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dragoon811Phew! Finally back to 85% better... which is so nice. A little stuffy (and short of breath as a result) but no more fever, chills, sore throat, etc. I'm so glad it wasn't anything serious. I pretty much live in fear of "serious". Heck, I've been noticing that I've been squinting and in need of likely new glasses & an eye exam, but I can't afford that, now can I?
Stress over residency/work hasn't abated. Bobby applied at four more places today and is revising his resume for non-management roles. I'm helping him (with the spelling of things) when he asks. I feel bad for him, worrying about money and supporting us while trying to job hunt. His first job was growing up on his family's farm. His second was the computer store he started (long story, his brother's managed to shut him out) - he's never had to job hunt or do resumes. It's a learning curve for him.
Tomorrow's goal is to finish the renewal for my visitor's visa (goodbye, 75 I don't have), fill out the form for residency AGAIN (they sent it all back because they changed the fucking form a week after we downloaded & mailed everything in), and put away the laundry that sat there while we were sick(er) and the sheets I washed from our bed and the guest bed (no more germies!!!)...
That's the goal, anyway. The little birdie on my shoulder says that the laundry part isn't likely to happen. (I AM HORRIBLE AT LAUNDRY.) Oh, I'll wash it. I'll even sometimes remember to dry it - thankfully, Bobby will wash it, and have me help him hang it up (indoor drying rack yay...not) - but once it's clean and dry? It's liable to sit in a basket, a shining monument to "clean laundry" slowly shrinking as I pull this or that from the pile.
I also need to write. I have lots of little notes of "add this" and "expand on" for my original work, and I'm elbow-deep in the next chapter of Another Dream and have started the next of Guilt and a Smile... Wednesday's plan is to mail the box to Tanya (ilu!!!!) full of goodies (and her Sailor Moon Miracle Romance compact!!) and my step-mom's birthday card. :)
In defiance to the raised eyebrows of the in-laws, my Christmas tree is still up and it is beautiful, damn it. Tempted to take off the ornaments and cover it in tacky hand-cut hearts made out of printer paper and crayons/colored pencils.
Oh!!! And I had enough wiggle room in the grocery budget/my $40 of Christmas money from my mother-in-law (yay gift cards) to get a beginner's quilting book + some stuff from Walmart!! Even better, I forgot that I have my mom's sewing basket (mwa ha ha) with her shears and threads and shiny things! (I don't have sewing scissors, but I do have my leatherworking scissors).
At Costco today (we have tissues again!! we were reduced to carting around toilet paper rolls lol) I saw a GORGEOUS low cabinet, done like an apothecary chest.
Again, money I don't have, but LOVE!!!!!!!
Actually, were I able to purchase one piece of furniture, I would deeply love a sturdy work desk with enough space for my marble slabs (leatherworking - heavy little fuckers) and my sewing machine so I had a place to craft and work on a regular basis (cleaning off the table all the time ftl)
I miss my family and friends. As much as I love Bobby, I still miss them.
Stress over residency/work hasn't abated. Bobby applied at four more places today and is revising his resume for non-management roles. I'm helping him (with the spelling of things) when he asks. I feel bad for him, worrying about money and supporting us while trying to job hunt. His first job was growing up on his family's farm. His second was the computer store he started (long story, his brother's managed to shut him out) - he's never had to job hunt or do resumes. It's a learning curve for him.
Tomorrow's goal is to finish the renewal for my visitor's visa (goodbye, 75 I don't have), fill out the form for residency AGAIN (they sent it all back because they changed the fucking form a week after we downloaded & mailed everything in), and put away the laundry that sat there while we were sick(er) and the sheets I washed from our bed and the guest bed (no more germies!!!)...
That's the goal, anyway. The little birdie on my shoulder says that the laundry part isn't likely to happen. (I AM HORRIBLE AT LAUNDRY.) Oh, I'll wash it. I'll even sometimes remember to dry it - thankfully, Bobby will wash it, and have me help him hang it up (indoor drying rack yay...not) - but once it's clean and dry? It's liable to sit in a basket, a shining monument to "clean laundry" slowly shrinking as I pull this or that from the pile.
I also need to write. I have lots of little notes of "add this" and "expand on" for my original work, and I'm elbow-deep in the next chapter of Another Dream and have started the next of Guilt and a Smile... Wednesday's plan is to mail the box to Tanya (ilu!!!!) full of goodies (and her Sailor Moon Miracle Romance compact!!) and my step-mom's birthday card. :)
In defiance to the raised eyebrows of the in-laws, my Christmas tree is still up and it is beautiful, damn it. Tempted to take off the ornaments and cover it in tacky hand-cut hearts made out of printer paper and crayons/colored pencils.
Oh!!! And I had enough wiggle room in the grocery budget/my $40 of Christmas money from my mother-in-law (yay gift cards) to get a beginner's quilting book + some stuff from Walmart!! Even better, I forgot that I have my mom's sewing basket (mwa ha ha) with her shears and threads and shiny things! (I don't have sewing scissors, but I do have my leatherworking scissors).
At Costco today (we have tissues again!! we were reduced to carting around toilet paper rolls lol) I saw a GORGEOUS low cabinet, done like an apothecary chest.
Again, money I don't have, but LOVE!!!!!!!
Actually, were I able to purchase one piece of furniture, I would deeply love a sturdy work desk with enough space for my marble slabs (leatherworking - heavy little fuckers) and my sewing machine so I had a place to craft and work on a regular basis (cleaning off the table all the time ftl)
I miss my family and friends. As much as I love Bobby, I still miss them.
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Date: 2014-01-21 09:55 am (UTC)I'm sorry things are quite stressful for you atm x You don't deserve that. But, we just gotta keep soldiering on. One step at a time.
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Date: 2014-01-21 10:08 am (UTC)And one step at a time keeps taking me one step closer to tax day, when I will have no money and will have to choose between trying to pay taxes or paying my credit card bill so debt collectors don't kill me/I'll have to declare bankruptcy. (I was a contract employee. My savings are gone, for I paid off everything I could. My husband's jobless and his savings are keeping us fed.)
So I'd like to take 5,000 steps backwards :(
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Date: 2014-01-21 10:47 am (UTC)Aw sweetheart xxx -hugs-
Paying taxes? Aus does it differently with automatic tax on items and things. I have another friend on LJ in a similar position to you, financially. Actually no 3 are currently in financial trouble. -sigh-
Is there any family you can appeal to? Is there anyway to prolong bill payments/tax repayments? Like some repayment plan? Um.
Idk what else sweetie. I wish I had money to give to you guys but atm I don't.
:c
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Date: 2014-01-22 10:37 pm (UTC)I don't really think I *can* ask anyone. My grandma, sister, and mom are going to London together this year, so asking for help would likely put an end to that... I can't do that to them. My dad overworks to take care of him, his wife, and their two kids. Not really any room for me to say "hey can I borrow a few grand".
I may have to look into filing for a tax extension for me.
If Bobby can find work, this'll be easier, since he could help me... but he hasn't yet and it's more than a little disheartening.
I want to help my friends in trouble, too, but alas. :(
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Date: 2014-01-23 01:01 am (UTC)Could Bobby work with your Dad?
:C -hugs-
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Date: 2014-01-23 02:32 am (UTC)My dad works for a company called Clarion, but idk if he has hiring rank. I don't think so, just think he's a regional sales dude.
Unfortunately, my dad (and the rest of my family) live in California, USA. Bobby and I live in Ontario, Canada. We've paid the $1000 to process (hopefully) residency for me.... it'd be another $1000 to try to apply for residency for Bobby for the US, and then where would we live? What would we do for work? How would we get us and all our stuff there? :-\
It's a cruel world sometimes.
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Date: 2014-01-23 05:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-01-23 05:46 am (UTC)But he's still looking for work, which is good. He hasn't given up yet!! :)