Sicko One Again

 Well .... let's start this day off with some good news.  In the next eight days, it's going to rain SIX days.   So much for soaking up some vitamin D to help with this crazy cough/flu crapola.  Here I was thinking it was all the pollen floating around in the air from the last big wind.

Nope ... I'm sick once again.  Not as bad as last time since I'm not nearly as exhausted, but the cough is lung wracking.  It's one of those you can't help yourself ... that tickle in your throat just screams COUGH! You can feel it down to your toes.  

The only exciting thing that happened all day long (because I spent it laying on the couch) was the addition to my larder of another Hello Fresh box.  To be honest, these boxes of food are cheaper than going to the grocery store.  I stopped in at Save Mart for a few staples and came out $150 poorer.  There wasn't even anything I could make a meal out of.  

Here's what's in the insulated box, all packed in green frozen blocks.  Each meals ingredients come in a separate brown paper bag.  The meat is always in vacuum sealed packages BETWEEN the ice blocks to keep it cold.  

One of the things I got when I signed up was free breakfast for life.  There is also waffles with apples and a homemade sauce from honey and jam.  It should be quite tasty ... not that I'm the least bit hungry.  This cold flu stuff takes your appetite away completely.  I will get eight meals out of this $45 box of food.

Though I really wanted to just stay home, I was able to get the two Trustees to show up for more budget stuff, so I went ahead and drove to town.  After an hour of discussions, we finished up the budget ... which now will go to the bookkeeper to input.  There's no telling how it will come out in the end, hopefully not too far off!!

It is interesting to note our minimum wage is now $16.00.  We have had to lay off people because we cannot afford it.  Some, if not ALL, fast food restaurants now have to pay $20.00 an hour.  Can someone explain to me why a high school student needs $20.00 an hour?  Are they buying a big house?  Taking care of six kids?  Do they have loads of bills to pay? 

 I have no doubt you will no longer receive service from humans.  Robots ... made in China ... will be taking orders, giving you change and cooking all the food.  That means even MORE people will be out of jobs!  So how is this supposed to be better????

I hit the door running.  When I got outside, this weird sunset caught my eye.  I got home and crashed on the couch.

Yes there is a lodge meeting tonight, but I'm not going.  My plan is short and simple.  Lay on the couch all day watching Rodeo.  Hopefully I have something a little more interesting to write about tomorrow!!

Cough Cough ... COUGH!!!!!