Detours on the path

Yesterday I needed to try to get as much work crammed in before errands as I could, paying work that is.  So I woke up and started working.  Before it was time for errands I was within $35 of my weekly goal and had a $20 job on hold.  That was a lot of work to be honest because when I started I was over $70 down for the week.  And that typically is a day and a half worth of work on this job.  Someone upstairs was watching out for me and tossed me some decent paying jobs.

Then I ran errands.  I debated on that, but the groceries orders had already been placed and I did not want to be out and about on Labor Day weekend.  Not that it helped much because lots of folks got off work early.  Then I came home and unloaded all the groceries.  And then I tackled the $20 job.  I managed to get another job and ended up $12 short for the week.  My budget is pretty precise with very little wiggle room lately, so I hit the computer again this morning again.  On a holiday weekend, it was a miracle, but I'm down to $3.  I might be able to grab something in the next few hours.

When work disappeared at the rate of no new jobs in 15 minutes, I started cleaning out the vehicle.  I needed to move my body and be outside for a while. In the last couple of weeks, with all the insanity, there was a bunch of stuff that was "waiting" in the vehicle.  It was all getting on my last nerve.  So I got stuff out and where it belonged.  I got the reusable shopping bags back into one bag in one place.  I got the little bits and pieces of trash cleaned out.  I generally tidied up the interior of the vehicle so it wasn't driving me nuts.

And as I was cleaning out the vehicle, I realized that the rain yesterday afternoon and last night had a whole bunch of cucs growing oversized.  Now National Pickling cucs taste okay when they're oversized, but I really didn't want a bunch more of the oversized ones.  So when the vehicle was finished, I picked a large bag of cucs.  And then a small mixed bag of tomatoes and sweet peppers.  And then another big bag of pears.  And that pretty much means that I've got more pickles to make this weekend, mixed in with everything else.

So detoured.  I may get back to the garden overhauls tomorrow.  Or I may breakout all the stuff to wash the vehicle and give it a really good scrubbing.  Because it really needs it.