Having one day off is nice. Having two off in a row? So very lovely! I don't have to feel like shoving so much productivity into every minute, because, hey! There's tomorrow!
However, I'm still managing to kill off a good bit of my list:
[x] laundry - three loads of it! Including Ryan's work clothes, done before he had to leave for work!
[x] furniture rearrangement - the file cabinet I bought on Sunday (from a thrift store for 10 bucks, a good 1/3 of the price of one from Target, I am always going to thrift stores first from now on!) is now in our bedroom, holding the printer and the fan, where the crate table used to be. The crate table is now in the dining room, just off the kitchen, holding all the nonperishable snack foods so the "kitchen table" is free for food prep. Yay efficient use of space!
[x] label with all our names (well, first initial/last name combination) affixed above our mailbox so that we can get our mail, and not our neighbor. This sounds like a small To Do item, but it will hopefully be a big help in the long run.
Still on the docket for today:
[o] schedule pickup, combined with minor card reloading and drink purchasing
[o] returning pants to Meijer, mayhaps purchasing a pair that actually fit (>.<)
[o] visiting FedEx/Kinkos to copy some forms before sending them off to the St. Joseph financial office (this will hopefully also include the purchase of an envelope big enough to hold Target's stupidly-large paycheck stubs >.<)
[o] minor office supply shopping trip (the file cabinet came with some folders, but they are extremely dumb and useless)
If I can knock all these off today, tomorrow can be all about getting some WoWing in, after a call to the food stamp people, and that's all!
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Yes, food stamps. No, we're not starving. No, we're not missing bills or late paying bills so we can eat. No, we won't die or get in trouble if we can't get them. Still, it would be a help--possibly a very big help. We both need some new clothes, we both have some debt we're trying to kill off inch by miserable inch, and we have some things we're trying to save for that just won't be possible with the way things are going now. Things are extremely tight, and we haven't even started paying off Ryan's hospital bills yet.
Ryan helped me see it not as taking advantage of "the system," or taking the food away from the people who really need it...but as getting the help the system is designed to give: we're working, we're participating and giving back to society, we just need a little extra boost to be able to keep doing so.
There's no pride or guilt involved. We're just going to attempt a process that could make our lives that much easier, our sleep that much sounder, our breathing that much deeper.
In other news, Ryan has finally turned his cooking experimentation towards one of my favorite foods: eggs. The past couple nights, dinner was some combination of eggs, cheese, and bacon.
I love this man.
Right--last dryer load will soon be done, after which I can set off on the Leaving The House portion of the To Do list. Whee!
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