Monday, May 13
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gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
Umm, mostly for the day being over with?
Things started with me being angry about the realization that the cut off date for filing taxes had come and gone, and my husband has done nothing about it at all, in spite of me reminding him over, and over, and over again that it needed to be done.
His defense? It was my job, didn't I know that? The tax people we use are in the same town as where I go to pottery on Monday, and it's just "easy" for me to drop off the paperwork. Yes, it is easy enough. I guess I didn't realize that it was up to me.
Never mind that he was recently going to that town too to help our friends empty a house, and he could have just as breezily dropped it off then, and I even suggested it to him, but he didn't, because EVEN THOUGH HE WAS RIGHT THERE, IT WASN'T HIS JOB.
So, the day was just a bust for me, emotionally.
Sure, I can drop off the taxes, while I also try to find cat food and litter, go to pottery, go grocery shopping, and buy this year's garden seeds. No problemo.
So, when I went to drop off the paperwork for our taxes, I hit the curb JUUUUSSSt RIGHT, and blew a tire while I was trying to park. Yup.
I still got the paperwork delivered.
Then we (my husband wan't with me, but we conferred about what tire shop to use) got the spare tire put on by the guy from the tire shop, I drove to the shop, and we got two new tires put on the front.
I'm glad it wasn't worse, I'm glad I didn't damage the rim or anything else, and I'm glad the tire shop was open and could put on new tires today or I would have had to have my husband come get me, then try to do something with the car overnight.
I'm glad we have the means to cover the costs.
So, from there I still managed to get the seeds for this year's garden, cat litter (not my usual kind, but something) and groceries.
The vet clinic was closed by the time my tires were on, so I couldn't get Jones's special food today.
I'm trying to have as many loose ends and food items covered for me being away next week, but also so that when I get home we are not out of everything all at once. So I'm trying to have extra cat food, extra cat litter, and enough food for my husband for the week as well as some canned/dry food that I can take with me since the grocery store in the town where my family is from is VERY expensive and not much selection.
I wanted to have the seeds ready so that I can plant when I get home.
I went to pottery to clean up an item made last week, and add some finishing details, and to put some dry items on the bisque firing cart. I want all of this squared away so that it's in good shape while I'm gone and will be ready for the raku firing day on June 1.
So, I suppose it wasn't all bad, just the bullshit about whose job it is to do our taxes and the tire issue (that at least was not too bad, really, just inconvenient, stressful, and an unexpected expense). It's just really stressful to try and have everything up to date and lots of supplies, thinking ahead for about two weeks (I'll be gone for not quite one, but I'm thinking of the days on either side).
I came home, very tired, very burnt out, and we ate, talked a bit, and then he had to go to bed.
Benin is a country in Africa, where most of the (over eleven million people) population lives at the coast in what is known as the Bight of Benin (a small area of the Gulf of Guinea).
"From the 17th to the 19th century, political entities in the area included the Kingdom of Dahomey, the city-state of Porto-Novo, and other states to the north. This region was referred to as the Slave Coast of West Africa from the early 17th century due to the high number of people who were sold and trafficked during the Atlantic slave trade to the New World. France took over the territory in 1894, incorporating it into French West Africa as French Dahomey. In 1960, Dahomey gained full independence from France. As a sovereign state, Benin has had democratic governments, military coups, and military governments. A self-described Marxist–Leninist state called the People's Republic of Benin existed between 1975 and 1990. In 1991, it was replaced by the multi-party Republic of Benin.[15]"
Once again, the native Kings of this region participated in the slave trade, capturing and selling people from neighboring tribes and selling them to the Europeans or killing them in rituals.
Benin is working to improve it's low literacy rates by making school free to public (instead of having school fees) and is starting to see increases in people enrolled in post secondary university.
Hand in had with the efforts to increase education, the country is making plans for increases in science, technology and research.
"As of 2015, Benin had the 26th highest rate of maternal mortality in the world.[78] According to a 2013 UNICEF report, 13% of women had undergone female genital mutilation.[79] An approach strategy was extended to all areas of healthcare, with subsequent improvement in the health care indicators and improvement in health care efficiency and cost.[80] Demographic and Health Surveys has surveyed the issue in Benin since 1996.[81]"
Benin has coastal marshes and lagoons, forest, and grassy savannah regions. It does have some mountains (the Atacora range). Since most of it's population lives right on the coast, it is very vulnerable to climate change in terms of more extreme storms as well as rising water, as well as desertification of the drier regions.
"Benin imported about $2.8 billion in goods such as rice, meat and poultry, alcoholic beverages, fuel plastic materials, specialized mining and excavating machinery, telecommunications equipment, passenger vehicles, and toiletries and cosmetics. Principal exports are ginned cotton, cotton cake and cotton seeds, cashew, shea butter, cooking oil, and lumber.[90]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin
https://youtu.be/y4CIn0jweuc?si=5_DdX6EG73Ge5XsQ
The most important crop being cotton.
Umm, mostly for the day being over with?
Things started with me being angry about the realization that the cut off date for filing taxes had come and gone, and my husband has done nothing about it at all, in spite of me reminding him over, and over, and over again that it needed to be done.
His defense? It was my job, didn't I know that? The tax people we use are in the same town as where I go to pottery on Monday, and it's just "easy" for me to drop off the paperwork. Yes, it is easy enough. I guess I didn't realize that it was up to me.
Never mind that he was recently going to that town too to help our friends empty a house, and he could have just as breezily dropped it off then, and I even suggested it to him, but he didn't, because EVEN THOUGH HE WAS RIGHT THERE, IT WASN'T HIS JOB.
So, the day was just a bust for me, emotionally.
Sure, I can drop off the taxes, while I also try to find cat food and litter, go to pottery, go grocery shopping, and buy this year's garden seeds. No problemo.
So, when I went to drop off the paperwork for our taxes, I hit the curb JUUUUSSSt RIGHT, and blew a tire while I was trying to park. Yup.
I still got the paperwork delivered.
Then we (my husband wan't with me, but we conferred about what tire shop to use) got the spare tire put on by the guy from the tire shop, I drove to the shop, and we got two new tires put on the front.
I'm glad it wasn't worse, I'm glad I didn't damage the rim or anything else, and I'm glad the tire shop was open and could put on new tires today or I would have had to have my husband come get me, then try to do something with the car overnight.
I'm glad we have the means to cover the costs.
So, from there I still managed to get the seeds for this year's garden, cat litter (not my usual kind, but something) and groceries.
The vet clinic was closed by the time my tires were on, so I couldn't get Jones's special food today.
I'm trying to have as many loose ends and food items covered for me being away next week, but also so that when I get home we are not out of everything all at once. So I'm trying to have extra cat food, extra cat litter, and enough food for my husband for the week as well as some canned/dry food that I can take with me since the grocery store in the town where my family is from is VERY expensive and not much selection.
I wanted to have the seeds ready so that I can plant when I get home.
I went to pottery to clean up an item made last week, and add some finishing details, and to put some dry items on the bisque firing cart. I want all of this squared away so that it's in good shape while I'm gone and will be ready for the raku firing day on June 1.
So, I suppose it wasn't all bad, just the bullshit about whose job it is to do our taxes and the tire issue (that at least was not too bad, really, just inconvenient, stressful, and an unexpected expense). It's just really stressful to try and have everything up to date and lots of supplies, thinking ahead for about two weeks (I'll be gone for not quite one, but I'm thinking of the days on either side).
I came home, very tired, very burnt out, and we ate, talked a bit, and then he had to go to bed.
Benin is a country in Africa, where most of the (over eleven million people) population lives at the coast in what is known as the Bight of Benin (a small area of the Gulf of Guinea).
"From the 17th to the 19th century, political entities in the area included the Kingdom of Dahomey, the city-state of Porto-Novo, and other states to the north. This region was referred to as the Slave Coast of West Africa from the early 17th century due to the high number of people who were sold and trafficked during the Atlantic slave trade to the New World. France took over the territory in 1894, incorporating it into French West Africa as French Dahomey. In 1960, Dahomey gained full independence from France. As a sovereign state, Benin has had democratic governments, military coups, and military governments. A self-described Marxist–Leninist state called the People's Republic of Benin existed between 1975 and 1990. In 1991, it was replaced by the multi-party Republic of Benin.[15]"
Once again, the native Kings of this region participated in the slave trade, capturing and selling people from neighboring tribes and selling them to the Europeans or killing them in rituals.
Benin is working to improve it's low literacy rates by making school free to public (instead of having school fees) and is starting to see increases in people enrolled in post secondary university.
Hand in had with the efforts to increase education, the country is making plans for increases in science, technology and research.
"As of 2015, Benin had the 26th highest rate of maternal mortality in the world.[78] According to a 2013 UNICEF report, 13% of women had undergone female genital mutilation.[79] An approach strategy was extended to all areas of healthcare, with subsequent improvement in the health care indicators and improvement in health care efficiency and cost.[80] Demographic and Health Surveys has surveyed the issue in Benin since 1996.[81]"
Benin has coastal marshes and lagoons, forest, and grassy savannah regions. It does have some mountains (the Atacora range). Since most of it's population lives right on the coast, it is very vulnerable to climate change in terms of more extreme storms as well as rising water, as well as desertification of the drier regions.
"Benin imported about $2.8 billion in goods such as rice, meat and poultry, alcoholic beverages, fuel plastic materials, specialized mining and excavating machinery, telecommunications equipment, passenger vehicles, and toiletries and cosmetics. Principal exports are ginned cotton, cotton cake and cotton seeds, cashew, shea butter, cooking oil, and lumber.[90]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin
https://youtu.be/y4CIn0jweuc?si=5_DdX6EG73Ge5XsQ
The most important crop being cotton.
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Date: 2024-05-19 08:04 am (UTC)