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Yesterday was one of those days where I can list lots of things done, and it still didn't feel that way, because there's a lot left to do, and because of the things I did 3/4 or 4/5 of. For example, I paid most of the bills, including a partial payment on one credit card bill, but until I sat down to pay the week's bills, I didn't know I was going to have to make phone calls about one charge. So it went from "pay bills," which is routine, to having paid most of the bills and made one phone call, leaving 1-4 more calls and then possibly another check.
Today I am still feeling busy, but also more accomplished.
I have been to the walk-in clinic again (because my GP's office said yesterday that the first available appointment was a week from Friday), and have more ointments for skin stuff. The doctor was pretty reassuring, including that I don't need to worry that I'm infectious. With that in mind, I proceeded to the gym and did a satisfying workout (lots of the usual stuff, no cardio today). Then lunch, groceries, and home to do more of the training for this freelance math editing.
On my way to the gym, I stopped at a Starbucks for a cup of tea. I caught the tail end of the transaction before mine, someone buying a drink with a card. The card was four cents short of the amount needed, and the woman reached for her pocket and then looked flustered, so I said I'd cover it and dug out a nickel. The customer thanked me, and I went ahead and ordered my own drink; I got another thank-you as I carried my tea to the counter to add milk and sugar. It wouldn't be appropriate for someone to expect the cashier to cover it out of her own pocket, if only because that could become an expensive pattern, but I can spare four cents on a random Tuesday morning.
After lunch, I stopped at a fruit stand for a banana. Thirty-five cents, three for a dollar, and I picked up a banana, handed the guy 50 cents, and explained "I owe you from two weeks ago." On a chilly night, I'd picked out three bananas, then found I had 85 cents in coin and a $20 bill, and the vendor had been packing up and unable to make change. I was set to just buy two bananas, but he told me to take the three for 85 cents. He had probably forgotten by now, but I'm happier for having returned it. How often can you buy a banana and happiness for fifty cents?
Today I am still feeling busy, but also more accomplished.
I have been to the walk-in clinic again (because my GP's office said yesterday that the first available appointment was a week from Friday), and have more ointments for skin stuff. The doctor was pretty reassuring, including that I don't need to worry that I'm infectious. With that in mind, I proceeded to the gym and did a satisfying workout (lots of the usual stuff, no cardio today). Then lunch, groceries, and home to do more of the training for this freelance math editing.
On my way to the gym, I stopped at a Starbucks for a cup of tea. I caught the tail end of the transaction before mine, someone buying a drink with a card. The card was four cents short of the amount needed, and the woman reached for her pocket and then looked flustered, so I said I'd cover it and dug out a nickel. The customer thanked me, and I went ahead and ordered my own drink; I got another thank-you as I carried my tea to the counter to add milk and sugar. It wouldn't be appropriate for someone to expect the cashier to cover it out of her own pocket, if only because that could become an expensive pattern, but I can spare four cents on a random Tuesday morning.
After lunch, I stopped at a fruit stand for a banana. Thirty-five cents, three for a dollar, and I picked up a banana, handed the guy 50 cents, and explained "I owe you from two weeks ago." On a chilly night, I'd picked out three bananas, then found I had 85 cents in coin and a $20 bill, and the vendor had been packing up and unable to make change. I was set to just buy two bananas, but he told me to take the three for 85 cents. He had probably forgotten by now, but I'm happier for having returned it. How often can you buy a banana and happiness for fifty cents?
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