Monday Monday

Peace and quiet. Took the kid to school. Husband left earlier this morning for work. I love Mondays by myself. Although, since it is only the three of us (along with two cats and a dog), it tends to be fairly quiet and peaceful anyway.
Still in nightgown and robe. Thinking about going back to bed and finishing up the book I'm reading...Edgar Sawtelle. Very good book. After reading a good book, I feel let down. The book and adventure is over. Now what? Then I get another book. And it's hard to get into a new one at times. I want the book I finish to go on and on....neverending. It is such a cheap and fantastic escape....getting really into a book. People who don't like to read, I don't understand. If life is getting you down or you are bored, crack open a good book and dig in. You won't be disappointed. The cost of a good book is much cheaper than say....going to a shopping mall, or traveling out of state to see the sites. In a book, you can be wherever it takes you. If you'd rather not spend money on a book, go to the public library! They have tons of excitement there, just waiting for you.
My husband and daughter don't eat roast leftovers but maybe once. So I took a roast and turned it into beef stew. Simmered it with onions and celery, then a few hours later I threw in taters and carrots and half a bag of frozen chopped broccoli. It was great! Husband took some with him to work for lunch. I will have it for lunch today and will take some for lunch tomorrow as well. Stew goes a lot further than just roast. Everyone wants to have a big slice or two of roast, and a few veggies on the side. This way, you get small doses of roast with veggies along with the soup broth full of spices and yummyness.
Tomorrow will be my real Monday. A nice long twelve hour shift. Oh, once I get there it's not so bad. It's the time leading up to it that bothers me. I don't enjoy my Monday evenings. I sit and wonder what will be in store for me when I get to work. Then I start fretting. Then I get crabby. Then husband and daughter think I'm crazy. See where this is leading?
The kid has a scholars bowl tournament this afternoon out of town. So I won't see her until I pick her up at the high school later on this evening. She's always a busy bee. But when she has nothing going on....she does know how to relax. She gets on the computer and plays games or chats with friends (along with texting said friends at the same time), reading, watching tv and knitting. Hmmm monkey see-monkey do?
Doom and Gloom--People are getting laid off from their jobs or are being let go because of businesses being shut down...everywhere! My little burg isn't safe from this either. People are tightening their belts and pursestrings even more. With that going on, the restaurants and fast food places will suffer.....along with stores. Grocery stores might suffer a little, as people will be buying more basics than fancy expensive stuff. But we all have to have food to survive. As a divorced mom of two little boys (without child support...the courts didn't follow through with forcing the ordered child support), we existed on bologna and cheese and hotdogs and peanut butter among other cheap and simple foods. It irritated me to no end when I would be behind someone who had slapped on the counter big ol steaks and potroasts and junkfood....then they'd whip out the foodstamps. Made my blood boil. Welfare is for people who are down on their luck (like divorced moms), and people who lost their jobs from downsizing, people on a fixed income such as social security, people with terminal illness and neverending medical bills and such. And it is supposed to be a temporary thing, until the people can get back on their feet. But some don't wanna get on their feet and back into the workforce. It's much easier to kick back and let the taxpayers take care of them. The system is really messed up IMO.
What can we do about it? Just something to ponder.