I had an experience where I ended up up with free credit monitoring and at that time I locked my credit to prevent I'd theft
The peak of my day was getting my official offer for the FT cafeteria position I've spent the past 5 yrs trying to get. The pit was while we were on the serving line at lunch. I work with hateful people in the kitchen that treat me like a retarded 2 year old and verbally abuse and belittle me all day every day. Yeah...this is what I wanted for myself when I grew up. *rolls eyes*
I am assuming at this point my Peak is I am alive in order to deal with this day. I had bought hubby some Wrangler jean shorts earlier this week. They were to the knee or just past the knee as he like - I thought . He wanted them shorter, um ok. Every pair of scissors in this house are dull! But I managed to get a cut on them. Instead of turning the hem inward, decided to leave hem outward as it was easier and quicker to hem. Nope he is not wearing that. Naturally as usual, he must complicate things. Looking up cleaners in our area, as that was my first plan, but trying to save money. I went ahead and put in GPS on phone because I was not certain where it was. Short version- miles later found it. Gave girl all the info, and she even knew was my first time there. What she did not tell me was it would be two weeks or more before I could get them back. Sigh, well had I known that I could of saved time. Left re entered info info to find another. I drove miles back closer to where we live. Oh good cleaners in big letters on the right of me. This place set far back in so that you can not see inside with all the tinted windows. I get all the way up there and guess- just guess. Totally gutted, no one at home. Sigh, well um. My half a sandwich at breakfast was way gone and cleaners are not dime a dozen here. I headed home. What a waste of time and gas. that is what I get for living cheap sometimes. At some point I will find some place to take them, but it may be around two weeks before I get to that
I was at a friend's (Eddie) greenhouse yesterday and his wife (Michelle) was covering while Eddie was on a road trip picking up plants and supplies (Michelle has a full-time M-F office job and hangs around the greenhouse on weekends.) I wanted to plant chives since I seem to be using them at a fair clip these days, and the store-bought stuff is expensive and not fresh. Michelle just handed me (for free) 2 plats of 4 scraggly-looking half-dead chive plants each. These are real small plants that you would put in a 2" pot. The fall planting season is about ready to get underway and the summer stuff is dying off. She also offered me some half-alive tomato plants which I would have taken had my garden been prepared. I wanted to put the chives in a 24" rectangular windowsill planter and decided that individual pots would be best so I could easily bring them inside when the weather turns cold. So I put my shopping list together: potting soil, cheap pots, maybe gravel or some other crock. I got all ready to leave, and decided to see what I had kicking around, since I've been into houseplants most of my adult life...and I never throw anything away. I went to the beat-up shed at the back of the yard, pulled the vines off of the door, and found 2 unopened bags of potting soil just laying on the ground. Then I went into the garage to where I keep the decorative ceramic pots I put houseplants in and I found a stash of the old plastic pots of varying size that plants are sold in (yay for being a hoarder!) I looked further and found yet another bag of potting soil. Then on the bottom shelf was a bag of pea gravel to use for crock, about 80% full. So now I have a couple of 6" pots out on my deck, each with (4) freshly transplanted and trimmed chive plants in them, and it didn't cost me a cent. I also grabbed some 4" pots from the garage so I can get a couple of basil plants the next time I go to Walmart. I've not messed with this before because I know the plants will likely out-produce my rate of consumption, but even if they go to seed, I've still saved money. I may dehydrate the surplus basil. I'm not certain the chives would be worth the effort,although I may find more use for the fresh than just baked potato.
Went to Aldi's and did some prepper buying. I'm concerned about impending inflation so stocked up on canned veggies, canned meats, rice and dried beans. One way or another, they will get eaten. I may buy some mylar bags to save the beans and other dehydrated foods in.
Pit: Sweet young woman (38--my oldest daughter's age) whose posts entertained me for months on the BC forum has died. She was so bright and funny, and now she's gone. Cancer SUCKS. Peak: I'm still here to write about her.
Pit: For the next three days, it's going to be HOT here!. Not like Phoenix, Vegas or Death Valley, but still hot. 97 today, 99 tomorrow and 100 on Wednesday. Peak: Getting ready for a 1-week trip, via nice rental car, to Dodge City, Kansas for rodeo, to meet the statue of James Arnaz aka U.S. Marshall Matt Dillon erected there and do some gambling at local casino. Have never been to Dodge City.
Pit: went to a new doctor today I thought I was going to get pain-relieving injections for my back, instead after an exam the said that they had to get approval first from my insurance company. More waiting!!! Peak: on the way back from my doctor visit I stopped at the Italian deli and picked up a great lunch. ( see what's for lunch today)
Finally today I have those shorts at a cleaners that does alterations ! Never going through this again.
The pit of my day so far was getting up tired and sleepy due to a bad night. My peak will be to go and get the brakes fixed on my walker so I don't fall on my butt.
Made a biga (starter) last night for Italian bread. The pit was getting up early so I wouldn't be baking into the late afternoon...it's a 5+ hour process. This is the peak: