A bit of 'rescue' and ...... nothing

Monday, January 12, 2015

I woke up this morning around 11.  It was a little strange - I usually wake earlier, then get up around then, but it is what it is.  A while later, I was lying there in bed, playing on the tablet, when Ron texted me that he was on his way home.  Already??  On a Monday??  Wow.  That is not good - mostly because it probably means this is the beginning of the winter slow-down.  I guess we'll find out.
It ended up being a good thing, because Ruth had asked if Ron could come over and look at her car at some point.  I had already told her 'probably not, because it's Monday' but now I could tell her 'the gods are smiling on you today!' and that we'd be over after he got some lunch and I got my lazy ass up and dressed.

We did what we needed to do and went over there around 2:30.  Unfortunately, Ron couldn't give her good news.  It looks as though if she chooses to fix the car, it's going to cost as much as buying a different (cheap!) one, as well as taking a whole bunch of time.  It would probably be best to scrap this one, and use that money to help finance the next one.  I don't know what she's going to decide to do.  At this point, we've done all we can do to help, though.  I wish we could do more, but...

We got back home, and I put the rest of the leftover stew on the stove to heat up for our supper, which would be in a couple of hours.  Then, I got into Happy Homemaker mode and did up most of the dishes from over the weekend.  Man!  It was almost as bad as the Thanksgiving dishes!  I did miss some dishes that were over on the far counter (inside pans!) and I didn't do a couple of pans - on purpose - but I will get them done tomorrow.  I am glad that I got the rest of them done and put away, though.  It made the kitchen look so much better, and made me feel like I accomplished something today, which I needed after not being able to help Ruth.

We ate supper around 6:30 and spent the evening watching TV.  I sure miss my Monday Night Football already!  But -- I have to get used to regular programming again now.

Nothing planned for tomorrow, just more Happy Homemaker crap.