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First, we have heat again! I finally got off my lazy bum and walked across the street to tell our landlord the heater was out. That same day, he sent someone over and it was fixed. Woo! No more space heater being the only source of heat for a room!

And today, Darbi checked the bank account and told me that we've got money! How rich are we?, I ask. Well my tax rebate came in as well as the VA's payment for my January schooling. A little surprise to me was an extra few hundred in the reimbursement deposit from the VA. Very nice.

So, I am currently about to start paying bills off. Nearly all of them will get money. It's such a weight off the chest to not be so behind again.

And as soon as Darbi gets paid, and my other deposit of school money comes in, I'll be well on my way to trying to get a new car. I still wish someone would contact me about buying Molly though. THAT would make a healthy down payment.

Til next time!

Update

So we've got gas now, but still no heat. Apparently the thermocoupler on the furnace is bad and the pilot won't stay lit. BUT! The water heater is good, and the stove is operable again....yay!

I can deal with a cold house as long as I can have a hot shower!

Hard Times, Good Times

Last night was kind of neat and a little tedious. We had the microwave heating up bowls of water in 4 minute intervals, the coffee pot was busy with several rounds of 12 cups of water, and we had a huge pot sitting on the propane burner several times. Eventually there was a few inches of hot water in the tub. Enough to mix with some cold water so that it was temperate enough for Darbi to sit in. I know that back and forth from the pump with buckets used to be a regular thing back in the day just for a cold bath, and heating it required a little more effort. Wow. A whole new appreciation for modern plumbing and water heaters.

Hopefully today should be the end of this. Because of some money issues, our gas was turned off last Tuesday, but should be getting restored today. Sadly, and I really am disappointed about this, I have to miss a day of school so that someone is at the house for them to restore service. Bah. I really don't like missing school. There was no estimate of arrival either, so that I might make my morning class if he comes in the afternoon, or vice versa, just a window between 7am and 8pm. Humbug!

Also, on the upside, if people are doing their paperwork in a timely manner, then about 850 dollars should be processed into our bank account; I'm hoping this week. Then, because of some notification issues and not getting reimbursed for my schooling in January, I should get that check and the check for February's attendance at the beginning of March, totalling a little over 2000. and if anyone decides to buy Miss Molly the van, that'll be another 5000.

On top of all that coming in, Darbi started her new job today. Technically it's not really a "new" job, since she worked for this company before. She is now getting paid more though, as well as getting benefits. Yay for insurance! She tells me that we should be able to afford another car payment without selling Molly, which would be great. However I'm keeping the van on the market, and will accept payment to take her off my hands. Maybe one day in the future I can get my hands on another, but currently I'm tired of struggling to keep her on the road. We'll see how that goes.

As far as new cars go, I'm thinking about a Honda Element. From what I've seen online and a couple some strangers have let me look at, it looks like it has lots of storage and room. I'm all about storage. I'll have a stronger opinion one way or the other after I test drive one or two different vehicles. None will be the same as my Molly, but times change, and things move on.

Now....back to homework. And of course, the ever so agonizing wait for the gas man.

Sadness of the moment

In case I haven't mentioned it to you, or you haven't heard it from where ever, I am selling Molly the most awesomest van on the planet. It's not exactly something that I want to do. However I feel it's something I need to do. I'm tired of all the major repairs that have needed to be done about once a year, and need something that is a little better on gas and much easier on the wallet. Molly has driven my bank account much too close to zero too many times. With any luck I can sell her for enough to buy a much newer and hopefully more reliable vehicle.

If anyone knows of anyone interested please direct them to the following

Ad at Craigslist

Ad at the Samba.com

$9,000 is the asking price. However, I 'm not firm on this and am willing to negotiate.

The plague

Sunday the plague took a strong hold of my darlin Darbi and kept her in bed for about 3 days. High fever, painful chills and horrible cough. After finally admitting that she was dying, we went to the HEB readiclinic and she was diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection, given some antibiotics and sent on our way.

That was Monday after I got back from school. I did not go to school the rest of the week. The plague had nestled itself comfortably in my system and hit me about midnight that night. Between burning up if I stayed still, and painfull chills if I moved, I may have gotten 30 minutes of sleep at a time the rest of the night. In the morning (about 1130am) I drag my carcass over to the couch. I am forced to take some medicine. I know it's for my own good so I don't put up too much of a fight.

Three days of suffering. Fever remained over a hundred. I was sweaty but if I moved even the slightest bit, chill bumps and pain, cough up nasty lung crud.....Three days. The only things I had eaten were 2 sips of some broth the first day, leftover pasta and grill cheese sandwich for day two, and on the third I managed half a PB&J sandwich. While I was on one couch, Darbi was covered up on the other with the same ailments as I.

On that third night, I took a shower. The best shower I've ever had in a while. It felt so good to feel clean. A few more hours on the couch and I was actually feeling pretty good. I felt I would sleep well, I wasn't overly hot, and wasn't coughing so much anymore.

Indeed, I slept well. A full 6 hours when Darbi's alarm went off. And then a few more after she went to work. I am feeling really well. The sunshine is once again shining in my life. Darbi says she is feeling better, but she thought that a few days ago too and was mistaken.

I hope for the both of our sakes, we're really over it for good.

*hugs*