A rant.
Will had to be late to school again today because R's vehicle was broken down. It's a work vehicle, which is consistently, dangerously 'ill.' That made me so frustrated. We are having the hardest time finding someone who can help us get the kidlet /to/ school. There is apparently someone who is willing to bring him home from school, but no one is willing to help in the mornings, or they can't on a consistent basis. I can understand, it's just so extremely frustrating.
What's even more frustrating is that we learned that the local school district has been given money by the state to facilitate transportation to and from this other school that Will goes to. However, because they didn't want people rushing over to the school (instead of the main branch schools), they tweaked the wording on a couple things to keep the letter of the law, and suck the spirit out of it like a dementor. So, no busing for my kid. Of course, this is all second-, third-, fourth-hand hearsay, but it bears out, however unprovable it is.
The other thing that is extremely frustrating is that in my state, it is perfectly acceptable for a car insurance company to charge my husband for two people even though he is only one. Because I cannot drive, but am not 'legally blind', they make the assumption that I drive anyway, and charge him for it. And I appreciate the attempt the city has made at a transit system, but unless you're in a certain sector of the population, the transit system is ineffective, expensive, and just... stupid. Nothing against the poor men and women who try to make it work decently. It's just set up stupidly. It's almost worse than having nothing, at times.
It makes me angry, because corruption is so prevalent. I'm a hypocrite of the highest order, I know. I flat out ignore strictures I don't like or don't agree with, and I bend the hell out of other ones. However, at this point in time, I'm tired of any good person wanting to do something good being backed up or twisted or surrounded by five others who only want to take that good thing and pervert it until it's unrecognizable.
R was in a wreck a couple years ago. He's still hurting from that. The woman who ran into him seems to have aimed directly for him. She's done this before, and has bragged around town about it. However, because no one has caught her 'in the act', and because she's never been ticketed, per se, she continues to do so. It makes me angry. Especially when he can barely move after driving a full day in the truck because we can't find another job that pays enough without it involving a steering wheel.
To be fair, my life is mostly good. My kids are smart, funny little goobers who make me laugh heartily almost every day. There are just a few things here and there that I get so tired of. Most of them either relate to my nystagmus or the repercussions of it.
What's even more frustrating is that we learned that the local school district has been given money by the state to facilitate transportation to and from this other school that Will goes to. However, because they didn't want people rushing over to the school (instead of the main branch schools), they tweaked the wording on a couple things to keep the letter of the law, and suck the spirit out of it like a dementor. So, no busing for my kid. Of course, this is all second-, third-, fourth-hand hearsay, but it bears out, however unprovable it is.
The other thing that is extremely frustrating is that in my state, it is perfectly acceptable for a car insurance company to charge my husband for two people even though he is only one. Because I cannot drive, but am not 'legally blind', they make the assumption that I drive anyway, and charge him for it. And I appreciate the attempt the city has made at a transit system, but unless you're in a certain sector of the population, the transit system is ineffective, expensive, and just... stupid. Nothing against the poor men and women who try to make it work decently. It's just set up stupidly. It's almost worse than having nothing, at times.
It makes me angry, because corruption is so prevalent. I'm a hypocrite of the highest order, I know. I flat out ignore strictures I don't like or don't agree with, and I bend the hell out of other ones. However, at this point in time, I'm tired of any good person wanting to do something good being backed up or twisted or surrounded by five others who only want to take that good thing and pervert it until it's unrecognizable.
R was in a wreck a couple years ago. He's still hurting from that. The woman who ran into him seems to have aimed directly for him. She's done this before, and has bragged around town about it. However, because no one has caught her 'in the act', and because she's never been ticketed, per se, she continues to do so. It makes me angry. Especially when he can barely move after driving a full day in the truck because we can't find another job that pays enough without it involving a steering wheel.
To be fair, my life is mostly good. My kids are smart, funny little goobers who make me laugh heartily almost every day. There are just a few things here and there that I get so tired of. Most of them either relate to my nystagmus or the repercussions of it.