Today was a road worthy day. It all started at 8 this morning. I woke up and let the dogs out but couldn't get back to sleep. So I read until the alarm went off at 9. Hubby was going to get up and help me walk the dogs this morning but when the alarm went off, he said that he had been up a couple of times at night and at 7 with his stomach and was going back to sleep. I didn't think I was up to walking dogs twice so I just got dressed and went walking on the treadmill.
I went downstairs into the family room and turned on the tv to the last episode of Lie To Me on Netflix and started walking at a brisk pace for 20 minutes. I should have pushed myself to do longer but I figured that was good enough for just getting back to doing it. But I felt guilty about not taking the dogs on walks they really love going on so tomorrow I will take out Cookie and Kira first, then take out Baby. I will walk them the short way around the block to get into the grove of things. The worse part is getting the motivation for it. When Rose was coming, I had accountability for it. I can't count on anyone else helping me now.
So after I finished that, hubby got up and got ready for work. Today I was taking him in to pick up a truck at UHaul so he could go to Doctorate in Denver on Thursday and Saturday. He will be off on Friday. Yeah! So we went by Kum and Go to put air in the back tire for the last time and to get some drinks. They were still having their $1 sale on any sized drinks, yeah! Hubby got one too.
Then we went to UHaul and I waited while hubby went in to get his truck. Last time I just dropped him off and there was a problem with the work credit card and he ended up waiting there for an hour then having to have one of the ladies from the school come pick him up. So this time I waited until he got the truck.
Once he did, I kissed him goodbye and drove over to Discount Tires, where we had an appointment at 1230pm. I was about 45 minutes early but I had brought a book and was willing to wait. When I checked in, they told me that my tires were there and I wouldn't have to wait very long. I got the tires, mounting and balancing and bought a rim to mount one of the back tires on it as a spare, since we didn't have one. I got the warranty on the tires so if they can't fix the flat, they would replace the tire at no cost to us. It seemed like a worthy investment at $7 additional per tire. All together the cost came to $369.21.
It was good to have safe tires on the Saturn again. You could really feel the difference when you drove. And the car didn't shimmy at 50 miles per hour anymore! So since it was lunch time, I called hubby and asked him if he wanted a sandwich from Arby's. I got two french dips and an orange cream shake without the whipped cream and went back to his school. He took a few minutes to eat with me and then I left him to sit in the parking lot to read for awhile, not in a hurry to get back home. It was a nice day and though it was warm, I was parked in the shade and I was comfortable, so I stayed.
When I reached a good stopping point in my book, I drove home. When I stopped in the driveway, my neighbor called me and asked me to come over. Then she told me that she saw Rose and her family come home for about 10 minutes and Rose came over and rang my doorbell. I told her I wasn't home and Rose didn't leave a note, so I didn't know what she wanted. Janice and I visited for awhile and she showed me all the antique milk bottles and 7UP bottles that she had gotten from her parents. They recently sold their property and were downsizing, packing and distributing all their stuff and collections. She asked for my help in cleaning all of them later this week.
I went home to let the rattie boys come out and play but they were sleeping so I watched more women in prison shows on YouTube. Some of these shows had women from great backgrounds that made bad choices and ended up doing crimes. One was a prescription drug addict and she found out her doctor's special number needed to call in prescriptions and started doing that. She lost her marriage, her children and her freedom. Sad. Some of the other women were young, adults but young in their 20s, who got involved with men that were of a criminal element. They lost their good judgement just to feel accepted and paid the price for it.
Hubby came home during his lunch break and dropped off the UHaul truck and took the Saturn back to work. His tummy was still upset so instead of making the meatloaf I had scheduled for tonight, I told him we would just have the leftover Beef Stroganoff if he was hungry when he got home and I would make meatloaf and mashed potatoes tomorrow. My tummy was a little wonky today too and I didn't feel like dinner either. Told Frank when he came home to just eat leftovers whenever he got hungry. He said ok.
Tomorrow I will have the car all day. I am going to go to the library and drop off the Dave Ramsey book and then to the church and drop off the other Dave Ramsey book I checked out from there too. Today I bought my own copy of the Dave Ramsey Total Money Makeover book and it will be delivered on Saturday.
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