Albright777's Journal, 05 December 2008

STRESS.....Does it ever end? Or slow up once in a while?

This week has been terrible for my stress level. Even my doctor told me this week, I need to calm down, or get some exercise in to help with stress. Doesn't she know that I'm in a challenge right now and I'm exercising my butt off to get points? AARRGGGHHH!! "Maybe try some yoga." she says. And just where am I going to come up with the cash to take a class? Is she going to come to the house and watch Abby for me while I Yoga in my living room? Or maybe I'll do it when Abby is napping and my washing machine is overflowing!!!

Thanks to Pennsylvania American Water Company my washer went nuts. Yep, they shut off water to our street last week and never alerted the residents here. So here I am doing laundry, and mud comes through the hose. NICE. After Jim cleaned it all out for me, it started overflowing because the water wouldn't stop. But, thanks to their insurance company it will be fixed with no charge to me. That was just the beginning of the week.

Now my husband and I are trying to figure out how to pay for health insurance thanks to his company dropping their coverage to employees. I'm trying to get Abby covered under Pennsylvania's CHIP program, but Jim makes about $500 too much to get free insurance. But, we do qualify to have her insured for $20 a month with good insurance. HAHAHA here is the catch.....My little 2 3/4 year old daughter (who is very busy & clumsy) has to go with any coverage for 6 MONTHS!!! What???!!! NO WAY!!! I will not risk having my child without insurance for even a day! So my husband and I contacted our locak elected officials, and they keep passing the buck. My next step is to contact the Governor Ed Rendell. And if I don't get the answers I need, I'm going to our local tv news stations. OH I'm so pissed about this. How many other people are out there with their children not covered under health insurance? That's not right in this day and age. Why have a program to help, when you are not helping? ANY WAY.

Sorry to get on a rampage. I have to get it our somehow. Because I don't want to yell at my Abby. Although she has been pushing a lot of my buttons lately. Today, she was pretending to sleep at nap time. I walked past her room to hear her jumping on her bed. I look in and find her naked jumping and singing. I asked her what she did with her clothes, and she tells me, "I tricked them." Which means she made them dissappear. (like a magic trick) When I found them, she had poo poo in her panties. That's why she "tricked" them. I just wanted to freak out! She hasn't done that in over a year for me. What made me even more frustrated was it didn't even bother her what she did. She laughed when I found the panties. So, I cleaned everything up, took her favorite blanket away and told her to take her nap naked since she liked being naked so much. I still hear her calling to me right now. But, I'm not giving in. Not this time. When she is tired, she getts a little silly and ornary. (spelling wrong sorry)

To top off everything.........My family is expecting me to bake all the holiday cookies for them and put them on pretty trays. I haven't even started yet. So if I get them done, they will go in freezer containers, and they can arrange themselves!

This week would have been so much better if I would have gotten to go hunting with Jim this year. But, I din't have anyone to watch Abby. So I don't get to go for the next couple of years.

Thank you all for listening. I doubt anyone got through this whole mess I typed. I don't blame you for clicking off. Right now all I want is A LOT of CHOCOLATE. But I'm going to stay here instead. It's better for me. I do feel a little better now it's out. I'll probably go cry for a while and be done with everything this week.

I'm going to start looking forward to Sunday. I'm going to the Steelers Game!!!

I hope you all have a great weekend.

Your Pal,
Julie ;-)

PS--thanks again for listening!!! I really appreciate it!!