CootieGirl is home sick today. Although she certainly doesn’t SEEM sick – she’s been running around playing most of the day. Her voice is scratchy – there’s no denying that, but she should have gone to school today.
Since I have both kids home with me, my ability to work on my freelance gig has been sporadic at best. My hope is to concentrate on it for 2-3 hours tonight after the kids go to bed. I’m just not able to concentrate when I have a kid running in here every 5 minutes asking for juice, snacks, to watch a movie, to switch to a different tv show, to play a game, to settle a dispute, to kiss a boo boo, to play video games, to listen to an impression of Catepillar from James and the Giant Peach (“New Yawk – here we come!!!!”) or to dole out hugs and kisses.
I HAVE been able to write out some bills and finetune the budget spreadsheet that I downloaded a few days ago. I think I’ve got it pretty much all in place, and now we just need to use it diligently each and every day.
In happy news, we finally got our NC tax refund check, which will be deposited tomorrow. And just in time, too, since our deposit for the big beach trip for my cousin’s wedding this month was due!
I’m hoping when Denis gets home that we can get up the rubber mulch out front. It’s due to rain a bit tomorrow and I’d love to head out early tomorrow and pick up sod for the two areas for which we want grass. If we put it down when it’s wet outside, I predict it’ll “take” better than if we just watered it. Which reminds me – I’ll also need to go to Home Depot or Lowe’s and pick up bricks for the border.
That’s about it for now. Busy day – busy weekend to come!