Happy Sweetest Day!
Guess who came out of the shower this morning to find 6 red roses in an awesome vase on the kitchen table? I was on the phone with my friend Jenny because she'd called right after I'd turned the shower off. So I was drying off and talking to her and telling her that Randy should be home from work any minute and I didn't know what was taking him so long. I came out of the bedroom and he was in the kitchen and my roses were on the table. I said, "OH! You got me flowers?!" He was like, "Uh, yeah. It's Sweetest Day." That's so unlike me to not know those things. Actually, when we were out with Teresa and Levi last weekend, Levi told us that Sweetest Day was that Saturday, so I thought it was done and over with. But Randy said he kept hearing about Sweetest Day on the radio on the way home from work. I don't think I ever would've known if he wouldn't have told me. When Gavin and I did a little grocery shopping, I got Randy a strawberry cheesecake for his gift. That's his favorite and I couldn't think of anything to get him without driving to Big Rapids.
Jenny had her baby yesterday. She was pregnant with twins, but one didn't make it past her fourth month. She had to deliver both of them yesterday since the one that died never passed on its own. She's doing surprisingly well, but she's had months to get used to the idea. The only thing she said about it was that she has to stay in the hospital for an extra day because the second baby wouldn't go down the birth canal on his own, so the doc had to reach inside her to get him out. Now they're watching her to make sure she doesn't develop an infection because of that. Randy, Gavin, and I are going to visit them later. Jenny's boyfriend, Marky works on Randy's rig, so had had to drive home when Jenny called him to tell him she was in labor. He said he drove 110mph to get there, but he was still too late, by 2 minutes. That would suck!
Randy's check wasn't as much as we thought it would be, so we couldn't pay the rent and get propane both this week. I called Jeff (landlord) and he said it was okay. He said we could pay the rent today and he would order more propane for us, leaving it in his name because he gets a discounted rate that we don't get. So I gave him 800.00, the gas company will deliver the propane on Monday and leave us a bill for the rest of what we'll owe. We're saving about 65.00 every time we fill the tank if we get the rate that Jeff gets. I figure it'll cost about 435.00 and I already gave Jeff 200.00 of that, so we'll owe 235.00. Randy's going to get another loan from work for 450.00 to cover that and pay some on his fines. After I paid Jeff all that money, I only left us with 100.00. I wasn't thinking about chaperoning Gavin's field trip, which I have to drive for on Monday, or whatever I'll have to pay for my eye exam and new glasses. Mason also has an orthodontist apt. on Monday, so that's more gas money and maybe a co-pay for the orthodontist. CRAP! I should be getting child support from Josh sometime this week, but I know better than to count on it.
My LJ comments aren't coming through my email. WTF?
Well, I'm kinda tired. I wonder if Gavin will let me take a little nap on the couch while he watches cartoons. Yeah right.
Jenny had her baby yesterday. She was pregnant with twins, but one didn't make it past her fourth month. She had to deliver both of them yesterday since the one that died never passed on its own. She's doing surprisingly well, but she's had months to get used to the idea. The only thing she said about it was that she has to stay in the hospital for an extra day because the second baby wouldn't go down the birth canal on his own, so the doc had to reach inside her to get him out. Now they're watching her to make sure she doesn't develop an infection because of that. Randy, Gavin, and I are going to visit them later. Jenny's boyfriend, Marky works on Randy's rig, so had had to drive home when Jenny called him to tell him she was in labor. He said he drove 110mph to get there, but he was still too late, by 2 minutes. That would suck!
Randy's check wasn't as much as we thought it would be, so we couldn't pay the rent and get propane both this week. I called Jeff (landlord) and he said it was okay. He said we could pay the rent today and he would order more propane for us, leaving it in his name because he gets a discounted rate that we don't get. So I gave him 800.00, the gas company will deliver the propane on Monday and leave us a bill for the rest of what we'll owe. We're saving about 65.00 every time we fill the tank if we get the rate that Jeff gets. I figure it'll cost about 435.00 and I already gave Jeff 200.00 of that, so we'll owe 235.00. Randy's going to get another loan from work for 450.00 to cover that and pay some on his fines. After I paid Jeff all that money, I only left us with 100.00. I wasn't thinking about chaperoning Gavin's field trip, which I have to drive for on Monday, or whatever I'll have to pay for my eye exam and new glasses. Mason also has an orthodontist apt. on Monday, so that's more gas money and maybe a co-pay for the orthodontist. CRAP! I should be getting child support from Josh sometime this week, but I know better than to count on it.
My LJ comments aren't coming through my email. WTF?
Well, I'm kinda tired. I wonder if Gavin will let me take a little nap on the couch while he watches cartoons. Yeah right.