Lethargic Wednesday

I took another Claritin-D last night and slept in until 0730 this morning, but still was not fully rested, just could not sleep anymore. Kathleen got up shortly after I did this morning and asked if I wanted hash browns and eggs for breakfast, I said sure. So I cleaned and shredded a rather large potato and Kathleen cooked the yokes of a couple eggs for herself and cooked up the whites and some cheese for me.

After breakfast, I washed, dried, folded and put away a couple loads of laundry. I read the newspaper and had a cup of tea while waiting for the first load of cloths to dry.

While I was reading the paper the UPS driver rang the doorbell and had Kathleen's diabetes medicine, it has to be kept refrigerated so it came in a foam box with a couple chill packs to keep it cool. This was the first time we used the mail order pharmacy for it.

Normally it costs about $165.00 for a months supply and the insurance company refunds me about $135.00, so my cost has been about $30.00 a month. With the mail order, it costs me $30.00 for a three months supply, so I save myself about $40.00 every three months.

Since no one brought me over some chicken noodle soup, I decided to make myself some, and it does help. I think it must be a combination of the warmth and the saltiness of it that does the trick. I did not cure me, but I did feel better for a while.

I plotted my finances for the last couple of months and I have been averaging almost $4000.00 a month. That is only the last couple of months, but for the four months before that, I was just about breaking even.

Of course, over the last couple of years I have done pretty well. That is the thing with the stock market, some months are good and some are not so good, but for me over the long run it has been very good.

Tonight Kathleen heated up a couple slices of leftover ham, from the men's breakfast Saturday, and cooked some rice and peas for dinner tonight. We both remarked that we are eating less than we were a few months ago, which is good since we are both less active and it is too easy to put on extra weight.

With he holidays coming up I do not need any extra weight, I usually find a way to add a couple of pounds between Thanksgiving and New Years. This year I am going to try to break that cycle.

Well, I did not get much of anything constructive done today; I just did not seem to find any energy today. I think this evening will be rather uneventful, so I will say good night now.