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| shit just happens. a lot. |
| 09.25.06 (5:28 pm) [edit] |
I swear, I'm trying to stay positive, but shit just keeps interfering. The boys having lice for what seems like ages (okay, a little over a week) is making me want to throw up. I'm sure their teachers aren't thrilled either. Thank goodness both DH and Alberta have stronger consistutions and better eyesight than I. Almost all of us getting colds and/or sinus infections hasn't helped, either. We have all escaped mostly unharmed, but it hasn't been pleasant either. Add to that the fact that money sucks (as usual), even worse than usual. A little accounting error has resulted in us being, oh, I dunno, maybe $500 off in our checking account, so basically the $11 in my wallet is all I got. I had more, but I had to buy cat food and some gas. And thanks to gas prices, I was only able to afford three gallons before I got nervous -- there's no way the formula we have is going to last a week. At least we had Mike Keneally's visit to a Mundelein music store to look forward to on Thursday..... except we can't go. Not enough gas money, no money for the babysitter. And we certainly don't want to purposely overdraw our checking in order to go... since DH had a bit of a sideswipe thing this morning and we now have to repair someone's brand-new Honda Pilot. I have been trying and trying to stay upbeat, or at least not fetal, in the face of growing stress and the never-ending financial straing and DH having a really tough time.... but it's starting to get to me..... |
posted by: scubadiva (reply)
post date: 09.25.06 (3:50 pm)
I feel your pain. Although it's just me and the cats. I've been returning canned food items to get gas money and cat food. Poverty sucks and I'm convinced that I'm not meant to be poor. I just don't have the constitution for it.
I'm glad you have priorities. I know some folks that put cigs and booze in front of important stuff. Totally blows my mind. Juggling a family can be a challenge I'm sure.
I guess on the upside, I'm single, so I *could* flirt to get guys to take me out to dinner to eat. You can't. Unless your hubby was ok with it. Since he had the car accident, he owes you bigtime. ;)
(That was meant to make you laugh)
posted by: yirm (reply)
post date: 09.25.06 (5:30 pm)
JT is probably just thankful that it was me and not her who sideswiped the (&^(*& SUV, because I probably would have given her a hard time. Same with the accounting error, which was mine. I mean, I glower at my poor wife if she gets a parking ticket. And because of me, we're out probably $800 between my two stupidities. And neither of us gets our night out, and we don't get to see our hero, Mike Keneally, and I probably don't go to the Cubs game with larger son because I have no money for a *&^%* hotdog for the kid, and I need to get my full hours in at the hell which is my job so I can pay for all my fuckups.
Good thing, though is that if we end up not having money for food (G-d forbid) -- there's plenty of lice to go around.
posted by: JT (reply)
post date: 09.27.06 (10:41 am)
Reply to: JT
I heard cockroaches are a good source of protein. Though if you ask me to even consider that, I'd puke proactively.
posted by: Orange (reply)
post date: 09.27.06 (5:23 pm)
Of course, if you were breastfeeding like a respectable person, you wouldn't need money for formula.
(That's a joke! A terrible joke! From a failed lactater! Who deplores mommy drive-bys and mocks the concept!)
