The first order of the day was the homeschool schedule. Our son was running two computers to make the NSA feed on the Eclipse. We had a partial ecliipse here on the Western Slope. We saw about 60% eclipse with our telescope. I took a video witht the telescope through a welding lense. The children completed their lessons by 3:30. It was time to do garden work. We worked on the front yard. We finished 75 % of what needed to be done.
I completed my workout. I am starting to sew our daughter's and my Spring and Summer wardrobe. I did the pattern cutouts done this morning, I put up new Spring curtains and skipcovers on the furniture. Dove gray and teal throws for the livingroom. Our bedroom set is bright yellow with sunflower pillows. The are the things that the family deosn't care about until they do. I am always the first one up. This morning everyone was greeted with new livingroom, shower curtains. I swapped our the guest room with our daughter's room. I simply put the curtain and bedding set up she has been waiting. Our son was greeted with a new desk and sofa in his room after he came in from dendelion duty. it was a brutal battle to restock my stores. I am drying the flowers, leaves, and roots.
Today, I received a cashiers' check from a boss that I had in high school. I had worked for a clothing store and the owners had been going through a very nasty divorce. I worked at the store and babysat their toddler for free for many months. he would pay in clothing sometimes. He owed me a very large amount of money when he shuttered the doors. He found me a few weeks ago. I thought it was a scam call at first. My husband and I discussed what to do with this windfall. We decided to put it on my rental so that it will cut the principal down considerably. I called an accountant to determine the taxes on this money for next year and put that sum in a special account. Sometimes. people do the right thing.
I have been thinking about my current employment contract. I want to work for myself. The thing that keeps me tied is health insurance. I back track back and forth on my counseling work. The messiness and inability of people to make lasting change, I can no longer have the stomach for. The system is broken in professional support and a fair wage to provide services. My compassion fatigue still hasn't left. My skillset is suited more to crisis counseling which is emotionally grueling and sometimes physically dangerous. I don't have the desire to meet people at their lowest and put them back together anymore. It may sound cold-hearted, however, it is honest. People think I am highly skilled in this area, I should use my education, the emotional costs are too high. I am finally okay saying I am chosing not to use my education in my field.
