Life right now is crazy. I can't believe how much is going on. Its just overwhelming sometimes. But at the same time, we've dealt with WAY WORSE, and this is really nothing in the grand scheme of things.
We have people butting into our business who need to back the fuck off, we have a car that's about to be reposessed, and we have very little privacy here at our appartment. We have an air conditioner that doesn't work right, and a thermostat that doesn't either, which is causing our electric bill to rocket through the roof. I'm still waiting on my settlement from the car accident, which happened back in november, and i've been out of actual treatment since early march. The insurance company is being a dick, just like we knew they would, but they are about to have their asses handed to them, which i'm happy about. We have a few other things going on, but nothing we can't handle. The above isn't even that big of a deal.
The people butting their noses in our business: Pest control came by today, and of course through a fit about the bugs (which we've been fighting with for the last 4+ years, and we have gotten more under control than it was a few months ago) and then when he left, he apparently went by the main office and told them we had multiple animals. Well, duh? I mean, we did pay the pet deposit and fill out the lease part for the animals, even describing them in the lease. But when he told the leasing agent, Quinn, he had to double check. Ok, that's fine, i can understand that. BUT, when he went to check it, he made a mistake and pulled the wrong file. SOO, when he was looking through it, it showed that we didn't pay the deposit or put them on the lease. Um, NO! And he had the nerve to fight me on it. Basically he called me a liar, even though i was looking at my copy of the lease, with everything written down on it and plain as day. He was bitching because we have three animals, and apparently they usually only let you have two small animals. HYPOCRITE! He's got two full size collies in his appartment, and i've seen them on a regular basis. If that's a small dog, then mine is TINY, and my cats are too. And i basically told him that. All three of my animals wouldn't equal the size of one collie. I hope that made my point. And apparently it did, because he double checked the file he pulled, and realized that he had pulled the wrong one. SOO, in review, he pulls the wrong file, argues with me about it for a good five minutes or so, and then when he realized he pulled the wrong file, he basically said, oh, i made a mistake, sorry i scared you, and hangs up. Next time, if you're gonna DOUBLE CHECK ME, please, please, please, double check YOURSELF FIRST! You made yourself out to be a complete jerk and idiot. Just sayin....
The car being repossed sucks, yeah. BUT, we already have a car to replace it. We have a wonderful friend who is willing to let us have his car (he has a truck) and pay for it out of income tax when we get our earned income credit back. How awesome is that? I mean, yeah, it's a bit of a step back, but not a huge one. Our 2005 sonatta was a piece, to say the least. OFF THE LOT it had a problem with the wiring or something that made it jump when it was sitting at the light. The air conditioner NEVER worked, which is dangerous with two small children and the highs here in oklahoma. It pisses me off to say the least. We had to replace the headlight just a month into having it. And we've been fighting with it starting for the better part of the last couple months, only to have it COMPLETLEY DIE this past week. So yeah, to say i'm not upset to lose it would be an understatement. The car replacing it is a 1995 Pontiac Grand Am. It has a few problems, but for it being 15 years old, it works pretty darn good. It starts every time, lol, which means a lot. The air conditioner doesn't work right now, but we might be able to fix that by just putting more freon in it. We will have to see. the back windows don't roll down that much, and the child locks are broken (but that's fine, because as soon as you start the car the doors lock themselves, and you can't open the doors at all with them locked.) So it's pretty good, and it's paid off, which is good for us. That means that we won't have that much to pay for our insurance, which helps a lot, and we won't have to worry about loseing it to some big finance company.
The lack of privacy is a big one though. we knew when we moved into the appartment that we were going to have to deal with it. But we are very private people. With our lives and the way we raise our children, we do it our way, and some people think we aren't that great at being parents when they see just a small part of that. And i am not body shy around my hubby, so oftentimes i walk around the appartment in very little, especially now in the middle of summer when the appartment is COOL, but not that cool. So i'll walk around in a t-shirt or spaghetti strap shirt and my underwear. Of course, my hubby doesn't mind, lol. But everytime someone has to come by for repairs, or deliveries, or like the pest guy, i have to get dressed. And they happen quite often. At least at the other house, WE set when they came by. We weren't just told the day before, OH BY THE WAY..... Know what i mean? And we have to watch the sound level on the TV and radio and computer, we have to watch the sound level with the girls when they are playing or fighting. It's just frustrating. And with the playground, it's not in the greatest shape, so i don' let them play on it yet. we were told that they were going to be replacing it, but as of yet, there are no plans in action that i know of. Oh well, whatever. And the pool requires a pool pass, and i'm sorry, but i'm not going to pay two bucks a piece to go swimming in a pool that is right out in the middle of everything, and in the sun because it's bad that all of us burn horribly. Especially when i can take the girls up and go swimming for free at Ruben's job, inside, year round, without having to have a pass. So yeah, Thanks, but no thanks.
And with the air conditioner, at least it works. It keeps the house at a pretty comfy temperature (sits around 70-75 all day in this heat) during the day. And it works great at night, dropping the temp closer to 65, which is nice. BUT sometimes it cools a little too cold. And the problem is that the thermostat is broken, and won't shut it off unless you turn it up to 80. SOO, it runs CONSTANTLY, which has jacked our electric bill WAY THE HELL UP. It hit over 200 bucks this month (and that's ON AVERAGE MONTHLY BILLING!!!) Our bill this month would have been over 300 if we weren't. OMFG, seriously? I've NEVER had a bill that high. EVER. I can't wait until the temperatures outside settle down so i can turn the damn thing OFF. Maybe we can get the bill to settle back down if we aren't running it that often. I'm sure we are gonna be paying a shit ton for a while to bring it back down. And i just hope that we can either get it fixed, or get our asses out of here, by next summer. I guess we will see.
the settlement is a big bitch of mine. First off the legal assistant didn't listen to me when i spoke with her, or we'd be a month further in the whole process. That pissed me off, but whatever. And then they sent off the paperwork and got their first response, and it wasn't even enough to pay the medicle bills. OK, kinda expected that, but now we are another month+ into the whole thing, and they haven't come back with another response. SOO, the lawyer is about to send them a letter, and shake their world up a bit more. They are basically going to tell them that they need to come back with an acceptable settlement, or they are going to take them to court. To be honest, i kinda hope they end up having to take them to court, for one main reason. That's gonna make the insurance company have to pay even more. I'd be happy to just get SOMETHING out of the deal. Quite a bit would make me happy, but i'm not expecting that at all. I mean, as long as they pay all the medicle, and put even 100 bucks in my pocket, i'd be ok with that. not happy, but ok. I'm betting that the insurance company is gonna squeeze a bit more out of them though. I mean, they do get 1/3 of the settlement, so they want it to be as big as possible. I honestly don't have a freaking clue how this all works out, and i don't rightly care that much, i just want it to be done. It would be awesome to have it completley done before CHRISTMAS. Imagine if we could get a couple thousand back from that? We could get caught up on the bills, and have an amazing christmas. Here's hopeing, but not betting on it. That's still a few months away, so maybe it will happen. If you pray, please pray that it happens. It would be a very amazing break in the craziness that we are facing right now.
Saturday is a concert i really want to go to. Although, right now i'm second guessing if we will go or not. i need to discuss it with Ruben. That's 100 bucks that we could use for something else. Desiree has her birthday next week ( i CANNOT BELIEVE she will be 2 the 18th. Where did the year go) There are things that Ruben and I wanted to get and do, and putting a little bit in the bank to put towards one of the bills we will have. But i REALLY REALLY want to go to the concert. It's Korn and Rob Zombie. OMFG i want to go! Korn is my FAVORITE BAND, and Rob is Ruben's. And to have them BOTH IN THE SAME PLACE? What are the chances that's EVER going to happen again? One ticket price instead of two? IDK. Just something i want to figure out.
October 11 ( i think) I've got plans to do the light the night walk. It's gonna be pretty great. I'm gonna walk with a friend of mine who is surviving Lymphoma, and we are gonna do it for her and for KORBEN. I'm gonna wear my I WEAR ORANGE FOR KORBEN shirt. He's a survivor. And i will never forget how strong he's been through this whole thing. It's amazing, and very inspiring. And it's made me think a lot more about the good things i've got in my life, and about making sure to make every moment count, because we never know how many we have. He was fine one day, and not long after he was in a medically induced coma, where he stayed for a very long time. Every day they had to fight to save him, and figure out what was wrong. The first time he woke up out of that coma, and said his words to his mama, i think we all broke down and CRIED, for hours. i know i did. So i have been making it a point to celebrate all the small victories, and cherish all the moments.
Today i finally broke down and bought myself a couple new bras. They were having a sale at walmart on the OP bras. Two for 7 bucks. Not bad if you ask me. So i went ahead and bought a set. I'm happy, cause i've needed them for a while. An di've got one to work with most of the things i've got now. I've got a black one for the dark stuff, and now i've got a polka dot one for the fun stuff, and a grey one for the lighter stuff. That makes me happy. And i bought Ivy a Fur Real cat kitten. IT's kinda small, and really cute. And then i bought Desiree a set of three little people. Well, it's actually two little people and a cake. It's a bride and groom and their cake. Really cute, and that's what she wanted. So yeah. We spent a little more than i WANTED to spend, but i've got a little money coming in the next few days, and Ruben made some good overtime, so we had it to spare. And again, it was about celebrating a good first day of school, and the victory of that. I don't feel guilty at all. :)
Tonight is the so you think you can dance finale. It's almost over actually, so we will know soon who won. It's cute to watch the girls. Ivy sits and watches, and Desiree likes to get up and "dance". It's mostly jumping around like crazy and every now and then spinning. But it's cute nonetheless. And Another thing about desiree, while i'm thinking about it. All day today she's been looking for Ivy. Everytime we went somewhere new, she'd ask "is ivy here?" And we'd tell her "no, she's at school" She didn't quite get it. And then she laid down for her afternoon nap right before Ivy got out of school. Ruben had just went to bed, so i didn't mind letting her sleep while i walked across the street and got Ivy. When we came home, she was still asleep, so she didn't know Ivy was home right away. So when she woke up, at about 5:30, and i told her Ivy was home, she literally ran into Ivy's room and TACKLED her. And then she turned and grinned at me and said "Ivy's FINALLY home" It was addorable! I love my kiddies, i tell ya what.
I need to get my camera out and take more pictures of them. There are way to many moments that i want to be able to remember. And i Know i won't be able to with SO MUCH going on, so i need those pictures to remember them by. I've got a bunch i want to get printed. And i missed my chance to get them yesterday. Oh well, i might just break down and get them printed at Walgreens, because they print them up for pretty cheap. We will see i guess.
Neway, now that i've rambled for the better part of an hour, i'm gonna watch the last few minutes of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, find out the winner, put the girls to bed, wake Ruben up, and do our dinner, then straighten up the living room and Kitchen again, and then Ruben will go to work, and i'll go to bed. SO LATERS
LYZ
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