Restoring Balance....

The husband and I decided a few days ago to call a truce of sorts.  I will only have to manage the household that we live in, and he will try and let go of his mother's estate, take a break for a bit so to speak, and revisit it in December to see if anything gets done. That truce, as you can imagine, lasted about 2 days, until the will could not be found and my husband had to go looking.  He found it exactly where it was supposed to be, and then later got a phone call about it not being an original. His brother is still insisting that he take care of the estate. Let's just hope that his stubbornness doesn't cost him more than he's willing to lose.

*sigh*

I, on the other hand, feel a bit better about planning for our family, addressing worst case scenarios, and moving forward. It's my wheelhouse actually. I bought new glasses today.  Something I have desperately needed to do.  It was getting to the point when, while driving, I could't distinguish if I needed new wipers or new glasses. (Truthfully, I think it's both.) I even splurged for real big girl adult glasses instead of my normal little kid ones. (They fit my face better, and they are half  the price... don't laugh.)  They will be in in about a week because apparently they don't stock lenses for the legally blind.

I also priced out dishwasher today.  Found a couple of options, well within our price range.  Which is good, because stuffing towels under our existing one for the last two years is getting old.

I will be training a new employee tomorrow to replace my substitute carrier who will be getting his own route next month.  It's been a long time since I trained someone from scratch, let's just hope he has half a brain and can follow direction.  And if he doesn't work out, I'll be working overtime, which will of course, help pay for the dishwasher.  On the upside, the entire office was flipped around last week and I think I may have found where everything went.  I work a very mundane, routine driven job for a reason folks, and rearranging the entire office (that has been the same for the last 10 years) is taking some getting used to.  Most of all, my being isolated in the corner.

Although the extra space and radio is nice.

We seem to have weathered the storms with minimal water in the basement and no real damage to the ceiling where we have the leaks in the roof.  Hopefully I will be hearing from the roofer this week with a timeline for the work getting done and a cost. And... I was finally able to pay off all the other construction projects that have gone on around here over the last year.  Which feels good.

So... all that to say that I am attempting to restore the balance in my Libra driven life.  It is not often that I have nothing in my life that feels like solid ground, and that ends today. Tomorrow I will put one foot in front of the next, get through the day, and deal with whatever lands in front of me rather than look for things to put in my way.

Maybe, with a little luck, one of the things that lands in front of me,  will be dipped in chocolate.