Somewhat of an uneventful day-- slept in, finished the Peabody book, chatted w/ M for an hour on the phone, cleaned up, chatted w/ U on the phone. Am now bored. U says I might be able to get a job at his new place. Will look into it. ( 6:53 PM )
Did two shops today and went grocery shopping w/ M, as I got tired of having nothing decent in the house to eat. Thanks to careful perusing of items, I bought 5 full sacks of food for only $33. Yay me!
Made v. nice pasta w/homemade sauce (tomato, lime juice, garlic) for supper, had enough penne left over for pasta salad tomorrow w/ boiled eggs and tuna mixed into it.
Trying not to drive over the weekend, to my delight I have almost $300 left in my chequing account and ~$60 in the old account so perhaps I won't have to put the newest round of repairs (breaks, electrics) on Mom's cc after all... here's hoping! ( 8:28 PM )
Ah, much better. Got a free AOL trial CD in the post today, and thought I'd be able to surf on AOL's dime for a month or so, save me a little money until I have a job and $$ coming in.
Last week was HORRIFIC. Being sick, dealing with pile after pile of bullshit... my car broke Tuesday, the day we moved. Got it fixed for "only" $100, after crying like a wanker in front of the mechanic (moved by my pathos, he took $75 off the price). Then, Thursday, as we were moving in, the car broke again. This time it was the alternator, which buggered the serpentine belt as well as the battery, and cost over $500 to fix.
CAR UPDATE: need work on my brakes, gonna be over $200. Sigh.
Back to the saga: phones weren't hooked up last week, or even this week until today. Cable still not up here, but Mom has it at her place. What a fucking disaster-- the amount of time I've spent on my cell phone trying to fix all this is unbelievable, it's gonna cost a fortune for this month's bill. I shudder to think what it will be. All I know is, I can't pay it. Can barely afford the $35/month it is normally, let alone spending hours and hours during peak hours...
M was a great help last week, and this week too, with advice and such. Milles mercis a elle. ( 7:28 PM )
Just a quick update today, the move was horrible and everything that could have gone wrong, did, but it's finally over and we're in our respective houses.
The phone is finally working and I'm hoping to have the cable internet connection working by week's end. An email with my new address and phone number will soon be forthcoming to all of you whom I want to have it.
Imbolc was the 3rd, and was very inspirational for me. My sense of optimism has been seriously flagging lately, esp. with the moving problems and the way my goddamned car has been breaking so often. So I'm doing better because of it. Thanks, Goddess and God! ( 3:15 PM )
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