Catching up on me

Lo and behold, that squeaking sound heard round the world yesterday was me passing my test.

By one point.

So now that the fun is done on THAT module I get to take a break until I am reimbursed and can order my next set of materials for the fifth and final module. This week will be all about catching up on the things that had to go to the backburner while I concentrated on income taxes.

The first thing I did was start reading a book I received from Amazon last week. I have been dying to read this, and had to force myself to put it down last week because I knew if I got into it I would not be able to stop. So I started that last night and so far so great.

Then today I wrote out Ian's thank you cards from his birthday party, which was 3 weeks ago. It has killed me to not have those things out by now, especially since there were so many people who sent stuff who we could not thank personally when he got it. But they are ready to go out first thing tomorrow!

I just got off the phone with a mechanic who quoted us about $500 less for more car repairs than we were originally quoted.

I got some paperwork housekeeping done today so I can get reimbursed from Ian's Dependent Care Reimbursement account. That will be a nice little windfall to have come in, despite the fact that I wanted to hold off collecting that money for emergency purposes/vacations in the future. But with all these car expenses I think the time is now.

This week will be all about getting the house cleaned up. It's kind of gone to pot since I was so busy last week, and since I am married to someone who can't seem to self-motivate and do it of his own volition rather than just stepping over it.

Hopefully this week will continue to get better and better. So far so good!