Well, yesterday we breathed a sigh of relief and put the girls room and Jacob's room back together yesterday. Even though we got 10 inches of snow yesterday. Yes, we do excel at being stupid, why do you ask?
Yup, Julianna walked into her room today and the puddle of water was almost to the door. That's about 9 feet. Fabulous. Cleaned up the worst of it and ran to Jacob's room. Yup, huge puddle of water there too. His carpet is even more soaked than it was before.
I'm feeling so discouraged and defeated. I truly wonder if things will ever be the same again. Our living room window's leaking in several places. We have three other windows leaking as well. I am constantly washing and drying towels, just to do it all over again, so we can have dry towels to mop up with. No other laundry's getting done.
The mini blinds are stained, probably ruined. The hardwood in their rooms is permanently damaged as is the wood trim around all our windows. There will be no replacing or fixing, not in the budget, that's for sure. I have no idea when we'll be able to confidently put the kids' rooms back together again.
Mark's spun out twice now on the way to work. Monday, three people stopped to push him out and a semi stopped to block traffic and keep them safe. Nice, but how many times can you spin out and count on being able to still tell about it? Yes, I am a little ticked off that he hasn't put any weight in the back of his car, why do you ask?
Mark's still sick. Yuck. Stupid awful virus that will probably work it's way through the rest of us with excruciating slowness.
More bitching? You haven't had enough yet? You sure? If nothing changes, if our budget stays accurate and everything goes according to plan (what are the odds of that one?), we'll be significantly short by the end of the year. I'm so very weary of having money problems and Mark's salary cuts haven't even begun yet. April we'll lose a chunk and July a huge chunk.
It kind of makes you not want to get out of bed in the morning anymore, you know?
I have 1 husband and 4 kids, 28, 20, 11 and 9...I'll be doing the mom thing forever, hence 4evermom.
7 comments:
Oh, this breaks my heart. Nothing worse than house problems you can't fix. And the kids' rooms on top of it!
So sorry to hear about everything. I hope it all "unpiles" soon--snow and problems alike. Hang in there!
Oh Stacey... none of this is fun. None of it! I'm so sorry to hear about the leaks and the car spinning out, Mark still being sick, and the reduced budget.
You need to catch a break one of these days. Here's sending you nothing but good thoughts. xx
Sounds awful - definitely somewhere I would NOT want to be. Makes me glad we don't get snow here. Hope things look brighter soon.
Oh, Stacey. I am so sorry. What about your homeowner's insurance? Will that cover your damage? Please, complain away. We're all here for you.
I'm so sorry you are going through all of this...I'm keeping your family in my thoughts. xoxo
I truly know how you feel. We had a lot of financial problems last year but i didnt write about them a lot. By the end of the year we were havign to pick and choose which bills got paid which month. Thank God we used our income taxes to catch up on everything and Hubby actually got a raise (first time in 2 years). So i keep hoping this year will be much better.
I will continue to pray for you and your family.
I am hoping, wishing and praying that things start to look up for your family soon. Hang in there as best as you can!
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