Last weekend was an absolute disaster. I was going through the misery of being sick, having come down with a cold and feeling congested. This began on Friday and ran through the early part of the week before I got better around Wednesday. By Thursday, I was feeling good enough to have dinner with Mr. Clougherty. It was our last time having dinner together for the year as he would begin swimming season soon enough. He was going to be too busy for us to have dinner and we agreed to meet again in April. It was a series wrap for our eleventh season eating together and as always, it was a great time. A good night at work followed which provided a nice road into the upcoming weekend. I didn’t expect a long weekend so I wasn’t looking a gift horse in the mouth with the holidays coming soon.
In the last year, I’ve begun to feel more content and don’t spend as much on unnecessary things. I’ve gotten into the habit of saving my money every month, which is what I need to be doing at my age. Elsewhere, my money goes to groceries, rent, bills, and anything car related. I don’t buy books like I used to and have settled in with the Harry Potter series. I’m still involved in Toastmasters and my home club is having a successful year. I have updated my wardrobe in the last couple of years and have had hiccups along the way mentally. Despite questioning my fashion journey at the end of spring once again, I came out victorious.
I gave five bags of clothes to Goodwill last month and that helped me clear space, clear my mind, and improve my mental health. I have CDs that I will be going through and will likely give most of those to a church or to the Salvation Army. I’ll be digging out my Christmas music soon but I realize I can listen to the same thing on Amazon too.
As I was saying, my spending habits have improved, as well as my priorities and my contentment.
It’s not the end of an era this weekend, but the rain falling this weekend is a metaphor to remind me of seasons in my life coming to an end. Four years ago on Halloween, I was getting ready to move back home from my grandma’s old house. It was a rainy, windy night and I was sick. It was a good night to stay indoors but I was working that night. Two years later marked the last day our office was together before we broke into two separate divisions. We worked our last inventory as office 3609 at a Rite Aid in Lawrenceville, not far from Children’s Hospital. It was an emotional, bittersweet day. The next day, the change officially took place. I worked there for three more weeks before getting hired by Giant Eagle.
November 22 will mark my two year anniversary with “the Eagle”.
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