Cat had work this afternoon and the boys headed downtown to visit the Auto Show so I ended up with five blissful hours all to myself. It was tempting to spend the afternoon engrossed in a trashy novel or catching up on stuff for work, but what I really wanted to do was just putter around the house and do some things that I’d been putting off.
After I dropped Cat off at work, I headed to the store to pick up something for lunch, then dropped off a package at UPS for Sean. I also allowed myself to indulge in three pieces of Fannie Mae as I firmly believe that indulgences are okay as long as they are of the highest quality and really worth the calories you spend on them.
Then it was home to my best pal Luke who was patiently waiting for me to come home and give him some loving. We cuddled for a bit and then I turned on the tunes and got down to some serious puttering. I loaded up the dishwasher and washing machine, then I got to work on the kitchen counters that were in serious need of some cleaning. I picked up the assorted debris that had accumulated, piled the dishes in the sink, and sprayed some cleaner to loosen up the gunk.
While the cleaner was working it’s magic, I grabbed the stack of mail that was threatening to tumble off the counter and got to work sorting through it. It is amazing the amount of out and out junk mail that we get since we moved to a “better” zip code. If we bought something from every flyer delivered to the house, we’d end up broke. Out of a three inch stack of mail, I ended up with about five things that were worth keeping. The rest went in the recycling bin along with the empty soda bottles and cans that had gotten left around the living room.
Next up was to gather all of the reusable grocery bags sitting around the house. The two I carry with me in case I’m shopping and end up needing bags, went in my purse and the rest got carried out to the car so they’d be there when I needed them. I also gathered up all of the stuff that needed to go upstairs and carried it up.
Since I was feeling energetic and was in a good mood, I decided to go ahead and tackle our taxes so that they’d be ready to go and we could complete the FAFSAs for the kids when the time came. I was a little concerned when the first time through, TaxAct said we owed $1441. However, double checking my entries, I realized I’d forgotten to put in the withholding tax from John’s W-2, so we’re actually entitled to a refund of $1600. That was a pretty pleasant surprise.
It’s almost time to get John from the train station and I’m feeling a blissful feeling of accomplishment today. I didn’t accomplish anything huge, but I got a lot of little and really annoying tasks done. When I get back from my chauffeur duties, I’ll pull together my expense reports for the last few trips and I can cross another annoying admin type duty off my to do list.
Cairn by Cairn 