'On the way to daycare, I stop by one of our favorite breakfast joints and get an iced coffee, bacon biscuit sandwich, and breakfast potatoes. [My son] D. eats half of the potatoes and perks up before he heads into daycare. $10.24'
Was there an expectation for you to attend higher education? Did you participate in any form of higher education? If yes, how did you pay for it?
We had conversations about how to balance a checkbook, how to save, and what credit card debt was like, but it was all very basic. My parents weren't too savvy with finances and they never invested until much later in life. My parents both worked modest-salary jobs and my mom was always frugal which helped, especially when my dad lost his job.
9:10 a.m. — I finish my first lecture and check some e-mails. I dive in on a professional military education paper that is due tonight. In order to get to the next rank in my career, I should do this schooling. I snack on cherries, string cheese, and a Funfetti scone from a local bakery while I do more work.12 p.m. — For lunch, I head home to let my puppy out and eat leftover Chinese food. As I eat my cashew shrimp and fried rice, I place an order for grocery pickup from Wegmans. K.
9 a.m. — Drop D. off and then go thrifting at my favorite local shop. I'm a reformed shopaholic so going to a thrift store every few weeks is where I get my fix. I walk out with a toddler bike, three baskets, six picture frames, two pairs of swim shorts for the boys, two small vases, and a pair of REI swim shorts for me. I round up my purchase for a donation to the children's hospital . I need to get training wheels for the bike so I order those from Amazon .
6 p.m. — We somehow get out the door for the game. We notice it's a little chillier than we thought it would be, so I duck into the team store and get us long-sleeve shirts with the team logo. We don't have any team swag and we come here pretty often, so I feel kind of justified in these ridiculously overpriced shirts . K. gets us beers and hot dogs. At some point, I get a chicken fingers plate . After the game, we head home. Both boys go to sleep immediately.
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