not really any better

this is moving weekend. got most of our stuff packed - mostly cuz we never really unpacked here since we didn't have alot of storage - got the truck rented for sunday noon to 6 - and we have until thursday to be completely moved out, so whatever we don't move tomorrow we'll work on the rest of the week.

really sad. i loved this place so much. i planned on staying here for many years. now the new apt looks like the place we'll be staying at for awhile.

it's hard to believe that just 6 years ago we were in such a different place than we are now. Back then we didn't know how good we had it really. Now I'm lucky if we have extra money to treat myself to a coffee from the local coffee house.

the sister situation isn't any better. She sent me a message basically telling me my lack of answering her is stress she doesn't need and so i don't need to bother responding at all. I'm not expounding on anything i'm feeling right now other than to say it makes me sad. (which apparently is my word today)

maybe after the move i'll be better.

wow it's been awhile

I've had alot going on in my life - which should mean I should blog more - but instead I've been keeping it inside me - i really need a blog with a password protect option so that not everyone can read my thoughts.

Yeah - sometimes i miss the days when no one read this thing.

Family Dynamics

Let's just say my family is fucked in the head. There's so much going on right now that pisses me off it's not funny.

Long Stories short:

 My sister got mad at our mom a couple months back and consequently mad at me (cuz apparently i chose the wrong side) and now is not talking to me and blocked me from seeing her facebook activity except the very basics (which at least means i get to see pics of my niece).

That in turn caused my dad and stepmom to stop communicating with me. I don't have absolute proof of that, but yesterday was labor day and usually involves a BBQ invitation at dad's house, which i didn't receive this year. I could be wrong and they could have just passed it up, which i am hoping, but I'm not holding my breath.

And of course there's the whole cousin drama going on. One cousin is back in jail and as a result another cousin is getting shit on by those in the family that blame cousin #2 for cousin #1 being back in jail. Both C1 and C2 live with our grandfather (well C1 will when jailtime is served) which means that, for example, during the recent heatwave, C1 supporters went into C2's room (on the 2nd floor - you know, where heat rises to) and unplugged the A/C and hid the adapter so C2 couldn't turn it back on.

Petty bullshit. I'm sick of it. I don't tolerate it from hubby's family and i sure as hell don't tolerate it from mine. And don't tell me that their my family and i HAVE to put up with it and love them anyway. I don't.

Time for a short walk.

hahahaha

so i lasted 2 whole days - that'll teach me to start blogging on a holiday weekend when i'm preparing for an art fair.

to finish the story - another friend posted that his gf's car's a/c went out and he had to get it fixed because not having a/c is"bad for the kids" (his gf's kids)

REALLY!?!?!

(his explanation to me was the son and his gf both have breathing "issues" and the hot humid air isn't good for them.

GAH!!!!!

(of course i type this from my air conditioned living room - but if i didn't have a/c i'd be outside or sitting in front of a fan"

xoxox

learn to swim

well, today there were HUGE storms that snuck in during the evening. They actually freaked me out a little bit. They definitely freaked out my cats.

 We have 2 doors into our apt - an outside door downstairs and another lockable one upstairs. Hubby left the downstairs one unlocked, and consequently it blew open in the storm. I ran down the stairs to close and lock it up and my calico followed (cuz she loves going where she shouldn't). I couldn't lure her back upstairs right away. Usually she lays on the cement next to the door until she gets tired or bored - which could be hours. Well a huge crash of thunder came shortly after i got upstairs and all of the sudden she came STREAKING into the dining room. And ever since then she creeps up on the door (upstairs) cautiously like it's gonna reach out and attack her.

The other cat just crawled under the bed until the worst passed.

Funnily tho, when it was all over, a friend of mine on fb (from HS) posted a pic of her hubby on a raft floating down their street - just a few blocks from where i live. their entire street was like a river (learn to swim) Luckily we didn't get any flooding - altho the utility room is a little damp.

life in general

i'm getting ready to head over to hubby's new job so we can walk home together. i love that he's working so close. He told me yesterday that in 2 weeks he's spent less than $20 in gas (cuz he can walk to work) contrast that with $40 every 4 days at his former job. so eventually - when we get the bank to get their head out of their azz - we will be saving money.

Also gonna try and do NaBloPoMo for the month of July. The official theme is "swim" but we're free to write about whatever we want. Plus with a couple art fairs coming up i'm sure i'll have some stories to tell.

kk - on my way. catch you on the flipside.

frickin banks!!!!!

so currently we are fighting with our bank. first of all they signed us up for overdraft protection without us opting into it. Then they charged us an overdraft fee FOR AN OVERDRAFT FEE!!!! WTF!!!!!

hubby is going in to the bank tomorrow to fight with them - this is just ridiculous. Seriously if we didn't need a bank to handle payments and the like we would just close this damn account and walk away.