Happy Birthday to my mom
Today's mom's birthday. Of course, in true Shelley fashion, something had to happen to ruin any of the fun I was hoping to have with her today. First, I woke up, ironed my skirt, pottied, and while brushing my teeth, I vomited. Yea, no forewarning...didn't feel bad when I got up...but still, there was vomit. :( So, I stayed home from work because I felt like ass - I took 2 naps and medicine. I wasn't online too much because it just hurt to sit up. Now, I am feeling a little better, although now, my throat is sore and I'm praying to God I don't get some kind of horrendous infection.
The tickets for the race came today - they came FedEx and no one even rang the doorbell!
Mom came home late (went to bday dinner with my sister) and they were on the porch. Way to go, FedEx people. I took a pic - gonna send the pic to my dad so he knows I wasn't bullshitting him. LOL I heard through the grapevine (aka my mom) that my sister still reads this journal (Hey Mary!) and saw that I was taking our Dad to this. Well, I didn't do it because she couldn't...I didn't do it to earn any brownie points or anything. And I didn't mention the tickets because I haven't talked to her since I bought them Thursday night (AFTER I hung out with her for a few). The last thing I wanted to do was alienate her or anyone - and I certainly wasn't going to throw this in anyone's face. Dad knows what it's like to not have extra money - when she's in a better place financially, she can take him to a race or do something for/with him...if she thinks it's a competition.
I am almost out of debt (we're talking MONTHS here, people...and less than 10!) and am starting to see that I have a little bit extra money than normal...there will come a time when I do live completely on my own and can't afford to give gifts to people of this magnitude...well, not til I have a career and a career's paycheck! Should I hide this stuff? I don't think I should. And I didn't want to call and tell my sister right away because I didn't want it to look like I was throwing it in her face...not saying anything was hopefully going to make it a non-issue deal. :\ Guess not.
The tickets for the race came today - they came FedEx and no one even rang the doorbell!
Mom came home late (went to bday dinner with my sister) and they were on the porch. Way to go, FedEx people. I took a pic - gonna send the pic to my dad so he knows I wasn't bullshitting him. LOL I heard through the grapevine (aka my mom) that my sister still reads this journal (Hey Mary!) and saw that I was taking our Dad to this. Well, I didn't do it because she couldn't...I didn't do it to earn any brownie points or anything. And I didn't mention the tickets because I haven't talked to her since I bought them Thursday night (AFTER I hung out with her for a few). The last thing I wanted to do was alienate her or anyone - and I certainly wasn't going to throw this in anyone's face. Dad knows what it's like to not have extra money - when she's in a better place financially, she can take him to a race or do something for/with him...if she thinks it's a competition.
I am almost out of debt (we're talking MONTHS here, people...and less than 10!) and am starting to see that I have a little bit extra money than normal...there will come a time when I do live completely on my own and can't afford to give gifts to people of this magnitude...well, not til I have a career and a career's paycheck! Should I hide this stuff? I don't think I should. And I didn't want to call and tell my sister right away because I didn't want it to look like I was throwing it in her face...not saying anything was hopefully going to make it a non-issue deal. :\ Guess not.