Market

So, I avoided reading anything about the world markets imploding. Have decided not to look at any brokerage statement for the next six months. Seriously. Why torture ourselves? I heard from someone 'you're OK if you plan to leave what you have where it is for at least five years' and since that definitely applies to us, I felt a bit relieved and vowed to just avoid looking at the steep decline - and instead, look forward to the steep incline somewhere down the road. It may be 'head in the sand' mentality, but it works for me...so I'm going with it.

I had a really bad night - as if my back/hip/muscle pain wasn't bad enough, I added some bladder stuff in for a more restless night. Went to the doctor this morning and he will send my urine off for a 'microscopic' exam (vs. the dip strip they use). And he reminded me that I am still to get the CT scan he ordered a month or more ago - it's on my list for during my week off. I hope. I can't actually find the order but I know it's on this desk somewhere. I will find it.

It was a relatively quiet Monday, all things considered. Getting my year-end stuff filed away and working on setting up all the State funds that we couldn't set up before 'cuz there was no State budget. It will be a busy week. Board meeting next week and a lot to get prepared for that - and then I'm off for most of that week and all of the week after, I hope. Planning to get caught up on the home front a bit. And maybe an afternoon of Jackson or a movie or something fun.

J. is stuck in a lot of traffic - it's after 7 and he's still not home. Dinner is ready (we've eaten). Baking some cookies since I'd already heated the oven and we have multiple packs of frozen cookie dough that we bought as part of a fundraiser. We are 'living off the land' - meaning when J. said he was going to Costco this evening, I declined giving him any list. Told him I've decided to stay the heck away from Costco. Use Smart & Final and the 'regular' grocery store instead. It will save us a fortune - avoiding the zillions of things I didn't know I needed or wanted until I see them. Which I won't if I don't set foot in that place. I can still get gas there 'cuz it's the best price in town.

Don't watch the stock market. And vote Obama for America!