Day 2

Well, today was kind of a bust day, since I woke up at 5 PM. Now, my husband works third shift and because this week I'm in between graduation and work starting I've been on third with him. But 5 PM is unheard of even for me. But I've been sick for the past few days, and I guess it decided to really slam me today. However, I did get *some* things done. Like the dishes. And clipping coupons. Because I'm crazy and do that, too. And the house is still pretty clean. So, no harm no foul. I think.

As far as my kindness mission, today was a rough one because I've been laid up sick and Seth is working. My only kind thing for the environment was to hang a load of laundry instead of putting it in the dryer. Which counts for the budget, because it also saves $.50 every time you don't use your dryer. Small, I know, but it does add up, and it doesn't wear on the fabric as badly, so your clothes will stay nicer longer.

The family kindness threw itself at me today. My husband's a police officer. A new one, too. So there are a lot of "initiation rights" he hasn't experienced yet. Today was his first body removal. So he's dealing with a lot. Before he left he told me he'd let me know when he wanted dinner so I'd be able to cook in a timely manner (I'm a crock pot nut, so it's rare that  I actually have to time myself on my cooking). I was on the phone with my mom when he barged in, saying that his sergeant demanded that he come home and change because he reeked of death. He changed, I threw his uniform in the wash, and we started Febrezeing him. After doing the fastest scrub down ever without actually taking a shower he was smelling relatively normal again and I sent him on his way with the bottle of Febreze for his car. I immediately went about defunking the house. Even though my nose is clogged up, the smell was pretty hard to miss.

Later, when he came home for dinner I made sure to let him sit and talk if he wanted and added some extra cuddle time into the end of dinner (he gets a half hour if the town doesn't burn down so usually we eat, clean up, and sit on the couch and snuggle and talk). He left in a lot better shape than he came home in, but tomorrow I'm planning on spending a lot of time with him just relaxing tomorrow.

And I let the cat play with the printer. She loves that thing.

Oh, and that laundry soap I made yesterday? It took the dead body smell right out of his uniform. And everything smells great, now! So I'm a convert.

And my hair actually looks okay today. A bit funky, but that's because I let it air dry. The texture is actually nice and soft.  Still worried, though.

As for being kind to myself, well, I'm about to hop in the shower, make some peanut butter popcorn (recipe here), and curl up in bed with the popcorn, Theraflu, lots of water, orange juice, and cough drops, and a movie. Hopefully I'll pass out. And if not, then I guess I'll move on to reading. But I need the rest, apparently, so I'm going to be kind to myself and get it!

I'm not the only one who needs sleep, apparently.