See? Money can’t buy you happiness and a stress free life. I, personally have been wrung out financially with me working in a private school that pays peanuts and my husband in the mortgage business that took a big hit this year thanks to the economy. Never in my life would I think I would have collection agencies dogging me for money! Never! It sucks. I have always been in control of things, and feel totally out of control.
I want to state one comment that I truly feel is true for most people. The cost of living is way out of line with the average incomes out there. It's like a bad mortgage deal where the debt to income ratio is out of whack. We need to be earning three times the amount we do to pay our newfound, thank you technology bills. And every car repair, or broken washing machine, or sudden pest problem, every problem that you encounter is hundreds or thousands of dollars. God! It's too much. There isn't enough dollars. This is a HUGE strain.
Then, I became the sandwich generation...caring for an elderly parent and my own children.
My father fell and broke his femur in two places, had surgery, triggered his Multiple Mylenoma to kick in big time and now has received Chemo for over a year now. Fear. Fear. Fear. Each step was riddled with fear and dread. Each and every step from the fall, to the surgery, to the transfusions pre-surgery, to post –op, through rehab, switching rehabs, 104 fever and cough during rehab….ugh…need I say more? Oh my God, what will we do when he comes home? How is he going to manage? Driving to chemo? On and on it went with worry and fear after fear.
Work stresses, home stresses, kids stresses, money, money, money…on and on it went.
So you know what I say to 2012? Adios to you! Good riddance! And Hello There, 2013! You look mighty fine, I must say. This might be the year, I’ll actually stay up and stick my head out the door and bang some pots and pans like a nutter at midnight!
Happy New Year!
