Thursday they let me sleep really well, Friday a loud bang woke me up which I assume was her car door next door, and I’m not too sure about Saturday.

We’d just returned from the grocery store when I found that the fish had jumped out and onto the table. Fortunately, they do breathe air every now and then and obviously hadn’t been out long enough to die. He perked up as soon as we put him back in his bowl. I then lowered the water level.

We got our cash card, but it’s still going to be a week or so before I’m a premium OLS member (Online Sweepstakes). They only accept PayPal payments or money orders, and since we don’t currently have a PayPal account, I’ve got to mail a money order to them in Ohio.

As soon as the deposit comes, I’ll be ordering 24 1-ounce oils from Bob, and getting a bagless vacuum.

We sat down and did a budget for various things we want to save for, including the move to Sacramento, of course.

They have these new beds which I think I may like better than airbeds. At least I won’t have to worry about them leaking. They’re foam mattresses with attached memory foam pads. As long as the foam isn’t so dense that it’s too firm, it should be way comfortable. I also like how I can get a headboard with shelves to go with it. It has a raised platform you set it on, and I’ll probably get it piece by piece since the entire ensemble is something like $325. And that’s not counting a couple of sets of sheets and a comforter. Tom would like to get two twins that we could put side by side so we could have the option of sleeping together without my feeling his movements (then all we’d have to do is tape his mouth shut), but we agree it’s economically smarter to get full-size. Then later on, we can add a twin to it which would make it a king-size.

We’re also going to do things like monthly DVD subscriptions and Webshots, but only a month of Webshots. I figured I could do just a month each year for under $3 and get all the pictures that way, rather than spend $30 a year.

I plan to take $33 a month for myself, plus half of whatever we save on the $50 a week we’ve budgeted for groceries, and mostly put it towards oils and Tonner dolls/clothes, though I could really use some new clothes for myself as well. I’d still like Season Two of Charlie’s Angels, too.

I’m just going to enjoy this extra money and the relative peace because I know it’s only temporary. Always, always just temporary.

I don’t know if it’s Mary’s prayers, my spells, the horseshoe, the bamboo plant or what, but I haven’t had to take anything for my teeth in 5 days now!

Later…

My ear started acting up, but just when I thought I’d have to wimp out and take something, it backed off.