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Monday, December 21st, 2009
7:34 pm	We're home :) Danaerys Leigh was born on Friday, December 18th at 5:43 pm. She weighed 6 lbs 14 oz and was 19 inches long. She's completely healthy, despite several issues/surprises during my pregnancy, and is now home and doing great. :) And for any that are wondering, I'm doing fine too. :) Current Mood: happy (12 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
6:07 pm	Eep! Little baby Dani is going to be born TOMORROW, five days sooner than originally scheduled. My fluids are low (I totally feel like a car with engine troubles every time I say that), and while this isn't an immediate threat it's caused them to decide that waiting until this coming week doesn't make any sense (I'm 38 weeks and 5 days along today, so we're plenty far enough). So yeah - at 3:30 or so tomorrow we're welcoming our new little one. On one hand I'm glad for it to be over sooner than expected. On the other, I'm REALLY not looking forward to going through all that again - especially the no food after midnight thing. That's going to KILL me, waiting that long to be able to eat anything. Hopefully I can sleep in really late tomorrow so it won't make it so bad. Fingers crossed! Wish me luck! PS - My bosses are AWESOME for being completely understanding and telling me not to worry and focus on my family. I love them!!! :) (I was originally scheduled to work 9 hours tomorrow, and since it's a Friday they'll need all the help they can get. My previous boss would've blamed me, as if I somehow orchestrated this. These bosses are at least understanding and concerned more with me than with being a little short handed. God, I love my job!). Current Mood: nervous (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
12:58 pm	USPS can bite me So I waited for a year (literally) for an ex coworker (coworker at the time I loaned it to her) to return a book. She FINALLY does, having ordered it off Amazon (at my suggestion). And USPS loses the freakin' package. They said it was delivered on 11/2, but we've gotten nothing. So I've put in a complaint (after struggling with their automated services for over 10 minutes to get a live person), and have been told somebody will contact me within two business days (and I'm sure at a time when I'll be at work and can't answer my phone). And I can just imagine what will be said. "Our records say we delivered it to your address. Sorry about your luck." So I'm STILL out a freakin' book. The mail carriers here are notorious for delivering things incorrectly (we get other people's mail quite often), so it's probably sitting in someone else's box right now. Who knows if/when we'll ever see it. (I don't know/trust our neighbors enough to think they might actually bother to pass it on to us). It pisses me off SO MUCH. I FINALLY got her to get it back to me, and this is what happens. So we're STILL out the damn book, plus any money we'll have to spend to buy ANOTHER freakin' copy of the thing. UGH!!! Finally updating this: Later on that afternoon, we were coming back from somewhere and there was a package sitting on our porch. Apparently one of our neighbors is a decent person (I don't know who) and brought it to us. So the book is in our possession after all. USPS never did call me. I can hardly say I'm surprised. Current Mood: pissed off (Comment on this)
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
11:49 am	I got the job! Okay, so it's part time (27 hours a week). And it's just as a trainee since I have no experience. But it's a permanent (so long as I don't screw up), paying job. And it's with a company that 1) has great people, 2) has great benefits, and 3) promotes from within. (And it's a credit union, so I doubt their business is going to slow down to the point of having a bunch of layoffs - they haven't yet, which is a good sign). I start officially on 10/19. At least, that's when the (paid) training starts. It lasts through 10/27, at which time I guess I'll start picking up hours at the credit union itself. Should be interesting. Apparently it doesn't take too long to go up in MSR levels, and with that comes more pay. Always a plus. I was a little worried about making enough at it to cover everything bill-wise, but it looks like that won't be a problem (with a little belt tightening, which we're used to). So yay! :) Now if I could only get my dad to get serious about the job hunt and get something, everything would be great. Current Mood: ecstatic (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
10:13 pm	O.o My ex husband is engaged to be married. And trying to have a kid with his future Mrs. It's all so surreal. O.o He's such a big kid. It seems odd that he's actually TRYING to be in a position to take care of someone other than himself. I wonder how *that's* going to work out. Oh well. Not my problem anymore. Thank God! Still...weird. Current Mood: surprised (Comment on this)
Monday, August 24th, 2009
6:10 pm	The new arrival we're expecting... It's a girl. :) Current Mood: content (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
6:46 am	Just a quick one today... ...and only that because Baby Girl had a bad dream and got me up 45 minutes early. :( A few updates: 1. No job for Dad still. He was working that 12-hour soda can one for about 2 days, and they called the temp place and said they didn't want him back. They didn't say why, but Dad's convinced he screwed up somehow. He cried. I felt awful about that. I tried to convince him that maybe they just changed their minds, but he's not buying it. And to be honest, neither do I. I think they were just jerks. So he's still looking, though that mostly consists of putting in for 2 jobs a week (per unemployment guidelines) and never calling anyone to follow up. *Eyeroll* I tell him he needs to call people back, but he tunes me out and never bothers. *Sigh* Not sure what I'm going to do with him. 1a. The second day on that two-day job he had just left for work when he got a call about a job at a local department store (it was for janitorial or night stock or something). He called back the next day and left a message (the lady was out for the day). By the time she called him back the following day (two days after her original call), she had already hired someone else. The bitch. >:( That would've been a full time job, too. It's the only one he's heard about (the only job that wasn't temporary or seasonal or whatever). The hunt continues. 2. *My* job is only temporary, as well. They said they'd need me "at least until the end of August", which could mean I have work for months. Or it could mean I don't. I'm not sure. Either way, they have no plans to make that a permanent spot right now. So I'm still looking as well. I've got a skill assessment at the credit union's HQ on Monday (only waiting that long 'cause I have to work through lunches a lot this week to make up time I missed for a doctor appointment yesterday) for a few teller jobs they have open at a few of their branches, but I don't know if I'll qualify for those jobs. They're looking for upper-level MSRs (which stands for Member Service Reps, I believe), but would "consider all levels". I'm level 0, so yeah...not sure how flexible they'll be on that. I'll do the assessment, and they'll send it off to the managers of those branches and see what they think. Maybe I'll get an interview, maybe I won't. We'll see. Either way, it might be a leg in the door, as I'm guessing not all of the 300-some applicants they get (PER MONTH!!!) don't get to the assessment part of the process. It gives me hope. We'll see if that's false hope or not. They have a few part time positions open, as well, but I don't think they'd pay enough for me to get by with them until something else came along. It's something I'm considering (if the full time ones don't work out), but not my first choice. Definitely better than nothing, though probably not by much. We'll see. 3. Hubby started back to work TODAY! YAAAAAY!!! He's working at a site in Columbus. It's about 1:15 from here. Sucky trip, but he's not complaining (and neither am I). He called his boss on Monday and they said they were moving materials out to the site of a new job, so he'd probably be calling people back in a week or so. We've been told they'd "probably be calling people soon" for several months, but the "moving materials" thing was new, so we thought maybe this was it. We just didn't expect to hear back so soon! I tell you, the $18+ an hour (before travel reimbursement) will DEFINITELY be nice! And I've vowed to use the extra money we won't need for bills to build our savings back up (and maybe pay a few things down faster, if I can manage both)...and I mean it this time! :) 4. No gestational diabetes for me! Wooo!!! Blood test came back clean! :) Ultrasound in two weeks - we'll finally know what "flavor" (that's how my dad always says it) it is. Can't wait! I just hope the little one cooperates and gives us a good view. That's about it for now. Dad's here to drive me to work, so I gotta finish breakfast and get going. Current Mood: content (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
7:08 pm	Happy 3rd birthday sweetie! Happy 3rd birthday, Baby Girl. I hope it's fantastic! I love you so much, and I'm so proud of you! Current Mood: happy (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
6:53 pm	High hopes My dad just called. He got a job. It's third shift, which he loves, and he'll make about what he was when he was laid off, give or take a bit. Thing is, right now it's only temporary. I'm really hoping it goes full time for him, but he doesn't yet know what'll happen. I'm kind of guessing it might, due to the nature of the job. He'll be performing QC on pop can lids. Yeah... 12 hours a day of that. I'd stab my eyes out. He says it sounds boring, but it's WORK. That makes it desirable. I have to agree. The reason I think it'll go permanent is just because of what it is. It's pop can lids. I'm guessing that any company that performs QC on pop can lids a) does it all the time and b) won't suddenly have this surge of extra lids they need to hire a temp on for. I could be wrong. It's happened before. But it just seems to me like something they'd need all the time. Although, I just thought of something else. They might be hiring for a while because their usual person is out on leave or something. Gah... Well, either way, at least it's something. It'll be a few weeks or months or whatever (he doesn't know exactly how long yet) where he won't have to worry about unemployment. Which means he'll have longer to find something permanent before it runs out. This makes me happy on several levels. I just really really really hope that it's something that could go permanent - that they're giving him a test run, so to speak, before seeing if he'll make the cut. Please, God, let this be permanent for him. Please please please please. He really needs this. Please. He starts Monday. Send him whatever extra get-a-permanent-job vibes you've got. Current Mood: hopeful (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
6:06 pm	I survived! My first day of work wasn't too bad, besides my feet killing me (I've never made so many runs to the printer in my LIFE) and having next to no sleep last night (too nervous/keyed up, I guess). The people seem really nice, the office is small, and the work, though repetitive, requires just enough thought so I have to focus on it. And there's enough of it to keep me busy, which is good. There weren't managers breathing down our backs, which is a bonus. Though I was forewarned by the woman training me that they don't give much in the way of instructions. So if they ask me to do something I have no clue about, I'm supposed to ask her. No prob. I'm used to that. Now I'm waiting for my hubby to get home. He's generously offered to go out and pick up food as well as one of those bubbling/vibrating foot massager bath things that I mentioned in passing I would like to have. It's so sweet. :) Speaking of sweet... As we were going to bed last night, he snuggled up with me and said, "I know it has been four days since our anniversary, but I wanted to say you're the best thing that ever happened to me." I had to try REALLY HARD not to say, "Okay. What'd you do that I'll be mad at you for later?" I didn't want to turn that sweet moment into a joke. And it *was* sweet. It gave me the warm fuzzies. :) Anyway... Back to the job thing. I could totally see myself working there. They have zero net access that I'm aware of (except for that needed for the job), but I think that's probably a good thing for me. Less chance to screw this up for myself. I took my piercings (nostril, lip, tongue) out, and was able to get them back in after work with no problem. A nice watch with a thick band of sorts covers my wrist tattoo. It's all good. :) I'm definitely wearing flats tomorrow. *Wince* Ow. Current Mood: content (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, June 20th, 2009
11:38 am	Holy crap I'm nervous. So I was really, really excited about my new job. Now I'm just hugely nervous. What if I don't dress right, or look right, or screw something up? What if they find out I'm pregnant (I don't know if they know yet) and don't want to hire me on? What if they decide NOT to find someone to fill the position full time and I'm back out on the hunt? I almost wish I had had to go through an interview so I could've gotten some sort of feel for the people I'd be working with/for. Or could've gotten a look at how they dress or the type of surroundings I'll be working in. I wish I knew if they're nice people or not. *Sighs* I'm so stressed out! That's the only thing I hate about this sort of thing (job through a temp agency, no interview necessary) - I'm going in there completely blind. Current Mood: scared (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 18th, 2009
11:56 am	OMFG. I got the job. Let me say that again... I GOT THE JOB! They didn't even interview, which I was totally expecting. I got the call today. They wanted to offer me the position, and would it be good for me to start Monday? Well, hell yes it would! Lots to do today, so I won't stay here long. I need to see about some new work clothes, and get to a tattoo/piercing place to get some retainers for my various facial piercings (nose, lip, tongue). Plus it's my 4 year wedding anniversary, so the hubby and I can actually go out and celebrate properly! The credit union doesn't know about my pregnancy (I'm assuming they're going to call them back and inform them), but I told the temp place that I'm willing to work around them for doctor appointments and such. That should (hopefully) be good enough. If I can last at least three months, it'll SERIOUSLY help. Though I'm hoping it'll become temp to hire since they said that's a possibility. I'm so excited!!! *Hops off* Current Mood: excited (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
1:04 pm	Still looking... (cont'd again) A short one this time: I got another call from the temp agency. The credit union has asked to do a credit check on me, which is a good sign that they're interested! *Happy dances* I told them they could, of course. I have a lot of debt, but I pay all my bills on time, have never been sent to collections, and generally am in good standing with everything. (Credit score 702, baby!*) There's nothing on any of my reports that is negative. How do I know? I checked. https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index Unlike freecreditreport.com, the place above actually *does* give you free reports and doesn't require enrollment in anything (it does ask that you sign up with annualcreditreport, but that's free - just user name and password stuff). They're 100%, no-strings FREE. They allow one completely free report a year (Urm...that's one free report from each of the three companies), so I suggest anyone interested take advantage of it! (Though as one friend said, they're going to wait until tax time. Might not be a bad idea). Protip: After signing in and giving all your info and whatnot, they will show you a screen with the three credit companies where you can put checks next to the one(s) you want to view. I'd suggest checking all three of them at that step. I forgot to, and had to go sign in again to view the others. It just saves some time. The only thing the totally-free site doesn't do is show you your credit score. THAT is something you would need to pay for if you want to know it. But if you're just wanting to check on what is on your report(s) and make sure there's nothing there that shouldn't be, it's really good. Each site gives you a membership option and a "pay to see my score too" option, but don't worry - underneath all that is a "just give me my free report" option. Anyway - before this turns into a full-on commercial for credit reports online, just let me say... WOOT!!! :D *The reason I know my score is because I went to freecreditreport.com at first. You CAN enroll and get your score and report, and then cancel before the trial period is up to not get charged. I wouldn't have done that had I remembered about the other site at first, but at least my little mistake told me my score. It's gone up. That's awesome! Current Mood: happy (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, June 15th, 2009
4:06 pm	Still looking... (cont'd) Well, I got my 401k check today. Went to the bank, got a cashier's check, then headed for the OTHER bank to pay off my car loan. According to the payments I had left (11), and the monthly payment amount (which I'm assuming included interest), I was supposed to owe just over $3100. According to them, after the $150 early payoff penalty charge, I owed $3800! Ummm...WHAT? Where did that other $500 or so come from!? The lady at the bank just kept shrugging and telling me "I don't know what else to tell you." She couldn't give me any reason why there was such a big difference - she didn't even try, really. So I told them I wasn't doing it and left. It's going to amount to about the same. I'm going to take the money from the 401k and pay the car off. I'm just going to do it in the preset payments. Early payoff penalty charge? Random $500+ more? Kiss my ass. They're getting the payments and that's it. It'll still take a load off my mind this way, so either way it's the same difference. I was just hoping to get it out of the way, and I'm pissed off that I did all this running around today for nothing. It's not the penalty charge that concerns me. I'm not even remotely surprised that they wanted that, too. I'm just honestly wondering where that other $500 or so was from. I'm really confused about that. So yeah - that didn't quite go according to plan. But the money's there, so I'm not sweating it. And in other news... The temp agency called me this morning. They have a potential job for me. It's at a local credit union as a "mortgage assistant." Basically it's assisting loan officers with paperwork, calling for info, etc. Sounded like pretty easy stuff. The temp place said that they wanted someone with mortgage experience (which I don't have), but would also take someone with a strong admin background (which I DO have). The job'll last a minimum of 3 months (which isn't bad - that's about the shortest time at a temp job I'd consider, because anything less would be a huge hassle with unemployment and whatnot), and has a chance to go temp to hire. It's also $11 an hour, and they imagine it'd move up to maybe $12 when/if they chose to hire me. Less than I was making, but not so bad (I expected worse, really). I told them I was definitely interested, so she sent in my information and now we're just waiting to hear back. I really hope that, if nothing else, I can get in for 3 months. That'd help stretch out the unemployment a bit which would give me less to worry about for a little while (the unemployment would be due to run out right around the time the baby's born, otherwise). I've really got my hopes up. Stupid, I know, but I can't help it. This is the first response I've gotten at all about a job, and it came more quickly than I thought anything would (my poor dad is STILL searching - he got laid off in January). I'm hoping that they (the temp place) don't have anybody with mortgage experience, and that I outshine a lot of their other potential employees (I was told by the person who tested me that I was WAY above the average scores of their usual clients, which is great). I really need to have a decent shot at this. I really need to be working. Hopefully I'll hear something really soon - hopefully it'll be them saying that I at least have an interview, if not that the credit union will give me a shot sight unseen (it's happened before). Keep your fingers crossed for me, and send all the "get the job!" vibes my way that you have to spare. I'd appreciate it. :) Also - my dad not having anything yet really worries me. His unemployment only has about 3 months left, give or take a week. After that, I don't know what they'll do. :( I'm scared for them. Current Mood: hopeful (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, June 14th, 2009
3:54 pm	Still looking... Still no news on the job front. I've been applying everywhere I can think of (and being sure to turn in my unemployment every Sunday), and I haven't gotten a single call back. I'm hoping that's just because so many people are applying that it's taking a long time to get through it all, but the pessimistic part of me is saying that I'm the only one not being contacted. Stupid, I know, but there you have it. The state of the economy is bad enough without adding my particular situation (pregnancy) to it. I just have to wonder how many people would be willing to hire someone who will be out on maternity leave in... 6 or 7 months or so. I'm guessing not many. Oh sure, they wouldn't *tell* me that's why I wasn't hired, since that's illegal and everything. But the chances are good that that would factor heavily into it. Especially with so many other, non-pregnant candidates. I took the radical move of cashing out my 401k last week. Not a smart move either, I'm aware. But I have my reasons. Basically, we're short on our bills. There's no way around it - unemployment simply doesn't pay enough to cover everything. So the bit of savings we have is going to quickly go the way of the dodo. As it stands right now, we're short about $400-some a month. My car payment is $290 a month. So I cashed out my 401k to pay off my car (this also helps because if we can't find work and lose everything, I'll at least be able to keep that). This will get rid of $290 worth of bills a month, and leave our savings somewhat more intact (it'll actually be somewhat bigger than it is now - my 401k covers my car loan with money to spare). J (hubby) has been donating plasma twice a week. You can make $200 a month doing that ($25 a pop). With the car paid off and him donating, we'll actually have about $38 a month to spare. Not great, but it's something. However, eventually that vein will collapse, and he'll be unable to donate anymore. There goes that $200 a month (I can't donate due to the pregnancy - we asked). That means that instead of being UP $38, we'll be DOWN $162. I'm not really sure what to do about that - I've lowered my bills as much as possible. There's nothing else to wring out*. We've got a good friend (my daughter's godfather) who's willing to pitch in $100 a month to help us out. He's a teacher, and is in line for a promotion to principal of his school. If he gets that (which is likely), he said he'll be able to pitch in the whole amount we're short. That'd be FANTASTIC. I really hate the idea of leaning on someone else like that. Everything in me revolts at the idea. But I'm not sure what else to do. Our savings won't last forever (being pregnant, I'm building up A LOT of doctor bills already), and it's a definite possibility that I won't be able to get work. My unemployment will run out at about the same time as the baby is born, and even with being not pregnant it'll take some time to find a position somewhere. There's a local temp agency that's hiring electricians for a job in West Virginia. They're wanting to send J. The pay is $18 an hour and the weeks will be 50 to 60 hours. Plus there's a $50 per day per diem. That all sounds great - he'd make a ton of overtime that way (the job is supposed to last at least several months, though with construction the timing is usually up in the air). There are only two problems with it. One: He'd have to find his own accommodations while there, which could be somewhat costly and eat into a lot of that pay - or at least the overtime. Two: He'd be gone 99% of the time. He MIGHT make it home one weekend a month, if we were lucky. And with me here pregnant with a little one to take care of alone, that's not really the best option. It's something we're keeping in mind. They're going to be sending people out over the next two months, so we have some time to consider it. Neither of us are really liking the idea, but at least it's there if we need it. I'm hoping we won't. His company is giving him the same song and dance it has been for months: He'll be called back in the next two to four weeks. Uh huh...we'll believe it when we see it. I've encouraged him to go back to checking with the other local companies to see if something has opened up. He's going to start doing that tomorrow. I know he wants to wait on his company, but the waiting game is getting old and even he knows that it can't last for much longer. I know he'll do whatever it takes to keep a roof over our heads and make sure we have the money we need. I just can't help but worry about how things are going to work out. I'm scared that the economy is just too bad right now. I'm scared that there's nothing out there to find. I don't really know what else to say, so I'm going to end this here. If I don't it'll just turn into me saying over and over how scared I am about the whole thing (and how overwhelming it all is), and I know I've pretty much covered that. I wish I knew of something else to do. *Before someone mentions the cable bill, we're on contract for several more months and it'd be too expensive to terminate early. I already thought of that. It's not an option right now. Current Mood: distressed (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
10:29 am	A copied email vent I needed to vent about this, but I don't want to write it all out again, so, I'm c/ping an email here that I sent to my MIL. I've removed some names, but otherwise it remains unchanged. I don't have the energy to rewrite everything here, but I needed to get it out. That lady that hit my mom right before [daughter]'s birthday is suing them. The insurance company informed them yesterday. Mom still swears that she was completely in the parking lot when it happened (which is impossible, and goes against her original statement to the cops right after it happened). She still swears that the van that she saw flipped over wasn’t the person that hit her, and that “they” (whoever “they” are – the fire dept?) were doing some sort of exercise to practice turning a vehicle upright (in the middle of traffic – yeah, right). She swears that the witnesses were wrong when they stated her back end was in the lane. She swears the cops told her that she wasn’t at fault (even though she was cited). She swears that the drawings of the cars, how they were traveling (direction) and where they came to rest after the accident is all wrong – she says the drawing of her car isn’t her car, and that’s not where she ended up after she was hit. She’s changing almost everything about her story (the only thing that’s the same is that she tried to pull in to the parking lot and these people walked in front of her forcing her to stop). She’s going to get on the witness stand, she’s going to tell them this story that she’s made up in her head, and they’re going to lose. And if that lady wins the case, they could lose everything. Dad has tried to reason with her. I have tried to reason with her. She WILL NOT listen. She refuses, and flat out stands up and leaves the room when you try to calmly explain to her that what she says happened wasn’t possible. I asked her myself how someone who was in the street could hit her if she was all the way out of the street (and in a parking space besides, which she swears she was), and she just says she doesn’t know. She WILL NOT even entertain the thought that what she’s saying makes no sense, and that we might just be right. I told her that what she’s saying goes against what she herself said right after it happened, and she didn’t believe that either. If they lose their house, they’re going to end up living with us (they’re my parents – I couldn’t just let them be without somewhere to go). This means that 1) they’re going to lose a lot of their belongings because we don’t have room for them, 2) we’re going to lose a lot of ours for the same reason, and 3) they’re going to be bringing two dogs and a cat into the house, which we definitely don’t have room for (and shouldn’t have in any case since we don’t need another cat messing with the baby’s allergies). I don’t know what to do. Dad has given up – he won’t go see the lawyer with her, he won’t go to court with her. He won’t even TALK to her right now because he’s so annoyed and upset about the whole thing. There’s nothing I can do because if she won’t listen to him she DEFINITELY won’t listen to me. I tried to talk to her about it when they first heard the lady might sue, and she completely shut me out. In fact, she told me to get out of her house and not come back. [Husband] told me to tell dad that we’d buy their house so they can’t lose that. He also said that if dad wants to get her declared unfit, he’d do it so that she’d be pissed at him ([husband]) instead of me or dad. I told dad that (I just got off the phone with him about it), but he’s still of the opinion that it doesn’t matter and that he’s just going to stand back and see what happens. He’s given up on it turning out okay. And when dad gives up, that’s a sign that things are pretty much hopeless. I don’t know what to do. I feel so helpless about the whole thing, but history has shown that nothing I say or do will make the tiniest difference to her. She’s sure she’s right, and nothing anybody says will change her mind on that. If there’s any truth at all in the court/legal shows they show on TV, the lawyer will try to coach her about what to say on the stand. I can only hope that that’s how it really works, and that she’ll actually listen to him/her and not screw us all over. We’re going to lose so much if she approaches this the way she says she’s going to – which is to tell her version of the truth. The one that couldn’t have happened and goes against her original statement to the police and the insurance company. I just don’t know what we’re going to do. There’s a good chance this is going to go very bad very fast, and right now I don’t see any way of preventing it. I just wish she could understand what she’s going to cost all of us if she persists in changing everything around to suit herself. She wants to be completely clear of fault so badly that she’s unwilling to accept that something happened on her end to contribute to the whole mess. That, or she really *is* developing some sort of mental disorder, which will open up a whole new can of worms. I really don’t want to see them lose their home over this. They’ve been in that house since before I was born (it’s the only one they’ve had since they got married nearly 36 years ago), and I’d hate to see them lose it now. It’s run down, true, but it’s their home. It’ll break dad’s heart if something that they worked so hard to have (it’s been paid off for at least a few years, now) is suddenly taken away because of her. They’re too old to try to find something new and get a mortgage all over again, and we can’t afford a bigger place to accommodate all of us (I wouldn’t have a problem doing that if we could afford it, but our house is worth about $8k less than it used to be because of how things are in the US right now). I’d have no problem whatsoever with them moving in with us if we had the space to live comfortably, but we just don’t. I guess, if worse comes to worse, we’ll have to see what we can do about that – about finding something bigger that would accommodate all of us. Though I don’t know how we’d afford the payments on something bigger than what we have. (And with our property value down as low as it is, I don’t know if we could sell our house for enough anyway). The entire thing is just so frustrating! I’m so worried/frustrated/scared/angry that I want to tear my hair out. I just can’t see a way through this right now. I really hope I’m overreacting, but honestly I don’t think I am. There’s just too much that could go wrong during the trial. There’s too much that that woman could take from them. If she’s awarded some small amount (a few thousand dollars, say), dad said the insurance company will cover it. I really hope that’s how things go – hopefully she’s just wanting enough to cover the loss of the van and some medical bills. But with as greedy as she’s being, I don’t think we can count on that. I’m out of steam. I’m just not sure what else to say about this. I’ve written as much as I have because I guess I’ve been hoping that I’d have some epiphany and would suddenly see how to handle this, but that hasn’t happened. So I guess I’m going to end this email here. Sorry about the novel – I just really needed to talk to someone about this. Current Mood: depressed (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, October 31st, 2008
11:44 pm	Halloween Fun Happy Halloween to you, the stupid cunt* who decided her car was a toy while we were on our way home from a party tonight. I really appreciate the way you came speeding up at an amazing rate of speed right as my husband was changing lanes, and decided to slam on your breaks and blare your horn at us. It was even better when you swerved over to the next lane, then swerved back in front of us and proceeded to go about 35 miles an hour (the speed limit here is 65 on this particular stretch). My husband turned on his brights, hoping you'd get the hint and speed the fuck up and get away from us. But no, not you. You decided to cruise along until your exit came up. Then you changed lanes. But, upon seeing that we weren't going to take the same exit, you decided to swerve half way back into our lane before continuing on your way, causing my husband to slam on the breaks so he wouldn't rear end you (since he had sped up to pass your stupid ass so we could continue on our way). I'm really glad your (probably) drunk ass decided your car was a toy. And I really love how you could've caused a fucking wreck because you're a childish whore. My daughter was in the car, you fucking bitch. I'm really glad WE weren't drinking tonight, and were able to cope with the stupid stunts you were pulling. You could've caused a wreck, and hurt somebody innocent. I almost wish you had tried something else. I had taken note of your license plate number, and had 911 dialed on my cell phone with my finger hovering over the send button. You're lucky you decided to move the fuck on. I'd have reported your stupid ass for erratic driving. Next time, try going the speed limit and paying attention instead of speeding and trying to breeze past someone who has their blinker on and is trying to change lanes. Dumbass. -Pissed off peon *It's a measure of how much this upset me that I used that word. I never do, as I find it too crude to be in my vocabulary. However, people that act like this call for it. Current Mood: pissed off (Comment on this)
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
12:32 pm	Waxing poetic I heard you crying in the bathroom Working out your frustrations one stall over from me I wanted to say something, to ask if you were okay In the end you left, and I didn't say a word Because it's hard to sound sincere when your pants are around your ankles Current Mood: thoughtful (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
5:51 pm	My parents need a new insurance company Quick background story to this post: My mom was in an auto accident, and my parents' car was totaled. The person doing the totalling was some stupid bitch that was a) driving on a suspended license and, b) uninsured because of said suspended license. Yeah. (Imagine how murderous I'm feeling right now. That woman was in her 40's - she should've bloody well known better). The good news is they have uninsured motorist coverage (and my mom wasn't injured). Yay! That's the end of the good news. After about a month and a court date, their insurance company decided to screw them out of said coverage by informing them that their deductible was [some outrageous amount]. My parents, being low-income (my mom's disabled) can't afford to pay [some outrageous amount]. No deductible, no payment. The insurance company gave them the whole "sorry 'bout your luck" kiss off and sent them on their way. My husband and I, being a two-car family, loaned them my car for the time being until they can figure something out (we have another car they can have, but it doesn't run so would take some repair work that might cost quite a bit - not sure how helpful that would be). For now it's going okay, but I really wish there was something further we could do. We discussed today using part of our tax return to help get them a car. That's at least four months away (we file early), but that's the best we can do right now. And even that's going to be rough - we're really in need of that money, too. *Sigh* This is about the time that I wish I could hit the lottery or something. I'm feeling really helpless, and wishing there was more that I could do. I read a news article online not long ago that George Clooney was in an automobile accident with some woman and bought her a new car by way of apology. Where are the George Clooneys of the world when we need them? (Very cool of you, by the way, George. Takes an awesome person to do that.) I don't normally like handouts, but right about now I'd be willing to take one. I'd love to roll up to their house in a car, hand them the keys, and let them know things are going to be okay - they have transportation again, and it's *theirs*. I really wish I were able to do that. (To add insult to injury, my daughter's birthday present was in the trunk of their car when it was hit. The accident caused the trunk lid to be pushed out of shape, so a person could reach their arm in and take things out. The present was a little child's folding chair. Somebody walked along (at the accident site), pulled it out of the trunk, and started walking off with it - they even ripped the tag off of it as they were carting it away. Luckily an EMT (or some other official person at the scene) saw them and put a stop to it. Who the hell does that!?) That's the whole story. Does anybody out there have any ideas? Is there *something* that I can do to help them, even if only a little bit? Current Mood: Helpless (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
11:33 pm	Two years already! You're two years old today, and they've been the best two years I've ever had. I love you, Baby Girl, and I'm so proud of you. Happy Birthday. :) Current Mood: ecstatic (4 Comments |Comment on this)