Lots has been going on recently. Lots of good. Lots of bad. And lots of downright frustrating. Nothing life-threatening, thank God. But stuff that I'd be perfectly content to live without.
Lets start with the bad so we can end on a good note. Always seems to feel better that way.
Like the pain I've been having in my legs. If I try to do anything on them right now, they tingle like CRAZY, and that progresses to straight burning pain. Searing is the word I used earlier today. To me, the way I describe it is like someone stuck a live wire on the bottom of my foot. It feels like it's on fire and like the nerves are seizing and they hurt no matter what I do. Very frustrating, especially since nothing really makes the pain go away unless it's something serious, which I don't have right now becaue I can't afford to go back to the doctor for a checkup. BLAH. Oh well.
Then there is the car, and how bad it's been running. Still makes it from point A to point B without MUCH problem, but it's guzzling gas, so we can't go too many places without our gas budget jumping through the roof. Very frustrating, especially when the girls are stir crazy, or I need to get out of the house myself. Hopefully we can get it running well again sometime soon. Not likely, since the garnishment won't even be over until at least october/ november. BUT, we will see what happens.
We still haven't gotten our State Tax Refund. Now would be an AWESOME time to get it, seeing as how we REALLY need that money to make it through the next few months. Might have to just suck it up and sit on hold for a while to find out what's going on.
Lack of finances has left us needing some things and not being able to afford them. We make it work, prioritizing the things we absolutely can't live without, and work our way down the list from there. Animal food and cat litter, toilet paper (even though we COULD use other things, with no washing machine i'd rather not, lol) Soap, shampoo, etc, all make the top of the list. Cleaning supplies, like magic errasers and sos pads are at the bottom of the list. We make it work, and that's what matters. Gotta make sure we have gas in the car, the rent paid, the electric paid, etc. I guess it's a good thing I can work a budget. I just hope that my budget skills can manage to get us through the next few months.
Now, on to the good stuff
The weather has started to cool off at night a little more than it was, which makes for beautiful mornings. So we try to get out and run any errands we need to run first thing in the morning. We went for a walk this morning (icky achy burning legs and all) and it was beautiful. We had originally intended to take some pics, but once we got out there, we realized that my legs wouldn't cooperate and we just didn't mess with it. There's always tomorrow for pics, if we all feel better. The exercise is a good thing, even if it's painful for a while.
Despite some crazy BS that happened first part of the afternoon yesterday at the in-laws house, we had a pretty productive peaceful day. I pretty much made it clear how i felt about the arguing, and for the first time in forever, they actually backed off. One went one way, and the other went the other, and they just avoided each other the rest of the day. Works just fine for me. They don't have to be in the same room for the kids to enjoy their company. Just saying ;)
Been playing more games of Warmachine, and not being such a scardy cat when i'm playing. I actually play like i'm on the frontlines, instead of like i'm a reserve unit to come in last. I charge up and just start smacking things around, lol. And the last two games i've played, I WON!! Yeah, it was awesome, lol. Ready for game weekend this weekend. Gotta come up with 10 bucks so we can enter, but they are having a drawing for an awesome book, and for each game of warmachine or hoardes you play you get your name in the drawing. So the more games you play the more entries you get. Yeah, pretty awesome! I hope to get at least 1 good game in. HOPEFULLY we can get his parents to watch the girls for a good portion of the day so we can really get a few good games in. I guess we will see though. But I WANT THAT BOOK! lol.
Since I've been writing more, I can tell a difference in the way I tackle the day. The new way I view things helps too. If I can control it, i do what I can. If I can fix it, then I fix it. If I can change it, I change it. And if I can't, i take it one second at a time, handle what happens as it happens, and move on. I leave the rest to the higher powers, and thus far they have taken care of us. I just have to keep faith that they are going to keep doing the same. We have to earn/ pay for everything we are given in life. And this hardship is just another test and trial on the way to our next gift. :) We are stronger now than we were before, and tomorrow is a brand new day.
I'm excited at the idea that my mom and my sister and her kids are going to be coming up a week from wednesday. :) Gonna stay a couple nights, and we are gonna get out and go do things. They are gonna do most of the driving, and pretty much pay for everything, lol. But they are the ones wanting to come and do it, and who am I to tell them now. Especially when I REALLY miss them. This will be the first time since the whole MSish stuff started. I've wanted a hug from my mama since the day it started. So that will be nice. Sure I'm gonna cry when they leave, but that's not unusual. I just hope the rest of my people can make a trip up to see me sometime soon. Or at least around my b-day. Wanna make it awesome. :)
Gonna do Spaghetti for dinner tonight. Sounded really good to me. Gonna make another fresh gallon of tea and some more koolaid for the girls. Made brownies for desert. And tonight is the series finale of Eureka. NOT happy they are ending the show, but glad i'll be able to watch it. :) Gonna have to go out and buy the whole thing so I can watch it whenever I want to. For now though, I'm gonna try to get up and get some work done around the house. Kinda letting it slip again with the whole legs hurting thing, ya know?
Anyway. Gonna get out of here for a bit. LATERS!
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