I should be working right now, but I’m having one of those days… or more accurately, one of those months. I’m hoping maybe a good vent by way of blog post will be cathartic and help me think a little more clearly. So here goes. Don’t say you weren’t warned.

Due to the craziness of my life as of late, I’ve been rather spotty in my posting. There’s a good possibility that I may repeat myself, and if so I apologize. But here is how things have been going:

It all started shortly after I gave my notice at my day job. The guy Hubby has been working for kept going missing in action, leaving Hubby with no work to do and little income. I wasn’t about to stay at my day job, because I make more by writing and would be better off doing it full time than sticking with the status quo.

Then, Hubby started having chest pains and had to go to the ER. They did tests, told him it wasn’t his heart, and sent him on his way with no indication of what the problem actually was. We were so relieved that it wasn’t his heart that we didn’t bother asking. But he continued to hurt, and went to the doctor a few days later. They said he had pulled muscles in his chest and side and gastritis. The doctor advised him to take some over the counter meds and take it easy as much as possible for a while.

He told his disappearing boss about it, and they agreed that he would take the week off. The next week came, and he was somewhat improved. But Boss was MIA again for that entire week. If he would have answered the phone I probably would have called and cussed him out, but when Hubby would call it would just ring incessantly. I guess it’s a good thing I don’t know where he lives.

In the meantime, a tooth that has been giving me trouble started hurting really badly. I spent most of one day in tears, and decided it was time for a trip to the dentist. I made an appointment and went in, and they gave me some meds and told me my options for a permanent fix. The one I would have liked to have done was completely out of reach, the other would put a strain on our already meager finances. But I made an appointment to have it done anyway. I had been in pain long enough.

Back to Hubby: He has worked a total of about 2 or 3 days this month. He started feeling much better early last week, but began to complain again a few days ago. Saturday morning when he woke up he said he needed to go back to the doctor. I got him an appointment with a different one, and he told him to double up on the stuff he was taking for his stomach. If he wasn’t feeling better in a few weeks, the doc wanted him to come back and have a light run down into his stomach.

Pumpkin has had a cold since late last week, and has been grouchy and whiny. She seems to be getting over it, but I woke up this morning with a sore throat. I took her to school this morning and my truck died in the line to drop her off, leaving me stuck blocking the road. I had to be jumped off, and when I brought it home Hubby spent an hour fixing the battery cable only to find that I also need a new battery.

And let’s not forget my computer. It has started doing some really strange things. I’ve had to fight with it to edit and save files, and it doesn’t shut down like it should any more. I have to use ctrl+alt+del to even get it to shut down.

Oh yeah, and Hubby got a speeding ticket last month. We would just pay it and be done with it, but I don’t want our insurance to go up. And more importantly, it’s a long story but due to dumb laws in this state he could quite possibly end up losing his license for it even though he has no other points against his license. And that’s the last thing we need. So we need to come up with a few hundred bucks by next week to get a lawyer to help us out with it.

All of these events have left me a nervous wreck, not to mention way behind on my work. And we have pretty much no money. I’m holding on to the money for my dental work for dear life, but if worse comes to worse I’ll end up having no choice but to put that off longer. I won’t get paid for my writing until the beginning of the month, and from the looks of things I’ll be paying the bills and buying groceries on my own next month.

I think that’s everything for now. I still don’t feel much better.