Friday, August 03, 2007

Finally!!!

We are done with all the weddings and I can relax and take stock.

We are definitely poorer. Essentially a year of either prepping or attending weddings is over. I would set the costs at over ten grand, some of which came from a 401K loan and the rest from credit cards.

I don't want to think about it so much, because it will kill me. Debt makes me nervous.

On the upside, the drop in weight, mostly intentional, makes me feel better. Less stuff to haul up the stairs. Now some healthier habits. Less alcohol, more exercise (at least until the sidewalks ice over again) and -- gasp!! -- less time in front of the TV playing videos.

Also my new neuro seems to be very much on top of the drug situation. In fact, I have to rein him in, get him used to the idea that this MSer works for a living. Otherwise I could spend the rest of my working days in a Baclofen haze.

Believe it or not, that sounds lovely. Counting down to Hell Week when I am temporarily put on days to do one of my least favorite jobs at the paper: dummying layouts and dealing with our advertising representatives. Many of whom could be stuffed into a room together and wouldn't come up with a 60 IQ amongst them.

More on that to come, no doubt.

pb
Little Pond

3 comments:

BRAINCHEESE said...

"Many of whom could be stuffed into a room together and wouldn't come up with a 60 IQ amongst them."

I think I may KNOW some of those people from the above sentence! Glad to hear you're alive and well-ish.

Linda D. in Seattle

Anonymous said...

Hi I have been reading your blog for a while. :)

I am working on an MS Awareness Project and wanted to give you a chance to participate.

You can find the details on my website.

http://mssilverlining.blogspot.com/

Thank you!

mdmhvonpa said...

"Debt makes me nervous."


Heh ... something about conservatives and personal debt ... we are just so risk averse!