I’ve had a lot of trouble sleeping lately. Even when I stay up late working until I can’t hold my eyes open any more, I go to bed and toss and turn for at least a couple of hours. But last night I got in bed at a decent hour, and went to sleep reasonably quickly.
I was even dreaming about good things instead of the troubled dreams I’ve been having lately. Flowers, sunshine, vacation cruises, all sorts of happy stuff. But alas, it was too good to be true.
Pumpkin came into our bedroom at 2:00 this morning, saying that she was hearing noises. Hubby told her to go back to bed, and she did. I went back to sleep, only to be awoken again in an hour. We finally told her to lay on the couch and watch TV if she couldn’t sleep.
That time I woke up enough that my brain began to function, and it was all over with. I started worrying about where we are going to go, and then started thinking about ways we could raise some money to help us out. After about an hour, I gave up on trying to sleep and got up.
I guess I’ll probably end up taking a nap later on. And then I will be back into my cycle of not being able to sleep at night.
Well, as it turns out, we might have housing lined up. I don’t want to jinx it by saying too much, so forgive me for not giving details.
I’ve been horribly pessimistic for the past couple of weeks, and I’ve nearly driven poor Hubby crazy with it. I’m just so scared that things are not going to work out favorably for us. Then we found out that we might be able to get a certain place. There is one thing standing in our way, and I’m not sure whether it is going to budge or not.
I’m not terribly optimistic about this, but I’m trying to hold out a little hope to keep from driving myself and everyone else insane. If this doesn’t work out, I don’t know what we’re going to do. But I would like to find out one way or another so I can either celebrate or have a nervous breakdown and get it over with.
Now that I’ve gotten all the kinks worked out with my truck, I’m learning to love it again. It’s nothing fancy, but it’s mine. And for the most part, it has (knock on wood) been really dependable.
When I went automobile shopping, I found another truck of the same make and model that I really wanted. It was black, with black Hella light covers and everything. It was sharp. There was something that I didn’t like about it, but I can’t remember what. But I wanted it anyway.
It turned out that we couldn’t get it financed, so I tried out the other one. It drove well, so I got it. I had to relearn how to drive a straight shift, but I managed.
So far it has been a good vehicle overall. I hope it holds up until long after I get it paid off.
Somehow I’ve managed to become the go-to person in my extended family when it comes to all things computer and Internet related. I guess it’s because I’m the only computer-savvy one of us all. Actually my cousin’s wife does computer repair, but they live pretty far away.
So whenever somebody needs something, anything, that is related to computers, my phone starts ringing. Need to buy a computer? Call Kristy. Need to know why your computer is running slowly or crashing? Call Kristy. Need to know where to get an online auto insurance quote? Call Kristy. Need your taxes filed online? Don’t call Kristy, please. I’ve had my fill of that this year.
I don’t always have all the answers, and in many cases they ask me to solve problems over the phone that it would be impossible to solve without seeing what’s going on in person. But I try. Especially if it’s someone who has helped me.
We had several people come and look at our mobile home over the weekend. Three different people sounded really interested, and two of them have made offers. But they’re both lower than what we need to get out of it.
We priced it slightly above what we expected to get, but they are going even lower than that. I think it’s well worth what we’re asking for it, and a steal at what we’re willing to take. But I can understand people wanting to get the best deal possible. I’ve been there and done that.
At least we know that if worse comes to worst, we have it sold. I just hope we can get enough out of it to either make a down payment on something (if we can find something in our meager price range) or pay rent for a while until things get better. I really don’t want to rent again, but we’ve gotta do what we’ve gotta do.
Spring is coming, and I’m ready for it to get here most any time. I’ve been planning on trying to get started walking again, but I want to wait until the weather is not so chilly. If I could get started with that, maybe I could lose some of this excess weight and be healthier.
I’ve thought about taking diet pills again, but I would prefer to take a healthier approach. Still, it would be nice to find something that would give me a head start. I just found out that doing a colon cleanse can help you lose weight by flushing out toxins and increasing your metabolism, so I might give that a try.
There are also lots of other benefits to colon cleansing. These include clearer skin, more energy, and better digestion. These are all on my list of things I would like to change about my body, so I’m seriously considering doing it. If so, I’ll let you know how it goes.
Not being much of a television watcher, there are few shows that I watch regularly. But I caught a couple of episodes of VH1′s Celebrity Rehab, and I really liked it. I had planned on watching every episode, but I just got through reading a news story about how the final episode just aired a couple of days ago. So much for that, I guess.
Maybe I’ll manage to watch all of them in reruns. For some reason the idea of celebrities going through drug rehab intrigues me. It seems kind of voyeuristic (as do most reality shows to me), but I think this one has the potential to benefit people instead of just invading the participants’ privacy for profit.
My family’s housing crisis has really had me emotional lately. It’s not anywhere near being resolved, but at least I had calmed down enough to make some strides toward getting caught back up on my work. But of course things are piling up again. I know it’s ridiculous, but I swear sometimes I feel like there is some kind of conspiracy against us.
Pumpkin has strep again, and hasn’t been able to go to school for 3 days now. I’m worried sick about her. Hubby is also having some problems, but he has still been working. He has to go back to the doctor later this week, but I’m afraid he will just brush him off again and we’ll be back to square one.
Forgive me for not updating regularly lately, but I have a lot on my shoulders right now. Besides, I just don’t have much of anything happy or uplifting to say.
I was just over at Digg Videos and found this live clip of a forgotten favorite of mine. Like a lot of Pink Floyd’s stuff, this song just stirs something inside me. Listen to the words (and that killer guitar solo) and I think you’ll see what I mean.
My mom went to her brother’s a couple of weeks ago. He has cancer, and they were going to do surgery to attempt to remove it. But once they got in, they found that his gall bladder urgently needed to come out and that the cancer had spread to places that were inoperable. So they took out the gall bladder and sewed him back up. They’re now saying that he may have a year left if he does chemotherapy.
Mom called me a few days ago to tell me that she was going out of town again. No luxury vacations or anything, but going to spend a couple of weeks with her brother. I wish I could go with her. I have only seen him once since Pumpkin was born, and I can’t stand the thought of never seeing him again. I didn’t see my aunt for about 10 years before she passed on, and it still haunts me to this day.
Maybe when things calm down here, I can go visit with him. I just hope it’s not too late by then.
