Elvis and I started 'the great purge' of the bedroom on Saturday and managed to get the bed on the wall I wanted. There is only so much you can do in a room that has a wall of windows, a wall of closet and a wall with a door. The rest of the purge will have to wait - for today... I am sick!
Originally I had planned on 'sleeping in' Sunday in the 'finally in the right place bed'. I was up at 5:15... in the morning! I kissed Elvis good-bye since he had to go to work (and of course, that's how I got sick).
Diva was up around 6:30, so I made us blueberry pancakes. Normally it was something Elvis and Diva made for me, but she isn't quite ready to tackle cooking on the gas stove alone yet. She gave me a bird house she had painted in school and a drawing she made complete with accolades.
After an afternoon of watching Harry Potter and rounds of 'Go Fish', Shrugs came over to give me a beautiful hanging plant for the patio. I don't know what type it is, but it is a pretty shade of pink. I have to admit, I was surprised to see him here. He isn't a bad man, and we don't have the stereotypical divorce. We actually like each other.
Elvis got home early (around 7pm, after working 12.5 hours) and gave me a cute card, a bag of Lindt chocolates and a Barnes & Noble gift card. He even joked how hard it was to sneak money to buy it because I do too good of a job keeping track of the finances. I took that as a compliment.
My future star is in a play Tuesday - Ants'hilvania. She has two roles, an ant in the opening scene and a bug/dinner in the last. All black clothes was easy... finding lime green tights to wear under her lime green bug suit was difficult. When all else fails... dye it!
Shrugs is on his way over here to bring Diva to school right now, he's been driving her 3 days a week. Being a one car family is starting to weigh on us. Elvis' car needs repairs, yet again and since he needs a car to get to and from work, he wins temporary custody of my car. We're looking at used cars now, but I am unwilling to deplete the emergency funds in order to buy one right now.
Sometimes being financially responsible can be annoying. We could have credit cards, we could go out and buy him a brand new car... but then we would have credit card debit and another car loan.
On a positive note - my new refrigerator was delivered Friday afternoon. I think I stood in the kitchen for an hour just staring at it. It's by no means huge, but it's a heck of a lot bigger than the dorm-size one we've been using for 3 years!
