So we got the letter a couple of days ago informing us the apartment was finished being renovated and that we would be moving back on the 15th. Sigh. I want to go home but I'm going to miss dA so much. Once we move back, I won't have internet again until around the end of February. Maybe that will give me a chance to get some more photos taken
We have a lot of things to do with the income tax (getting out of debt is #1) but internet is going to be a priority too, lol. I'm hoping to get another new camera too around that time since Meghan ended up with my Canon...and I feel like the Kodak just isn't going to keep up with all the things I want to do with a camera.(a Nikon, perhaps? or a Fujifilm?) I'm wanting to stay below the $500 range so I guess we'll see what the prices are like around that time. <Obviously I wasn't entirely clear on this. I'm in no way LOOKING FOR AN EXPENSIVE CAMERA RIGHT NOW AT THIS MOMENT. I'm simply saying that once we get our income tax refund then I can think about getting another camera hence my saying "I'm hoping to...". And even THEN, it may not happen because like I said, we have a lot of other things that have to be taken care of first. >
These past two weeks have been an absolute nightmare. Brandon went back to work Monday (he'd been on vacation for the past week) but it's been really hard trying to scrounge up food and milk for the baby and diapers, food for the rest of us, etc. The Salvation Army here is useless and most of the food pantries we couldn't get to because as our luck would have it, the van died a final death with a rod knocking so bad it sounded like John Bonham playing the drums when you started it up. It's destined for the junkyard. I hate to see it go though, I really liked having a van!
BUT....Thank goodness we have great friends
They've allowed us to bum off of them until we're all blue in the face because my immediate family isn't capable of helping us financially and Brandon's mom is completely useless...we finally got to the point that we had no choice but to call her and ask for help because Molly needed milk and she was without concern or sympathy and unwilling to help. I was so frustrated. Soooooo frustrated. My cousin Carolyn is an angel though and helped us out a LOT. Our Christmas present from her was a grocery store visit to get enough food to last us until Monday
I don't know what we would have done without her and our friends. I hate vacation time! The owners always seem to choose the worst times to shut the Cow down. Our food stamps came in today too and my friend Josh came over to take us to the store so we have food in the house again and at least don't have to worry about that for now.
Gah. So now we have to worry about getting a car just to get him back and forth to work and the kids to their doctor's appointments, the grocery store, etc. I don't know what we're going to do about that. I've found that some states have a program to help low income families get a vehicle, unfortunately as far as I can tell, Tennessee isn't one of them. I've tried calling DHS and they are so freaking unhelpful it makes me sick. There's a prospect Brandon's looking into involving a co-worker who has a car she's wanting to sell for $800. Let's hope it works out so we can get back and forth!
<EDIT 6:06pm...WE GOT THE CAR!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!>
Sorry guys about unloading yet another "oh poor us, we're so poor" story but it's frustrating as all hell. Brandon works his butt off and we still can't seem to get caught up, or get ahead. And I know we're not the only ones in such sad shape, and that there are always people worse off - I'm not saying we are the worst of the worse. But it makes me sick to my stomach and pisses me off so bad because we are one of the rare few in the apartment complex that actually pays rent and have at least one person working....yet the crackheads two doors down have two kids, neither work, they live rent free and get over a thousand dollars in food stamps a month, PLUS they receive a "utility check" each month to help them pay their light bill! JFC, that just burns me up. Rent was paid Monday but unfortunately the check bounced so we'll be finding out within a couple of days whether the overdraft paid it or if we're getting evicted. Plus the light bill is way late and if you have the lights cut off, you get 3 days to turn them back on or they evict us. It's just downright depressing.
This isn't the first time I've had the thought that moving was possibly the worst idea of all the ideas I've ever had in my illustrious career of being an idiot. It makes me feel terrible that we've had to have help through his entire vacation but there's not much you can do without any money. And now that he's back to work we're in the process of paying everyone back so there's a bright side to it. Kind of like a dim light bulb but it's brighter than it was, lol.
So I'm here until Tuesday, I'll try to get all the comments answered by then. In the meantime,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE FAVES AND THE WATCHES!!! I REALLY APPRECIATE IT!Until I get back in February.....hugs and love to all!
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