Before the third installment of this update, I want to interject some not-as-awesome updates before my "everything is super!" obnoxiousness gets more out of hand.
Weeks ago our dryer quit working. Kevin replaced a part and it started again. Yay! But it only technically worked. It lost its ability to turn off. Boo. Then we bought another part and that didn't fix it. Boo. Then we bought ANOTHER part and that didn't fix it, either. Boo. So then we just had to buy a new dryer. Boo! But now we have a dryer that works. Yay!
Charley has been here all week, which has been great. But yesterday when she told me she was leaving today, I got that immediate, familiar, painful sting of sadness. Even after all these years it's so hard to look at a vacant bed after seeing it filled for so many consecutive mornings.
I'm tired of worrying about money. It's a different kind of worry than the earlier days. The bills are always paid. We have money for extras. I get new shoes when I want to. But now I'm worried about the big things, retirement, house painting, kitchen redoing. Plus, it's totally true that the more you have the more you spend. I wish it wasn't. Or I wish I could come up with a fool-proof plan to do better. Sometimes I wish Kevin, or anybody else, would take charge of all our finances and I could just live off an allowance.
I miss having a BFF (no offense AT ALL to you know who you are). On the other hand, I'm really happy with my current assortment of friends. But it's different. With a BFF, you know straight where to go no matter what happens or no matter the news. A back story is never needed and secrets are always safe. It's one-stop shopping and it's awesome. Instead, I go in separate directions to talk about running, food, cooking, kids, work, marriage, music, etc. It'd be nice to have that all rolled into one, while still keeping all the fun friends I have now, but...anyway. Maybe I have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about.
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