Day 4: Absent Minded, but Thankful

Today I really started to notice something going on with my brain -- I've heard the term "not getting enough brain food"-- now I understand. I left my planner at the office this evening. For those of you who know me, I take that thing everywhere, never let it leave my sight kind of a thing. Then I was supposed to pick up my son from his Speech Meet practice after school. I got home and Brett was like "Where's Noah?" I'm like "what?" Enough said. It was a challenging day. 

However, on the food front, today was a bonus day of sorts. On day 1, I cooked enough brown rice for 4 days. I had measured it out so that I had an estimated 1.5 cups (cooked) for each of those 4 days. Well tonight I got to dinner time and there was almost 2 cups, and I had already used a half cup in my stew at lunch! The revelation stage is really starting to hit me at this point, folks. If I can eat this much food (granted the lack of variety) just imagine what I could do with $60! 

Another thing I've noticed is what a difference it's making to have just a tiny slice of lemon in my water bottle all day. When I get to the bottom of the bottle, the lemon juice is concentrated down there, and it's like a little dessert or something. I never thought I would appreciate a little lemon juice so much! I'm starting to appreciate smaller blessings previously unnoticed!

Prayer focus: Pray again today for the Indian government leaders, that they would resist growing pressures to pass discriminatory 'anti-conversion' laws, legalize and favor extremist Hindu organizations, restrict foreign funds and buildings for minorities, and limit press freedoms for those who protest.

Estimated Savings for Day 4: It's kind of funny trying to think of what "normal" food I would have bought today. All sorts of cravings start coming to mind. But I do love a quick run to Chick-fil-a for lunch, so let's just say I might have grabbed a chicken sandwich combo, on a golden wheat bun with extra pickles (yes!), I think that would probably run me about $5.98. I might have met a friend at Starbucks, where I usually get a tall hot green tea for about $1.60. Add in my normal estimated daily grocery cost of $7, subtract today's actual cost of $1, and I'm looking at $13.58 saved for my donation to the orphanage today. 

My running total of estimated funds saved from my first 4 days is at $60.68, about two months' wages among the poor of South Asia.