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I left work at 3 pm on Friday and it was nice to get home early.  I looked through the mail and was ticked that the village returned the check for our water bill because I hadn’t put the date on it.  We also received a past due notice, since they didn’t accept the check.  Grrr!  The check had the month and year on it, but since I’d filled it out early I stupidly left the date blank and thought we’d fill it in when we put it in the drop box.  But bf didn’t even look at it, and he was the one who dropped it off.  And it probably didn’t matter what the date on it was as long as it wasn’t post-dated.  Anyway, I phoned the village to complain that they wouldn’t accept it, and that why couldn’t they fill the lousy date in themselves.  And told them not to charge me the late fee.  The woman I spoke to gave me over to her supervisor, with whom I left a phonemail.  I figured she was gone for the day already, so I left my work phone number.  I got her message this morning.  She can’t talk to me because my name isn’t on the account.  I love how they can accept a check out of an account with my name on it, but can’t talk to me.  Anyway, I phoned bf and he told me I shouldn’t get my undies in a bunch over the extra $4.  Jerk!  Why do I get like this?  It’s $4.  I spend $4 on junky snacks over the course of a few days, and often in a single day.  Obviously I like snacks and not stupid late fees.  Anyway, I now have this fantasy that if I must pay the stupid late fee, I’d love to go to the cashier at village hall and dump $4 of pennies on their counter.  What is wrong with me?!

Friday after work I also unloaded and reloaded the dishwasher, boiled a dozen eggs, washed a load of workout clothes, and went to the gym.  I went by myself, since bf had a friend over.  I had a good workout and, as usual, was glad I went. 

Dinner was pierogi and green beans.  Saturday I slept til 10 am!  I didn’t do much in the morning and early afternoon – read my book, sorted through some coupons, made a shopping list.  I also took the dog for a walk.  BF and I went out for an early dinner.  (I had Hawaiian pizza.)  Afterwards we went to Trader Joe’s and to the market.  We actually have some planned meals for this week.  Not all healthy, but still.  It’s a start.  Tonight will be an egg casserole that just sounds good to me.  Other meals this week will be tacos and salmon. 

Watched some tv with what was left of Saturday.  Sunday I woke up around 7:30 and looked through the newspaper all morning, did a load of laundry, drank tea w/ a biscotti, and ate an English muffin.  I woke bf up to make the jello dessert he said we’d bring to dinner at his mom’s.  We also dyed our dozen eggs.  I use regular food coloring, but I notice the red is not a true red, and so you don’t really get a nice pink.  I might try to buy an egg coloring kit on clearance today for next year.  Maybe the colors will be nicer. 

Dinner was at bf’s mom’s place, with his aunt.  It was tiring – the aunt talks non-stop and the mom and aunt talk over each other.  There were only four of us, so I don’t know why there always needed to be two separate conversations going on.  Sigh.  When we got back home, it was very nice to sit quietly and read our books.  Well, bf and I read and doggy slept and received rubdowns.  I’m reading “A Thousand Splendid Suns” for book club.  It’s not the type of book I would normally choose on my own to read, so I’m glad for the chance to “broaden my horizons”.  But it’s a rather grim story – about the lives of a couple girls/women in Afghanistan from the 70’s onwards.  I’m very grateful for my life in the US.

What else?  I ate oatmeal for breakfast this morning and packed up some more of the brown rice w/ tomato-chickpea dish for lunch.  I also packed a cheese stick, cottage cheese and mandarin oranges for snacks.  I’m thinking of putting a chart on the kitchen cabinet so bf and I can mark the # of fruit & veggie servings we eat each day.  Maybe a competition of sorts will get bf to at least use up the all the stuff he bought for juicing before it goes bad, although I think beets last quite a while, don’t they?   

Okay, better post and get to work.  Oh yeah, the new admin called in sick today.  She’s still swollen and on pain meds from her wisdom teeth removal on Friday.  Better her than me!  (Although I recall losing several pounds during my recovery from the same oral surgery, so it wasn’t all bad, LOL.)