Stress

I've just been stressing lately.

Today, I paid a ton in parking tickets. I thought I had fewer and was expecting to pay less. But no, surprise, extras you forgot about. Fun.

I'm sick. Again. I've been steadily sick for at least 2 weeks now. Probably time to see a doctor.

My parent's house is driving me nuts. Not my parent's themselves, the house. It's falling apart. The landlord doesn't do repairs because its "too expensive". Well guess what, maybe you shouldn't have purchased a 100 year old house that is in a state of disrepair, and expect your tenants to just deal with it. Honestly, if it were up for rent, I wouldn't move here. Even if it were really cheap rent. Okay, maybe if the rent was REALLLLLLY cheap, like $200 a month cheap. Because I'm not paying almost $600 for three tiny bedrooms (almost too small for beds!), nasty carpet, nasty flooring, needs to be painted DESPERATELY, oh and the drywall behind the shower surround is actually falling into the shower now. Mind you, this could have been replaced when he purchased the house...3 or 4 years ago. No, he lets things get so bad... Ugh.

Long story short, I cannot keep living like this. I need to be out of here ASAP.

Because I miss my space. I miss having a livable apartment (even though it had ants), I miss knowing that The Boy would be home, in my bed, every night, and that if I had a nightmare (prone to them) he'd be there to cuddle me. I miss my cat, even though he was a little devil at times, I miss that he'd sit next to me while I read and would knead my leg looking for attention. I just miss everything.

I also wish that the barter system were still in place. I would not have the problems that I'm having now.

On the plus side, I baked up the cake for The Boy's Planet Express Birthday Cake! It's a white cake from scratch using one of my mom's old recipes from the stone age (okay, more like 1980). I'm going to frost it tomorrow, and Wednesday is his birthday.

Also, the count down to IKEA is now 5 days!! I can't wait. I'm finally going to be able to put my clothes away in a dresser and sleep on a bed that isn't just a mattress and boxspring on the floor!

I'm also getting on top of my debt, slowly but surely. After all, that's how the tortise wins the race right? Although I wouldn't mind paying things off at the hare's pace.

Okay, good night everyone. I hope we all feel better in the morning.