Sometimes I am really lucky.
There was a time in my younger days when my mindset was that I could
never even win a coin toss, but in more recent years, I know that I get
lucky. University #2 contacted me and
now I’m on schedule to teach classes all through 2017. I’m delighted – totally. And guess what else? They’ve invited me along with some of the
other adjuncts to complete a questionnaire to assess our interest in teaching
in the doctorate program and to serve as dissertation chairs/committee. I’ve been researching their PhD programs and
intend to throw my name into the hat…maybe I can get lucky again.
Last weekend was great fun.
Sarah had a gig in Shelbyville, so I drove to Flemingsburg and picked
her up. Together, we drove to
Shelbyville and went to her show. I was
like her roadie…which is really fun for me.
My favorite thing about going to her shows (besides seeing my daughter
on a stage performing) is to be in the audience and hear what people say about
her. Perhaps I wouldn’t enjoy that so
much if the comments were unfavorable.
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| Poor lighting for my iPhone |
After her show, we spent the night in a cheap motel. My budget is thin these days…not that it has
to be, but more that I think it should be.
Now that my income is like 20% of what it used to be, I try not to spend
any more money than necessary. It’s especially
important to be strict until I reach the magic age of 59.5 – at that milestone
I can withdraw money from my retirement savings without tax penalties. With any luck, I will not be drawing on my
retirement money until I’m 65 or so. Our
cheap motel room was OK, but it smelled like cigarette smoke, the lighting was
poor, and there were some stink bugs crawling around on the ceiling and walls.
Anyway, the next morning, we drove into Louisville and
picked Erin up for breakfast. It’s
wonderful to spend time with my girls – that’s another way that I’m lucky – I
have three daughters. I could just brag
on them for my entire blog, but I won’t because everyone who knows them knows
how wonderful they are.
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| LOVE these quirky girls |
Thanksgiving is next week and I’ve only had fleeting
thoughts of cleaning the house and preparing a grocery list. We always go to Someone’s parents’ house for
Thanksgiving dinner, but I always cook a big dinner later over the
weekend. Someone likes to have turkey
sandwiches and my girls like to have food over the holiday weekend. This year, I invited my little brother to
come for dinner. He might come…sometimes
he gets too busy with things and doesn’t make time. It’s OK, I’d probably be the same if I didn’t
live with Someone who reminds me that he wants me to cook.
Now that the girls have moved out for college, they are
usually disappointed when they come home and look in the kitchen cabinets and
refrigerator. They claim we have no food
in the house. Of course we have food,
but there’s usually nothing they want to eat.
Erin once asked if we eat anything besides mustard, mayonnaise, and
carrots since she moved out. Silly
girl. What she should have asked was if
I could go buy her some pepperoni Bagel Bites or some potato chips. But she
need not ask…I read her mind.
