Man! Tough day at work today. The principal called a surprise staff meeting without any warning and I had to stay about an hour and a half late!
The short story is: politicians have screwed up the Arkansas school system and we get to do all the paperwork.
If they would just shut the $^@% up and leave us alone to teach, we'd all be better off.
Thank God for a sweet hubby. I dragged my butt to the store before coming home and got the stuff to make Poppyseed Chicken. (not a good idea if you have to get a drug test in the near future.
) Anyway, I come home late and Tim takes one look at me and announces that we're going to eat at Mi Pueblo's. And you have to keep in mind that he just worked all day yesterday, got home at midnight, slept til 4, got up and worked on the concrete until 3 this afternoon! They have to pull a lot of long hours when the temperature is so cold because the concrete doesn't always want to dry well. So now we're home and he's gone to bed and I'm in the throes of a violent struggle up Mount Washmore!
Angie-
You shoulda just dyed your hair green (on both ends) and I doubt he woulda noticed it at all.
Or you coulda claimed that you dated a leprechaun and he gave you a hickie on your butt.
Then the toilet of all things!
Marti- Ohhh! Sweetie! I'm soooo sorry! Next time you have something you need to hop on and get done, let me know and I'll kick your butt for you.
It will all work out. You'll see. I just know that your gonna get it done in time. I agree with Susan- you'll have a fabulous wedding even if you have to change dates. Here's some good vibes for you.
You'll be divorced on the 9th!
Jana- How did your hair turn out? And I love laundry that has dried on the line, but we live in farm country, so it usually comes back in gritty and smelling like boll weevil spray.
Kat- Come on over here girl!
Cristi- How's the house? Did you post pictures yet? I gotta go run and check out the photo thread.
Susan- Hope you were able to resist Gabby's cake!
I know what you mean about stretching out the old budget until the end of the month. We always seem to have too much month and not enough money here in the winter.
Shanna- Is that all it is? We just got rid of a Dodge truck that had the Check Engine light on for a good year and a half!
I asked Tim about it and he said to just keep an eye on three things: 1. oil pressure guage 2. alternator guage 3. temperature guage. As long as these three things don't fall in the red danger zone (or unless one of their lights come on if you don't have guages on a newer model) you SHOULD be fine. (My lawyers have advised me to inform you that I am in no way liable for your following advice from a fat redneck chick sitting at a computer in Arkansas!
) If the light just plain old bugs you, you can take the hot cable off the battery for 2 minutes or so and the computer will clear it off. But that only lasts for a week or two then you have to do it again.
Hope that eases your mind. Did you buy your bug new? Why don't you search the web and see if there have been any recalls on your model? Sometimes they're called Technical Service Bulletins.
As for all the other, trust God. Believe me- it definitely works. I'm just glad for you that Sony didn't close a few weeks AFTER you bought the house.
Have you read a book by Dave Ramsey called "Financial Peace"? Or "How To Get Out of Debt, Stay Out of Debt, And Live Prosperously" by .... I think... Jerry Mundis. If you haven't, I definitely recommend you run to the library sometime tomorrow and check both out. That last one saved my mind! (I don't always follow the principles, but I am getting better and just being made to realize that for right now, Armageddon isn't here really helped me.) And now, I step off
See y'all later!