Some days are easy, some days are hard. Today was and still is a sour pickle, at 6:25 pm.
I feel like an Uber driver with Punch sometimes. After school, I took her to the doctor in Verona [asthma test, flu shot] and drove across town to her friends' house, to drop her off and pick her up. I was counting out 22 pennies at Joyist. It was raining and I didn't change out of my yoga clothes. Soccer practice was rained out. It all felt very stressful and disjointed. I plan to finish today's work here at the Bellevue Branch of the Montclair Public Library and later, at Starbucks. Dan got back from Dallas around 5 pm and we are both under blanket of stress.
I'm convinced that making unwise, frenzied, low-budget beverage and food choices also feeds stress. In my case this rainy stress-ball day: giant "Jerusalem" bagel, too much coffee and Ritz whole wheat crackers with cheese.
TCOY
I feel like an Uber driver with Punch sometimes. After school, I took her to the doctor in Verona [asthma test, flu shot] and drove across town to her friends' house, to drop her off and pick her up. I was counting out 22 pennies at Joyist. It was raining and I didn't change out of my yoga clothes. Soccer practice was rained out. It all felt very stressful and disjointed. I plan to finish today's work here at the Bellevue Branch of the Montclair Public Library and later, at Starbucks. Dan got back from Dallas around 5 pm and we are both under blanket of stress.
I'm convinced that making unwise, frenzied, low-budget beverage and food choices also feeds stress. In my case this rainy stress-ball day: giant "Jerusalem" bagel, too much coffee and Ritz whole wheat crackers with cheese.
TCOY
- 7 am support group.
- 8 am Yoga + Restorative class taught by Joe!
- 40-minute nap on couch.
- Read Harold and the Purple Crayon, copyright 1955. Got it for Punch years back on a press trip to Portland, Maine. Baby food comfort.
- Parking meter, about $2.
- Marcel Bakery & Kitchen, lox on bagel, salad, Wi-Fi, $1 reward discount, 75 cents tip jar, $10.87.
- Joyist, "small" but ample Dina bowl with fresh fruit, $8.
- Starbucks, used my rewards to get a decaf latte so I could keep working on Wi-Fi until our bill is paid, $0.
TOTAL DAILY SPEND: $20.87.
RUNNING TOTAL FOR MONTH AS OF OCTOBER 3: $60.05.
AVERAGE DAILY SPEND: $20.02.
COMPARE TO TWO PRIOR MONTHS:
TOTAL SPEND FOR SEPTEMBER (30 DAYS): $2,214.43.🍎⬇️
AVERAGE DAILY SPEND: $73.81.🍎⬇️
TOTAL SPEND FOR AUGUST (31 DAYS): $2,895.06. ⬆️
AUGUST AVERAGE DAILY SPEND: $93.39. ⬆️
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Harold and the Purple Crayon is the greatest. Did you ever see the TV version? I think HBO made a short series, and we had a DVD with about five episodes on it. LOVED it when the kids were little.
ReplyDeleteHi Eileen....no, I didn't see the TV one..but the book is charming....Punch put it in her pile to donate to the big town book sale, but I extracted it and read it. Kind of enchanting. Love Alice
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