A Simple Tuesday, Bills to Pay and Small Blessings Along the Way
Tuesday mornings don’t always come with big excitement, but sometimes they bring something just as good — the quiet feeling that it’s going to be a decent day.
This morning started like many others, with me heading to work and taking care of a quick stop by the bank. I dropped our bill money into the account through the drop box so that later today I can sit down and start paying a few things off. There’s always something waiting on the list — the electric bill, a couple of our Affirm payments, and a few other odds and ends that seem to arrive like clockwork every single month.
Isn’t it funny how bills work that way? Just when you feel like you’re finally getting caught up, they circle right back around again.
I’ll admit, I will feel a lot better once those Affirm payments are taken care of. One of them is from my flight to North Dakota back in October, and I’ve been slowly working on getting that paid down. The other is the larger payment we took on when we had to replace the water tank and pressure tank for the well from Lowe’s. That one runs about $100 a month. Even though it’s another bill, I remind myself often how grateful I am that we had that option when everything happened. Living without hot water — or even water coming out of the well at all — simply wasn’t something we could do.
Sometimes those unexpected expenses really remind you how important the little everyday comforts are.
As for work today, I’m hoping for a productive day. My goal is to make at least twelve saves. Yesterday several people hit twenty saves, which is impressive, but I try not to get too wrapped up in comparing myself to others. It can be easy to wonder if you’re doing enough or pushing hard enough when you see someone else’s numbers.
But the truth is, the best thing I can do is stay in my own lane and do my job the way I’ve been trained — honestly and to the best of my ability. At the end of the day, that’s what matters most to me.
If things are a little quieter at work today than they were yesterday, I plan to spend some time working in my budget planner. We get paid this Thursday, and with my trip coming up in April, I want to make sure I’m putting aside what I need while also making sure every bill gets taken care of.
Budgeting may not be glamorous, but it sure does bring peace of mind.
After work, I have a small mission that I’m actually looking forward to — picking up dinner for Luther. He mentioned he’s finally craving a cheeseburger. Considering he’s been sick since Thursday and hasn’t really eaten much of anything solid, I’d say that’s a pretty good sign that he’s starting to feel a little better.
Over the past few days he’s mostly had things like cream of chicken soup, applesauce, and mashed potatoes, so a cheeseburger, fries, and a drink from Sonic sounds like a pretty big step back toward normal. I imagine he must be pretty hungry by now.
Sometimes it’s the simple things — like bringing someone a cheeseburger after a rough few days — that feel like the biggest act of care.
So that’s what today looks like for me. Work, bills, budgeting, and hopefully ending the evening with a small sign that Luther is feeling better.
Nothing extraordinary. Just a regular Tuesday, moving forward one small step at a time.
And honestly, some days that’s more than enough.
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