
That’s my stepson doing school on his dad’s receiving desk at the family business. Yes, they often have to go to work with him, even when he’s there by himself. This is exactly why I wish some teachers would get off their high horses when complaining about parents during the pandemic. Enough said. Luckily, and I haven’t said much about this, but I’m going to be staying there from this Sunday evening after I drop off Evita until Saturday the 23rd when I get her again. It will be nice for everyone. By “everyone”, I mean me, him, and his kids including the son of my friend that he took in. I’m scared absolutely shitless about what literally everyone else will say if they know I’m taking these steps to move in. Before you say, “Don’t worry what other people will say”, you gotta understand that this is the exact thing that was the exact OPPOSITE of all expectations of me. And even though my boyfriend and I have literally known each other for going on 28 years (long story), it’s almost a given that someone will say we’re moving “too fast”.
So today I got a tune up on my car. While it was being serviced, I went to the gym across the street and updated my membership. I was only able to go to that location with the membership I had, but I needed to be able to access all locations in the country because of how much I travel. My monthly payment went from $10 to $24, but that’s ok because having access to all locations helps with showers when I’m on the road. I can visit the gym unlimited times per month and technically take a shower each time without an increase in fee, but at the truck stops, a shower costs $12- each time.
The gym is more cost effective, but the showers there are only closed off by a curtain in the locker rooms. The truck stop showers are extremely secure with a PIN number that opens the door and changes with each customer.
I also spent 30 minutes on the elliptical machine. Now my gluts feel extremely good! I then went to the grocery store adjacent to the gym. I got a box of BC powder so I don’t keep spending 99cents for a two-pack at the gas stations. Fuzzy socks were on sale for 75 cents a pair, so I got some of those.
Then, I saw that they had an eyebrow business inside the store. They did waxing and threading.
I decided on threading. I haven’t had that done in a while, and my eyebrows are horrible due to my Mediterranean Greek and Italian DNA. She made me pull my own forehead and eyelid skin taut while she threaded. I could feel the hairs falling on to my wrist as she did it. Then when I paid, she gave me a punch card that gives me a free threading after nine sessions. Nice! Because I love punch cards. An older woman who worked at that kiosk also told me that they do lashes for $25. I told her I never really get lashes done. I wouldn’t ever even bother with eyebrows if they didn’t naturally look like Bert from Sesame Street. I knew one girl that went insane with fake lashes. They looked like hairy caterpillars. Another time recently, I saw a woman who had such horrendous fake eyelashes that when she looked down, the tips of the lashes touched the top of her face mask.
That’s too much.
I then went to the veterinarian and got the cats their flea prevention. I gave Alex his with no problem, but Chu isn’t cooperating and so Evita will need to help me give it to him. Since his previous owner had him declawed, he has learned to defend himself with his back feet, which have thicker claws and can really tear you up.
I also printed my driving record and defense driving diploma and brought it to the court cashier to get a ticket dismissed. I also made out a money order for 12 months of my health insurance premiums for 2021 and mailed it.
I feel like I got so much done today. For some reason it feels like I have a ton more to do, and I don’t even know where to start.