Today was a brave day. I had gone to sleep before 11pm last night so when I woke up rested at 7am, I said "NO!" and tried to go back to sleep, but as the fates would have it, I was away. So I got down my glasses and my Dave Ramsey's book, Total Money Makeover, and started to read. I read until about 8 and by then I was uncomfortable lying in bed so I got up and came downstairs to the craft room.
I got the computer and onto YouTube and started watching more Mystery Diagnosis episodes, cleaning up a couple of days worth of email, which means deleting 90% of it without looking at it. Mostly because it is sale ads or Brad's Deals and we don't have any money. And I don't want to find out what I desperately need that I didn't know I needed until I saw it and there was a great deal on it.
I found out it's Cassie's husband, Drew's birthday, he turned 26 today. I have a present for him I just couldn't remember when it was so all I have to do is get it wrapped and have hubby mail it off tomorrow. I also have some other things to send off to Cassie so it can all go in one box.
I am finding Dave Ramsey's book, Total Money Makeover very interesting. So far I haven't gotten into the steps you have to take, just the hype before the meat of it. Telling me that I will have to sacrifice and "Live as no one else will so you can live as no one else will." Live as no one else will - sacrifice and budget and plan for your money, pay off your debts in total, so you can Live as no one else will - live debt free, pay for things with cash, have an emergency fund, live free from the stress that debt causes you. He states that is is a simple, common sense approach and maybe, just maybe, hubby and I are at that point of our lives where it will make sense and we can do it.
My sister, Collette, is in town. After I was done working at the Zoo on Saturday, we stopped by my parents' house and tried to visit but caught mom and dad napping and Collette and her husband , Paul, out visiting his son for the evening. They weren't due back until late. I got Collette's number from them, called and left a message on her phone and left a message with the parents to contact me and let me know when we could get together to visit. Frankly, I wasn't sure if I would hear from her at all as I haven't had any contact with her in the past year, maybe longer. I have called and left her messages, texted her, and wrote her a letter. I called her about when Cassie was getting married but still got no response. So wasn't sure I would hear from her this time either. But just to cover my bases, this morning I sent her a text message. That was as far as I was willing to go.
Surprise, surprise, she called me back this morning and asked me if I was going to be at our other sister's house for the bbq this evening. I told her I hadn't been invited. She said yes you had, I specifically asked if you were and Laura said yes. Sebastian's Graduation Party and Juan's Adoption Party. I said yes, we had been invited to that but I thought it was next month because Laura sent me a text message that the adoption had been moved to next month. But Collette said no, it was tonight so I said we would be there. Then as soon as I hung up the phone, I told hubby and he made a Suddenly Salad Classic Pasta Salad to take. I also grabbed the fudge striped cookies that neither of us like but I got for hubby and he didn't even open them to tell me he didn't eat cookies like that. So the cookies were perfect for the kids, being fudge striped and fudge bottomed. So we were set. I grabbed a power bank for charging cell phones to give to Sebastian for his graduation gift and told Juan that I would make him a special scarf in his favorite colors, which turn out to be blue, white and orange. Told him I could probably manage the blue and white variegated yarn but the orange was probably not going to happen. I'll see what I can do.
We ate dinner at my sister's house, I positioned myself away from the crowd, choosing to hang out with some of the kids in the living room watching Naked And Afraid. Then they got a rousing card game going out on the deck and the kids abandoned me. My stress level of dealing with lots of people at one time isn't good, so I stayed in the living room. I saw Laura twice in passing and Collette only a few times too. I told Collette I would come by on Monday afternoon, after I dropped hubby off at work, then said good bye to Laura. and all the kids.
When hubby and I got home, I took an anxiety pill because I was stressing over not being more social in the family situation but Laura and all the kids is pretty overwhelming to me. I can handle it at the Zoo, because I am doing something the guests and kids all want to see and I focus on one person at a time. Kind of hard to do that with my family. And trying to have a conversation with anybody while all this activity is going on is really beyond me at this point anymore.
We got the beasties fed, I watched a couple of Mystery Diagnosis episodes and then we headed upstairs. Since I have moved my computer downstairs to the craft room table, I am finding that I am relaxing more upstairs. I watch tv, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime. I read and I crochet. I am not hanging out in bed all day anymore. I don't know if it is coming off one of my psychotropics, Geodon, the increased exercise or the higher level of human interaction, but I am mentally in a very good state and usually wake up refreshed and happy. Even if I want to sleep in, I 'm not sleeping in half the day. Lately I have been awake by 9. Last Sunday was the latest I slept in and that was 1030.
I weighed myself this morning and I was at 183.5 after eating my container of yogurt and drinking a can of Pepsi, so the walking and only eating when I am hungry is working too. And when I eat, I've been eating good food, fruits, veggies, salad, chicken, Beef Stroganoff, one of my specialties! And I am will to try a taco bake so I can see if I can eat ground beef again. I'm even having a desire to cook again! Hubby sure like that!
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