By: Revanche

Good Things Friday (9)

April 12, 2019

1. Friday: JB had gotten up incredibly early this morning which was good but it meant ze was low on patience and energy by the time ze got home and threw an incredible tantrum when I expected zir to follow up on our agreement: New puzzle if ze finished all zir evening chores. I had to hold very firm because ze escalated into unacceptable behavior (screaming and throwing things). I didn’t lose my head or my temper while dealing with it, thankfully.

2. Saturday: We had to take my clothes to the tailor but my reliable place had been purchased by a new person. I was a little worried – I’d never used him before and his prices were really high. But he was very kind to JB, entertaining zir a bit even though PiC was there to mind zir, and even giving zir a gigantic chocolate bar when we returned later that day to pick up the clothes. He’d changed their business model to a same day only model, which was weird, but also kind of nice to knock out that chore in one day. Exhausting but nice. Now I have 3 nice articles of clothing that I can wear a lot.

3. Sunday: JB is really feeling crafty this weekend so we spent the whole morning working on sticking our Safeway Monopoly game tokens to a board and redeeming the online entries (we won a coffee and a Refreshe drink) and sticking stickers to things.

4. Sunday: Discovered a place in LA that I want to go, thanks to Restless Rabbit’s recent report – The Last Bookstore.

5. Sunday: To start bringing down that CPW on my nice clothes, I swished my way around the Cal

Academy in my newly tailored beautiful floor length with half sleeves and pockets maxi dress from Elhoffer Design.

Bonus, I found a new use for my two little cardigans that I was going to sell – the grey and green sweaters work perfectly over this dress when I need a little more warmth.

I’d forgotten how nice it is to have nice clothing that also fits well! It was a luxury I let go when I stopped working in places that required me to look professional.

6. Monday: The IRS withdrew our money (which wouldn’t be a good thing generally but I got nervous about mailing our payment as a check. I should have just paid online!). California paid our refund and the stinkin’ HOA FINALLY reversed their erroneous charges ($300)! That “only” took 3 months of constant emails.

7. Tuesday: On my mission to find some important paperwork, I ended up decluttering a nice batch of old crappy photos. Win some, lose some. (I didn’t find the paperwork.)
8. Wednesday: One batch of chickpeas burnt so badly they went straight into the compost, the other batch was pretty good. Neutral? Then I concentrated on really putting together dinner instead of distractedly doing ten things at the same time and it became rather beautiful.

9. Thursday: I woke up really early, earlier than intended even, and it wasn’t painful. I didn’t love it but I needed to be up early and it was nice not to have to force myself out of bed.

:: How was your week? What were some good things that happened?