Things I did while I was home sick yesterday
Read a book
Took painkillers every 4-6 hours (sore throat - which thankfully did not turn into strep)
Prepared a full kettle of soup from mix found in the pantry
Binge-watched several episodes of “The Good Place”
Drank several cups of tea
Doodled
Read another book
Made a list of Skillshare classes to take eventually
Scrolled Facebook
Scrolled Instagram
Fixed another full kettle of soup - two, actually, the recipe made so much, I had to split it between my soup pots
Please note, two things NOT on the list are doing the household budget and paying bills - both of which need to get done. Too afraid to look at our budget right now - we had set a goal to pay our credit card halfway down by December, and we’re less than half of the way where we wanted to be. Our housing counselor tells us if we want to buy a house, we should plan to “live our mortgage payment” - i.e., budget now as if we’re paying 20% more housing payment than we’re making right now. Can’t do it while we’re also paying the credit card down, and I’m learning - slowly - to be OK with that.
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