A Break
This afternoon, I did something totally irresponsible. Kris & I just took off and went shopping in Nashville. Just like we didn’t have any homework we should be doing. One of the places we went to was Office Depot and we got some awesome deals. They were having 75% off the clearance prices. So I spent less than $5 on stuff that would have cost at least $40 at full price. True to my roots, there’s nothing quite so thrilling as a great deal. We went to several other places.
I think that we’ve kind of lost heart for shopping like we once had…at least today we did. It’s a little hard to be an enthusiastic shopper when the next tuition bill looms right around the corner. (Kris wasn’t feeling the best either. She may be catching the 24-hour flu. Jolene had it yesterday and today. Martin seems to be coming down with it this evening, as does Kris.)
Back when Sara had started WKU, one semester before Kris and two semesters before I started, Kris & I would often go shopping and couldn’t quite understand why she couldn’t just take off and go shopping with us. She told us to just wait, because eventually we would understand.
And, boy, do I ever understand now. Now I’m the one that enters my basement on the weekend like it’s a gopher hole and only come up for air when I need groceries or to go to church. There are a few occasions that I come up for something other than that but it’s not real often.
Just the other weekend, my boss was out of town for the weekend and asked me if the sun was out over the weekend. I hadn’t a clue because I hadn’t been outside in daylight. With only three windows in the basement that are all below ground level, it’s kinda hard to watch the weather. If the inside sump pump is overly active, I assume it’s raining. If I hear thunder, I assume it’s storming. If the electricity goes out, I’m pretty sure it’s storming.
It was great to have an extra day off. All day long I kept thinking that it was Saturday. So now I get another one tomorrow. What bliss!
I think that we’ve kind of lost heart for shopping like we once had…at least today we did. It’s a little hard to be an enthusiastic shopper when the next tuition bill looms right around the corner. (Kris wasn’t feeling the best either. She may be catching the 24-hour flu. Jolene had it yesterday and today. Martin seems to be coming down with it this evening, as does Kris.)
Back when Sara had started WKU, one semester before Kris and two semesters before I started, Kris & I would often go shopping and couldn’t quite understand why she couldn’t just take off and go shopping with us. She told us to just wait, because eventually we would understand.
And, boy, do I ever understand now. Now I’m the one that enters my basement on the weekend like it’s a gopher hole and only come up for air when I need groceries or to go to church. There are a few occasions that I come up for something other than that but it’s not real often.
Just the other weekend, my boss was out of town for the weekend and asked me if the sun was out over the weekend. I hadn’t a clue because I hadn’t been outside in daylight. With only three windows in the basement that are all below ground level, it’s kinda hard to watch the weather. If the inside sump pump is overly active, I assume it’s raining. If I hear thunder, I assume it’s storming. If the electricity goes out, I’m pretty sure it’s storming.
It was great to have an extra day off. All day long I kept thinking that it was Saturday. So now I get another one tomorrow. What bliss!
posted by Sharon @ 9:58 PM
0 comments
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home