The end of the year always seems to DRAG. The rest of the year can race by so fast it's hard to keep up, but when i hit December, it seems to last as long as the rest of the year combined. It's frustrating. I guess it's because all the good stuff happens at the end of December and the start of the next year, so the few weeks before last forever.
Right now, we are stretching ever dollar we can. Being broke sucks, but it's something we are used to at this point. There always seems to be something that screws us over every year. This year, it was the backlash from the car accident and loseing the house. The fact we had to move, and that cost us almost all of our income tax, was a total shock. It was heartbreaking to lose the house. It was gonna be our place. But it's gone. It's not even the same house anymore. Seeing as how the people who bought it officially painted it a different color, lol. It's just not the same place. It's tempting to try for another house in another couple years, but for now, i think we will focus on the things that we know we need and try for a house later.
We spoke to the lawyers office the other day (seeing as how i was still getting medical bills from the emergency room and the accident care and treatment center) and found out a few things about what's going on. We had to fax her the copies so she could contact them and let them know that we are still deep in littigation and that we wouldn't be coming to a settlement anytime in the next couple months. That way they will stop sending me bills about all this shit. And then she told us that Geiko is still being a bitch about the whole thing. The way Ruben and I believe it's going down is that they are trying to drag it out so that they can try to discredit my statements, or make me say something that's going to get them out of paying pain and suffereing. IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. I've had this shit written down since the time it happened. My memory is not that bad, by the way, so drag it out all you want, but you WILL end up paying. The great thing is, we don't NEED your money right now. So we can wait, and for a long time, before we get it. Which is perfectly fine with me. We are sure it will either come in when we need it most, or when we need it least. I'm hopeing for the last one. Because that would be an awesome vacation. Let Ruben take a few days off work, rent a hotel room (a suite would be awesome) get a babysitter, and just have a vacation here in town. Have his family watch the kids, get the room at his hotel so we can get it for less than 35 bucks, and just stay up late, go out to eat, go to movies and bars and stuff, and just have an in town vacation visiting all the places we can't go most of the time cause we are broke or we have the kids. I know that would be a very welcome change of pace. A chance to really relax and unwind. I desperately need a chance for some REAL stress relief.
Ruben gets paid Thursday, so i'm gonna finish up the christmas shopping then. We still have each other and the rest of his family to officially buy for. Hopefully he remembers that we are doing his family for CHEAP so that we have enough to make each others really awesome. (honestly, i'm sure it will be great. We always seem to do better when we have less money because we focus more on the quality of the gifts instead of the number) So hopefully we will make it work great. If not, then we will HOPEFULLY make it up to each other with income tax. I know we are getting a car, since we desperately need a second car with as much as Ruben and I get out and do things that we need different vehicles. That would give us a chance to really get out and do things we want to do when we want to do them, ya know? So we are gonna figure that out, and then we are fixing the car we have now, and then spending some more on other thigns that we want and need. I need new glasses, and i want to get a good digital camera (a good slr) So we will see what happens.
I spent the last week really focusing on the house. Focused on one room a day, and got the ENTIRE HOUSE completely deep cleaned and organized (all but the hall closet, but it's mostly breakable stuff that we don't have anywhere to store it, and the top of our closet and the clothes) Today i started on the clothes. I always forget how many we have, i swear. So i'm going to try to at least get it sorted, and figure out the stuff we can get rid of. Desi's outgrown a lot of clothes, so we can give them to someone else having a little girl (probably savanah) And Ivy's outgrowing a lot of her stuff, so we can try to pass it on to someone who needs it as much, and save just a few thigns that we want to keep for Desiree. I want to get it all organized and put away before the end of the year. That's still a good couple weeks, so i'm hopeing it can work out. And if nothing else we can get another good dresser for Ivy, since hers doesn't work, so we can put them in there. And then get a BUNCH more hangers to hang up the stuff that needs hanging up, which is a lot.
I hate how so much of the stuff that needs to be done requires money. And we are so freaking broke, all the time, this time of year.
Ivy's got the rest of this week of school. Her christmas party is Friday at 11:30 and they are doing lunch in the classroom. Then Ruben's work party is at 1. And then Ivy's out of school for christmas/winter break. Then next weekend is christmas. Then the next weekend is New years and Ruben's sister Cammy and the kids will be up that weekend for a wrestling tourny. Then January is income tax return, and hopefully we get his W2 early like we did last year (since i didn't work it's just his we are waiting on) and get it back EARLY so we can get the vehicles taken care of. Then my B-day is at the end of the month. I'm hopeing we can get all the bills caught up too with income tax so we aren't behind at all on anything. I hate paying bills late, even if it's just a couple days, blah. So if we can get caught back up it would be wonderful. And then for my b-day i want to actually get out and do something. NO IDEA what i want to do, or if anybody else will be able to make it (since they haven't the last few years, blah) But i definently want to go do something. So that's all just in a matter of a month and a half. EEK, it's so freaking busy. Blah.
Right now, i'm gonna go fold and sort some more clothes and get the chicken thawing for dinner. Probably gonna do dorrito cassarole. Sounds good. Something spicy. If you want the recipe, let me know. SO LATERS
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