Lost the mojo to blog, have been pretty busy.  Got the income tax refund ... so we've been doing a lot of shopping that we could do, bill paying that we couldn't afford to make such big payments to, etc.  Nothing too special, although it is exciting to see those Total Balance numbers going WAY down.  The biggest bit of excitement is the fact that this Wednesday is my ME day!  I said I'd be doing it the Wednesday after receiving the tax check ... and here it is!  So looks like tomorrow I'll need to get cracking on my agenda, get it totally finished, print it out and hand it out to the appropriate parties (husband and dad).  I can't wait, I'm SO excited!

I tell you, they say money can't buy happiness, but in a way it can if you're used to not having it.  Because you're so used to struggling, it can relieve SO much stress when you get a good sum of it.  When you relieve that stress it allows you to enjoy so much more, to laugh a little more, not to hold your breath so much and to truly enjoy the time you spend with your loved ones.  My husband and I have been getting along swimmingly for the last couple of days because neither of us have been freaking out over bills or things like that.  Its been great, and it couldn't have had better timing.

Had a good visit with my mom today.  It was a little unexpected, received a phone call from her last night inviting us, so we moved plans around and went.  Nothing spectacular, just a good visit.  Not as worried about her medically, although I AM worried because she's having her doc mess with her doses because she's too worried about gaining weight.  She suffered with annorexia at one point as well though ... so, it's sort of a toss up as to what to worry about more, I just don't know.  I'm not too freaked out though, its not like he's taking her completely OFF of anything.  Of course having a visit with mom draws out a crappy conversation with my dad wanting to know this, that and the other thing.  Somewhere along the lines he figured out that he still has the right to judge her and speak as if she has to live up to his standards some how.

I do not tell my mother what he says, I know she'd just get pissed off ... especially since it usually deflates me, and then pisses me off too.  She's going to school to become an RN.  In September she'll have her pinning ceremony and she'll be an LPN.  That's pretty fantastic in my book, especially after looking at the homework she does, the text books she uses ... he's acting as if just being a measily LPN means nothing, she'll only be accomplished if she's an RN.  Where does he get off?  Ah well, not going to waste the energy on it, its not worth it, his diluded opinions are not worth it.

Nothing else exciting, don't feel like going into the ins and outs of anything, and really ... there's not much else going on, so I don't have much to talk about anyway.  It's a little after ten on Saturday, we'll be able to sleep in tomorrow, but then the rest of the day is a little screwed because we spent all of today with my mom and didn't get much else done.  However, I haven't seen my mom since Christmas, so it was well worth it.  Tomorrow though, not only do we have our own things to do, we'll have things to do at the farm, things to do dealing with my dad, our own laundry, and a few other things.  Gah, there won't be enough time and between my FIL and my dad, they're going to be playing tug of war with us.  Oh well, that's life I guess.

Time for me to hop offa SC and then maybe go play the Sims.  I got a new expansion for it ... University ... so now my sims can be edumacated!  Woo hoo!