$135.69

My change jar was finally full. Three or four years ago Valary gave me this really neat jar that I decided to use as a "loose change" jar. I would put change in it whenever I had so much in my purse that it was almost too heavy to carry. This week I finally got it filled. After a trip to Wal-Mart to buy coin wrappers, it was time to see just how much change I had. When the jar was a little over half full I had counted it. There was around $60 in it then so I knew that I should have over a hundred dollars. When I got it all wrapped there was $125.50 that I will take to the bank. There weren't enough coins left to make another roll so I put $10.19 back in the jar. That included the three Sacajawea dollars and the Susan B. Anthony dollar. I'll just keep saving those. Now I have some "mad" money to spend on whatever I want. I just don't know what that will be yet. I will probably just end up putting it in the checking account to be used for some needed item--like help pay for a couple of loads of gravel for the driveway.

This has been a long week. There has been something every day that I was committed to do. I had meetings the last three nights so wasn't home before 9. I have definitely enjoyed being at home tonight. Yesterday was one of those really long days. I had a meeting at 9 AM and one at 7 PM. In between I was going to get some work done at the library. About 2:00 I got a call from my cousin that my aunt had passed out, he couldn't revive her so he had called the ambulance to take her to the hospital. I am her power of attorney so I needed to be at the ER when the ambulance got there. I spent the next 2 1/2 hours sitting in the waiting room--after seeing her for a few minutes. I told my cousin that I was going back to the library and to call me if and when they found out what had caused the fainting spell. Any and all tests they did were negative and they decided that she was dehydrated, put a couple of bags of fluid in her and sent her home. I talked with her about 9:30 and she was feeling better. Thank goodness! I'm glad this week is just about over. All on my schedule tomorrow is working at the library, doing the grocery shopping, and laundry. Next week is not quite so busy--only two meetings, not three!