What have I learned in the eight short days of this year?
Well, I learned that if you try to start an uncooperative car too many times in a row you will fry the starter and have to be towed home. I also learned that when your trusted mechanic of 10 years DIES in August of last year, you do not wait until your car dies to find a new one.
I have also learned that having the flu since Christmas Day has some upsides & downsides...
Downside...my ears are all clogged up & I can't hear much of anything. Which also means I can't hear The Diva when she wakes up before me & decides to wreak havoc on my poor little house
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Upside...my ears are all clogged up & I can't hear much of anything. Which also means I don't hear Hubby snore loud enough to wake the dead, the neighbor's barking dogs, the other idiot neighbor's loud music at 5 am or the screaming kids next door, also at 5 am.
Getting a few days of blissfully peaceful sleep....PRICELESS!!!
Downside...I run a fever off & on throughout the day. All I want to do is crawl into bed & snuggle up for a long nap. But I have to take care of my beautiful, highly intelligent, extremely inquisitive not quite 4 year old (who is also getting sick) all day while my Husband is at work. My house is filthy, I have piles of laundry & I do not have the energy to do anything about it. So not fun & really rather draining.
Upside...when Hubby comes home, I act just a little more sick than I really am. He, in turn, takes care of The Diva, let's me take a nap and makes me soup for dinner.
Being sick for the last 2 weeks and not being able to clean my house...SUCKS!
Having my Husband cook dinner & let me nap...AWESOME!!!
My husband did get me my first digital camera for Christmas, so it isn't all bad. Now, once I figure out how to do it, I can post video of The Diva so you can all see her in her full glory.
Oh, yes, how could I forget? My Mother arrives at LAX sometime this evening. OH JOY!!
My FIL will be picking her up & bringing her back to his house to live until she screws up so badly that he sends her packing. Which, inevitably, I will be blamed for (by the SIL & BIL, of course) because she is MY Mother & somehow that makes me responsible for her actions. Makes perfect sense, right?
Now instead of trying to control my life (& driving me insane) from 3000 miles away, she can try to do it from a mere 30 miles away. Wonderful! Does this mean I have to invite her to The Diva's birthday party? Craptastic!!![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uD2QXU_Av56mjMCoSyt7B7MWZRWhigtAFXxmjJMqo0djP_UZQ39PuCdar8bIOLraofdNLWCjitknHWcB0-8Dt3rol4VKzv30xxumeaQlC5EvBTvLRiNxP7fJAKK2ykfNrUHY3m0DVBDXKwTtqhuNU=s0-d)
Well, I learned that if you try to start an uncooperative car too many times in a row you will fry the starter and have to be towed home. I also learned that when your trusted mechanic of 10 years DIES in August of last year, you do not wait until your car dies to find a new one.
- One tow charge from gas station to home $ 67.00
- Bill for auto parts store (we thought we could fix it) $ 75.00
- One tow charge from home to new mechanic $ 60.00
- Charge to fix my car at new mechanic's shop $369.00
- TOTAL BILL In 5 Days Time $571.00
I have also learned that having the flu since Christmas Day has some upsides & downsides...
Downside...my ears are all clogged up & I can't hear much of anything. Which also means I can't hear The Diva when she wakes up before me & decides to wreak havoc on my poor little house
!Upside...my ears are all clogged up & I can't hear much of anything. Which also means I don't hear Hubby snore loud enough to wake the dead, the neighbor's barking dogs, the other idiot neighbor's loud music at 5 am or the screaming kids next door, also at 5 am.
Getting a few days of blissfully peaceful sleep....PRICELESS!!!
Downside...I run a fever off & on throughout the day. All I want to do is crawl into bed & snuggle up for a long nap. But I have to take care of my beautiful, highly intelligent, extremely inquisitive not quite 4 year old (who is also getting sick) all day while my Husband is at work. My house is filthy, I have piles of laundry & I do not have the energy to do anything about it. So not fun & really rather draining.
Upside...when Hubby comes home, I act just a little more sick than I really am. He, in turn, takes care of The Diva, let's me take a nap and makes me soup for dinner.
Being sick for the last 2 weeks and not being able to clean my house...SUCKS!
Having my Husband cook dinner & let me nap...AWESOME!!!
My life...oh my life is so not fun at the moment. I'm broke from Christmas & car repairs. And on top of what we just paid out in the last few days, we got 3 new tires on the car 2 days before Christmas...to the tune of $289.00!!
My husband did get me my first digital camera for Christmas, so it isn't all bad. Now, once I figure out how to do it, I can post video of The Diva so you can all see her in her full glory.
Oh, yes, how could I forget? My Mother arrives at LAX sometime this evening. OH JOY!!
My FIL will be picking her up & bringing her back to his house to live until she screws up so badly that he sends her packing. Which, inevitably, I will be blamed for (by the SIL & BIL, of course) because she is MY Mother & somehow that makes me responsible for her actions. Makes perfect sense, right?
Now instead of trying to control my life (& driving me insane) from 3000 miles away, she can try to do it from a mere 30 miles away. Wonderful! Does this mean I have to invite her to The Diva's birthday party? Craptastic!!
My Life, What I have Learned This Year And Other Musings
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