First, this was posted on Facebook today, and it sums up my feelings very well:

I’ve tried to stay out of this whole Chick-fil-A controversy just because I’m tired and I haven’t really felt like having a bunch of conservatives freak out and tell me Chick-fil-A should be able to exercise their first amendment rights. Nor do I have the patience to ( Read more... )

We've had an incredibly bad week. Specifically, Mom has had a shitty one. The teaching job she got at a nursing school here is seeming to fall apart. The staff that works to put all of the employment stuff together - lab coat, ID badges, background check, urine drug test, etc. - have all been on vacation the last two weeks so nothing's done and she ( Read more... )

Well, I have good news and angry news.

Good news first: I'M NOW A STUDENT! An honest-to-goodness student who is starting class June 4!  I'm so happy. It's such a HUGE step for me. My financial aid came through last week (finally) and I was able to pay for my class. I'm only taking one - medical terminology - which is one of the pre-reqs for my ( Read more... )

I'm having a seriously shitty day. I don't really feel like typing it all out right now, so some generic supportive comments would be very much appreciated.

UGH.

For those of you who have significant others, I hope you're having a wonderful lovely Valentine's Day.

For the rest of us single ladies:

HAPPY HALF-OFF YUMMY CANDY EVE!!

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The mantra of "cheap candy tomorrow" is basically the only thing keeping me from screaming/crying/yelling/throwing things right now. No, I don't really want to talk about it. Let's ( Read more... )

( Do not read if you are easily triggered by discussion of trauma. )

So here's what happened on Wednesday: Mom got up early and called the car loan people (FYI: CapitalOne finance are BASTARDS). They told her that she'd owe them approx. $1500 to get the car back, plus whatever fees the place holding the car would have. Mom broke down sobbing, explaining that she had only about half of that. The guy took pity on her ( Read more... )

 Our car just got repossessed. In the middle of the night. Like, I had to be sometime between 10 and when Mom got home at midnight. (This is Sis' car, not hers, obviously.) They stole it out of our driveway. There are skid marks where the tires dragged as they yanked it out. Mom is apoplectic, as one would imagine she would be. I'm trying to dance ( Read more... )

 Wells Fargo just alerted me that they're getting rid of free checking and will now be charging me $7 per month starting in mid-September. Considering $7 is generally my balance, that's RIDICULOUS. Hell, yesterday, it was at $0.44. No lie ( Read more... )

 ...at least MONDAY. Yes, MONDAY. The plumber was supposed to come back in 45 minutes and so we made a mad dash cleaning the cat bathroom and the other bathrooms, and rearranging cats so it didn't appear like we have 10 cats in the house.  We then got a call from Richard telling us that it would be at least Monday before the plumber could come back ( Read more... )