I have a bad habit of keeping a running tally in my head of what I’ve spent and saved. For instance, yesterday I bought 20 dollars worth of lottery tickets and 25 dollars worth of junk food. I won 3.00 back on a lottery ticket. Then, I did NOT have to drive to Jacksonville to be with my daughter while she was admitted for a 72 hour hold at a mental health facility (thank you, Baker Act?) so I saved about 10 dollars.

Today, I re-potted all of my plants in new pots with rocks, relocated some herbs to an ‘herb corner’ in my flowerbed, and installed a sort of mini raised bed herb garden planter at the base of my back steps. I probably spent 2.00 in potting soil, but I must have saved 150 dollars at least by doing that instead of going to a therapist, and probably at least 40 bucks that I would have spent on liquor.

See what I mean? It never ends. Last week I reformatted my hard drive and reinstalled my OS and every single program I own, instead of spending 600.00 on a new computer. But I did spend three days on the project. Did I come out ahead? How much is my time worth?

I’m glad I saved the money on the computer, because our free supply of hypoallergenic formula has run out and my son still does not eat food. I promise I give him food all. the. time. But he does not eat, instead gags and sticks out his tongue until I remove the offending food from his mouth. So we’re going to be spending about 11.00 A DAY to feed the little shit until we can convince him that french fries are not the devil.

I’m kidding. God, can’t the Internet take a joke? I’ve been feeding him chocolate, not french fries..

Here’s the not funny part:

TeenHer is in a county mental health facility. Events transpired at school yesterday that required the school to Baker Act her, which means they can put her on a 72 hour hold in a facility without my consent. I will say that I agree with their action. I have spoken with TeenHer and we’ve told her we love her, and we’ll see her soon. I’m not allowed to visit until Monday or they spring her, whichever comes first.

I’m not going to talk much about it here. Just please keep TeenHer in your thoughts right now. She needs love and support.