The mighty check of $520 has been cashed!

I put $450 of it on my reloadable visa, where it can await my decision on what the heck I want to do with it.

The possibilities are tantalizing.

And I kept the rest to augment my cash supply. This ended up being spent at Pricemart on mini pot pies and burritos, plus cab fare.

Yes, I took a cab both THERE and BACK. Such decadence!

They didn’t have the mini pot pies I like. The Swason ones, which you purchase individually. Perfect for lonely, hungry singles like me.

But they were nowhere to be found. Instead, they had the usual kind you can buy in bulk, plus some super fancy ones that were $8 each.

They were quite big, though. The size of a large dessert plate. So they would definitely feed more than one normal person of human appetites.

Me, I would have no problem finishing one by myself.

But $8 is a lot to pay for a pot pie, even one that is big and hearty. Still, they have a fancy French name, and if they are half as good as the French (Canadian) pot pies I have had, they are worth the price.

So who knows. Some day I might splurge and give one a shot.

Like the average Taurus, I am inherently frugal, but I will spend a lot on things that I think are worth it when that’s an option.

And truly excellent pot pie is something that could potentially inspire fervert and worshipful loyalty in me.

Instead, I ended up with pot pies roughly the size of half a lemon, and so I had to make two of them in order to feel fulfilled.

And even then, I don’t think they quite hit the spot. It might take three to really satisy me. Which means they won’t last real long.

Oh well, now I know why they were four bucks cheaper than the same amount of Schneider pot pies.

Because they’re tiny!

I’d say they are appetizier sized. Not good for hors d’ouvres, though. Too hard to eat with your hands.

But they would make a fabulous course to go right before the entree. Get people’s stomachs revved up for the main course by giving them something small and savoury and substantial.

I got 6 chicken pot pies and 6 beef. Should make for three to five more meals.

Then there’s the burritos. I got 8 of them for 6 bucks. Elementary mathematics tell us that means they were 75 centrs each, which is about what I would pay for them at Taco Bell down in the USA.

I am a tiny bit annoyed with myself because I thought I had grabbed the Chicken and Rice burritos, but I got the Beef and Bean instead.

I’ve never had Chicken and Rice burritos and they sounded very good to me, not to mention being a little more “summer-y”.

My appetite tends to swing more towards chicken than beef in the summer. And towards lighter foods in general.

Not sure why. Sounds vaguely evolutuionary. Like somewhere in my programming is a line of code that says birds are plentiful in the summer, so you save your beef and pork for winter months.

Or maybe I am reading too much into things. Who knows.

Feeling pretty good today. Money will do that to a fella. So will getting out of the house on a gorgeous sunny summer day, even if all I did was get in and out of cabs.

I actually considered taking the bus not to save money (bus pass = free) but so that I would spend more time out in the sunshine and warm weather.

A crazy notion by my usual form of indolent reasoning, but probably the sort of thing I should actually listen to more often because it actually would lead to a healthier, happier, calmber and more balanced me.

It’s hard to get better when your instincts are all wrong.

Very close to launching my Writer’s Work career. I added a bunch of stuff to my portfolio. It’s not formatted the way I want and I want to add a few more things, so I am not quite ready for ignition yet.

But I will fix all that soon and will then rocket myself into the world of well paid freelance writers who can actually make a living at it.

Dare to dream.

One microscopic downside to getting the $520 – it is really making figuring out what I want for my birthday more complicated.

Why? Because it’s hard enough for me to figure out what I actually want. Now I have to figure out whether I want to ask for it or buy it myself!

I will probably buy the tablet myself. I thought about springing for a laptop. but ultimately decided that I liked the portability and ease of us of a tablet.

Then again, the great thing about a laptop is that I can type on it.

Typing on a tablet is entirely possible, but kind of sucks. Like a lot of writers, I am a creature of habit, and I need a full sized keyboard and a full sized monitor in order to feel comfortable getting my word on.

Or should it be getting my words on?

Writing, is what I’m saying.

I am also contemplating finally buying a current. AAA. popular game. But there is no rush on that. Shadow of War (two years old) and Slay the Spire (this year) are keeping me busy, and when I finish those, I still have that Assassin’s Creed game set in revolutionary Paris to play.

Assuming I can get the frigging controls working.

So what I am saying is that I got options, but I am good for now. I have been lazily poking around Steam to see what’s new but I feel no need to rush into anything.

It’s not like there is a new Dishonored or Witcher game out there for me.

Actually…. I should probably go check.

Close the door on the way out, OK?

I will talk to you nice people again tomorrow.