Yay, so glad it’s the weekend! I was pretty successful with my September goals this week. I arrived at work at 9:15a on Wed and Thursday and at 9:01a on Friday! Woo-hoo – I’ll take that as success. I’m going to reword this goal for next week – leave for work at 8:30a. I think setting a specific leave time will help me to get out of the house – I tend to lollygag in the morning!
I packed a healthy lunch each day, so didn’t spend any money or extra calories on eating out, except on Thursday. I apparently didn’t bring enough food and was very hungry in the afternoon. I had a massage scheduled for 6p and was going to the laundromat after that, so I went downtown and bought a half-price Evol egg and sausage burrito for $1.80 (needed to be sold that day). I heated it up in the micro at work and it was delicious – definitely worth the expenditure and was less calories than the $2 bag of olive oil and sea salt potato chips I was also considering.
I exercised every day, except Thursday, which was a planned rest day with massage (yay). Yesterday I walked for one hour after work including 15 minutes of running and did 30 minutes of yoga when I got home. Today I drove to a friend’s house to get some garden goodies (red kale, collards, a few leeks and carrots, parsley, sage, basil). She wasn’t going to be there to visit, so to make it worth the drive/gas usage, I wore my exercise clothes and walked a 70-minute loop including 20 minutes of running. It was great to have a change of scenery and this particular walk starts with a very long and challenging uphill, so I feel like I got a good workout. I did 30 minutes of yoga when I got home. I’m planning on doing a short workout Sunday and Monday, and having Tuesday be a rest day with a massage after work. This could all come to a screeching halt when work kicks back in on Monday – September to November is one of my busiest times – but, I will do my best to continue doing some form of exercise a few days a week.
I’ve played the piano and flossed every day, but not at the same time. 
It looks like there will be room for me in the beginning French class I want to take, so I’ll be signing up for that on Tuesday. It will be free!
Tracking my spending is going well – I want to start determining my monthly average spending and seeing where I can cut expenses. My next step is to start doing something with the savings I already have. I’m great at saving money, but I’m procrastinating about investing it and I’ve lost precious years of potential growth. My 403B is invested fairly well, I think, but everything else (including my traditional IRA) is kinda sitting in cash, which is difficult to admit. Procrastination (due to fear and poor decision-making skills) is my absolute worst habit and I’ve missed a lot of opportunities in many areas of life.
My only spending today was $3.52 for five local, free-range drumsticks. I’ll cook three tomorrow to use for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday dinner and freeze two for later. I was supposed to spend $2.50 for garbage, but the friendly guy at my town’s weekly makeshift recycling/trash site didn’t charge me because my bag was so small.
this was the sky at my house this evening after a big storm passed through...
TGITW
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I have been flossing every day too!! Except last night when I went to bed with a migraine.
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Jerry