13:20 - Wednesday, Apr. 04, 2007
Good News & Bad News
Good news: We're all going to be in Regina together for a family Easter.
Bad news: We looked at 6 houses yesterday at about $150,00.00 they were all either to small, had no yards, or needed too much work. It looks like we should have offered more for the one we wanted & it also looks like we're going to have to spend at least $200,000.00 on one if we find 'the one' again.
Good news: I have the day off today to get a bunch of shit done to take off for Regina tomorrow.
Bad news: I took it off because Dusty is still puking all over, worse even today (it's been all week now, getting worse it seems every day) and we have to take him to the vet. That could cost a pretty penny. That's 5 more hours of vacation time wasated. The fiscal year just started and I have already used almost a week's worth (some to go to Regina last time). Hopefully I can still end up with a full week left plus almost another this year...
Good that we're going to be in Regina & can take Frankie (the dog) with us and Cupid (one cat) can stay here just fine... but bad that Dusty (other cat)might have to stay at the hospital in a kennel while we're gone so we don't have to leave him home alone & worry about him... Cha-ching!
Vet bill for just looking at him will be $50-$75 dollars... then possible bloo work, maybe x-rays, then treatment... $$$ then possibly $36 per day to stay there.
We're back Sunday though. Not a long trip... that's bad news because I wish we could stay longer. But such good news I get to give Daddy II a big hug, and I get to spend time with my brother, sister-in-law, nephew, neice, other 'brother', his girl & his son. And more big hugs & time with my Mom & other Mom. YAY! (I think I have a couple of newer readers so I thought I'd explain a little who everyone is... Grace is Jim's (Daddy II's) wife. A best friend of my Mom's, and mine as well, and also like my second Mom. My Mom will be there with the Prairie Dog (my only biological sibling) and his wife, Princess, and their beautiful babes, Tyler (4) and Brooke (1.5). L&L are Grace & Jim's son & girlfriend & their son Owen. He's always been like a brother to me. Oh, and not to forget Grace & Jim's dog, Frankie's little cousin & best friend, Spike! It's going to be very nice.
Daddy II is still in the hospital & we're not sure if he's going to be 'released' by the time we get there, but we think he'll probably just come home for a couple hours here or there & then go back to the hospital, he still gets very tired.
Anyway, I have tonnes to do, so I better go. One more house to look at tonight too. I am too lazy to send the link but if you care to look it is Comfree listing 11384. www.comfree.com... then I think you just put in that code... I don't think you need to click on Winnipeg or Manitoba or anything... but maybe...
If I don't have time to come back here before I go, I wish all of you a very happy Easter. I hope you are all as fortunate as I am to be able to spend it all together with your family and/or loved ones.
Take care.
LMK
[EDIT]
I also wanted to ad something that's really been irking me. I have this 'friend'... she did something a few weeks ago that broke the straw on the camel's back. I will try and do an entry sbout it when I have more time, but Hank & I were noticing more & more lately that everything seems to be all about her & it was getting to be a little too much, especially when we have so much going on right now... he was ready to throw in the towel before I was & then that thing happened a few weeks ago & I decided to take a break... or more, depending how time told, on her. She asked in a text message the next day if I was hating her. I said no, not hating, but I did have some issues. She has not bothered to ask what was wring or attempt to apologize or contact me at all to make it right, which has made me more angry/upset & just confirmed more of our feeling of she just didn't care & it was all about her. I am not even sure she realizes with the time passed that I haven't been speaking to her, email or nothing, probably because she's too wrapped up in her own drama to think about us or what might be going on. I don't think she reads this, but I don't really even care at this point. She still keeps sending forwarded jokes etc, to which I haven't had time to read, they're in my folder with the other hundered or so to catch up on. Today though I got one of those 'get to know your friends' emails, where you answer questions about yourself & send it on to your email list & hope they reply doing the same. On the question that asked her what her pet-peeve was she answered somehting like "Selish, Self-centered people"... I found that friggen hilarious... seeing as she obviously doesn't even realize that is the reason ew're not even talking to her! Whatever. I don't have the time in my life or the energy to waste on fighting with her, that's why I just haven't talked to her, and surprisingly (or maybe not) I don't even miss her. I am not usually one to hold a grudge, hate is too strong of an emotion to bother with, and no I don't feel that strongly, but I am finding as I get older that I need only close friends in my life that I know care & that we can depend on each other respectively. I just don't need a pile of people in my life that call themselves friends but are just more work than anything... so at the moment, I am thinking I am just plain done with that relationship... it's one of about a year, we had good times, but as of today, I don't even want to think about it anymore. I would rather focus my energy on people that genuinely care about me & Hank and our lives. Period.
Ok... I am ending this entry for real now ;)
