God, i pray not.
Things are starting to look up. We got a phone call from the lawyers office basically saying that we are settling. It's an amount that they aren't happy with, but i'm good. They sent some letter of judgement, or something like that, and the risk of denying it and going to trial are just too high. If we lost the trial by even 1 dollar, we lose it completely. And i honestly don't think it would end up being more than what they offered, even on a good day. They offered 14,000 total. Basically, that's just shy of 3,500 over my medical bills. As far as i'm concerned, to be completely honest, as long as the medical bills are covered, and we have SOMETHING in pocked by the time it's over, we are good. The lawyers office gets 1/3 of the settlement, so we are looking at right about 2,200 in pocket once all the fees are said and done. I'll be good as long as it's enough to cover the car we have now (1,500) and pay for new glasses for me. That would be great, cause that would be that much extra we would have out of income tax, or whatever. It's money that we didn't have before, so it's gonna be extra either way, ya know?
Christmas is working out great. We got a bit of everything for everyone we wanted to get something for. Christmas cards are gonna have to go out late, but i don't think anybody's gonna really mind all that much, huh? Oh, Nat, if you read this, i need your address cause i wanna send you one, k? It will have to be sent out after the first of the year. Just won't have it until then. BUT, we got great gifts for those we wanted to. So all in all, i'm happy. And anything we wanted to get for each other, we can get later. Especially if things work out the way we HOPE they will, and we have a bit more out of the checks each month.
Today, i decided to make homemade chicken noodle soup. Ruben's favorite. Or one of his favorites i guess i should say. He's apparently been craving it, and since the weather is getting colder, i figured why not today. So it's been on the stove since about 2:30ish. It smells so freaking good. I'm ready for dinner, lol. The girls and I will probably eat here in the next 30-45 minutes, and then Ruben can eat when he gets up. That's what's great about stuf like this. We can eat when we're hungry, and it's not bad because cooking it a little longer doesn't hurt a thing. :) Gotta love that huh?
Countdown to the end of the year is on, and then it's countdown to income tax, and the new car, and my birthday. Lots happening this time of year. And i'm excited to see what next year has planned for us. As much as we've been through, i'm pretty confident that as long as we stick together, we can make it work.
I have big plans for my birthday this year. Not even gonna TRY to have a party. Nobody can usually show up anyway. But i'm thinkin, i'm gonna have Ruben take a couple nights off and cover it out of income tax so we don't lose any money. And then try to get a hotel suite (possibly at his hotel, so we get a super awesome discount) MAYBE. (maybe not, to save money) And get a sitter for those nights, and have an in town vacation. You know, go to all the bars, and grease dives, and movies that we have wanted to go do but can't really do with the girls cause they either cost way more, or aren't kid friendly, etc. Have our little vacation away from everything right here in the city. Sleep as late as we want, stay up as late as we want, go do what we want when we want, and not have any stress or worries. I think it would be awesome. It's a matter of convincing Ruben that's what i want for my birthday. And if friends come over one night, great, and if they don't, it's not big deal to me. Just have a good old time with the one i love, and stop worrying about all the little things for a night or two. That would be HUGE for me.
I can't believe our ten year reunion is this next year! OMG where did the last 10 years go?? I look back at all the things that happened since graduation. All the places we've been, the things we've done, the things we've seen, and the things we've survived. It's hard to believe sometimes that it's been that long, and sometimes it feels so much longer. Ruben and I met that summer. I started working at the movie theatre, and he got promoted, and that day he walked in in his new uniform, and OMG it was love at first sight. We had a lot of ups and downs that next little while, but the following March we were handfasted. It was a beautiful little ceremony, spur of the moment, with our closest friends there. There were four of them, and the two of us, and Christina. It was perfect. Then we were officially married the next year. At that time i was pregnant. Probably 3 months or so along, and just barely starting to show. We had the ceremony at Christina's house, and the only people who showed up were friends of Ruben's. Kinda sucked for me, but it was still beautiful. Got my hair all did up, lol. Got pictures taken, although i have yet to get the prints from it. She says she's still got them, but they are on a crashed computer back in arkansas, and she lives in Arizona. If we get them, great, if not, i'm thinking about having some "wedding" photo's taken by my sister. She's really good at what she does. And i can find something really beautiful to wear and have them taken so i can get them printed and put them up in the house. I guess we'll see if that happens or not. Then I had Ivy, and OMG that was the craziest time of all. We were evicted from the house we were living in just a couple weeks from the time i ended up delivering. Had to move an entire house of stuff into a storage shed, and live in my parents kitchen. Had no car, nothing but a bed and some storage stuff, and that was it. Then we moved into a little house that Ruben called the "ten step house" because it was that tiny. We lived there for a few months, until the roommate we had bailed on us and we had to move again. Then we lived in an apartment. Then came the period of about 6 months of living on peoples couches. First Tony and Ashley let us stay there, then we lived with my parents, and then we lived with Ruben's parents. We got about 2 months in a house in there somewhere, but i don't even really count that. And a townhouse we NEVER should have stayed in because we couldn't afford it. We both lost our jobs, and had to move from there. Then we lived with his parents for the next 2 years. We had all three of our things in one bedroom. But we made it work, and made it fit. Then i found out i was pregnant, and Then we moved into the house on Maple, and that was the first time we were really able to make a place our own. It was heartbreaking to have to move, but we are making the best of it. Then we had the car accident, and lost the house, and here we are today. Of course, lots happened in there that i didn't mention, but that's the big stuff. So of course, you can understand why i ask if there's another shoe ready to drop on our heads. We are living in this apartment. Our lease comes up in march, i believe. Not horrible.
And here we are. Living in this apartment, very comfortably i might add. Two bed, bath and a half, fireplace. And we have enough room for all the things we wanted to bring with us. The most difficult part of the whole thing is not having a backyard (and right now, not even a playground since they took it down to replace it, whenever that might be) I'm content with things for the time being. We've got big plans for the future. Rather they come to fruition or not is yet to be seen, but at least we know we will always have each other, and as long as we are willing to fight through it, we can make it work. Times get hard, shit happens, but it's not about the things that happen in life. It's about the way we handle those things, and i'm proud of us. WE are handleing them pretty damn well.
And now, i'm gonna go finish the chicken noodle soup, wake Ruben up, find a movie to watch, and chill out and start winding down so i can get a good nights sleep. LATERS
No comments:
Post a Comment