans and pay one month's interest on them but we can't afford to start paying them off this month. We are one month behind on the internet and utilities. My 6 month appointment with my shrink for my medication check is on the 4th and that is $150. My nightly psychotropic med that I take to help me sleep needs to be called in and that is $240 for a 3 month supply and the insurance company won't let me buy it monthly, where it would be $80. Now I save $20 a month by ordering it through my mail order company but we haven't gotten budgeting down yet to be able to save up for it each month. So we have that. And we promised to pay the dentist $200 this month because we couldn't make a payment last month. So I talked to hubby and we decided to sit down and add up all our debts to see how much we own so we can make a plan on how much to pay everybody each month and the priorities. Just like I am reading about.
We ate lunch at the hot dog stand outside of Home Depot for just $6.50. Yeah! Then we went over to Walmart. We had to get stomach pills, canned dog food, canned cat food and bird for the cockatiels. Technically they aren't called cockatiels, they are called cockatrices. Anyway, that's what we got there.
Next we went to our local shopping center. Hubby dropped me off at Great Clips and then proceeded on to King Sooper's to start the grocery shopping. I would meet him there after I got my hair cut. Now that made me really nervous because the last time I tried to find him in King Sooper's, I couldn't. I got so anxious! I had to go back to Great Clips and just sit there waiting for him to come find me, and I had to take an anxiety pill by the time I got home. So this time, I took a deep breath and started looking for him at the check out stands, heading to the far end of the store. We usually start in fruits and veggies, then work our way over to soda, so soda was where I headed first. I walked to the back of the store and started working my way past the aisles heading toward the middle of the store, when I see him! I was so happy! It was all I could do not run up to him and start dancing. That's when I got some real guts and told him I was going to get some more veggies for the rats and I would catch up to him. And I did. I found him a second time. When I spotted him the second time, I let out a really big sigh, not realizing I had been holding my breath while I was looking for him.
We made it home and then I worked with the rats, Dylan and Zeke, cleaning out the pine shavings in the cage and putting in the recycled paper bedding. Then I held each of them for a little, petting them and kissing their little heads. Then I put them back into the travel cage and took them upstairs to the hall bathroom. I ran some water in the tub then put the little guys in. Zeke immediately pooped, which I am starting to realize he does when he gets nervous. Both of them don't like being in the water and kept crawling up my arms. I got shampoo on Dylan but rinsing him with my hand scooping up water was really hard. I'm not sure I got all the shampoo off but I did let them get out of the tub and dried them each off. Then I sat on the floor and let them crawl all over me. Dylan crawled up and over my shoulder, down my back and there he dropped. He hung out behind my back. I reached back there and petted him. Zeke ran up and down my body, checking things out, only pooping once on the towel. I let them run around for a little while until the got busy cleaning themselves, then I put them back in the travel cage and took them back to their cage. I need to cut some cardboard to lay down on a few of the floors so they have a solid surface to stand on. I put a couple of cardboard paper towel tubes in there for them to chew on, but they haven't so far. Tomorrow I will look and see if I can find some wood. I need to find some things for them to play with like a spool or a ball. The exercise wheel they have is too small for them and needs to come out but they like to get in it because it has a nice surface for their feet. So I am going to find and cut some cardboard tomorrow then take out the wheel. I would like to buy or sew a a hammock for them too to put in it's place. The rat ball is $22 and I need to sell something to pay for that.
Hubby put away all the groceries and in the middle of it, cleaned out and wiped down the fridge. Did a total detox on it, went through all the food and got rid of all the old stuff, rearranged the shelves and drawers. Did an incredible job.
I fed the dogs and the rats tonight, hubby fed the cats. I fed the cats all their dry food. I am trying to step up and take over the care and cleaning of the animals. In fact, I bought scrubbies at the store so I can work on the fish tank and clean the algae off the glass. It really needs a lot of work and I would like to enjoy the tank again too.
Hubby said one more thing, another dig at me, about the rats today and I acknowledged his comment but let it drop. He has been slowly getting to know the rats today, which is good. In fact, he just went down to give them a treat of boiled peanuts he was eating. I think it's all going to work out just fine. And the money will too. I will turn it over to God but still do the leg work. I see a lot of reading the bible, praying and writing in my future.
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