Are you feeling flush?

If you’re anything like us, you’re panicking a bit right now. Those few extra hours you pay the babysitter to do laundry, um, over.  That cafe latte every time you happen to pass a coffee place? Over. Dinner out? Over. Vacations? OVER!

Arg, what is left in life?

My husband rates himself as an 11 in terms of frugality (on a scale of 1 - 10 where 10 is insanely parsimonious) and he is freaking out. I would be too, but if both of us were freaking out, where would that leave the kids? Really freaked out!

So here is where I think the yin and yang of life comes into play.Thank god for opposing forces, and the random element. If life were too predictable, well… we’d all be sleep walking.

When one partner is losing his mind, generally the other is calm and collected. When the world is caving in, your kids are peeing their pants laughing at a knock knock joke. When you have no money to blow on extras, you find enjoyment in the little things.

I took a bath last night. I never take baths. It helped me forget the hair appointment I postponed so I could squeak another week out of my gray roots.

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