My cat broke our internet. Actually, he broke the modem… which, unfortunately, is very necessary for getting on the internet. I’m at work right now quickly posting. I hopefully will be able to buy a new modem today when I’m done my stuff here… or else I could be very quiet for a while.

Let’s see what has happened in the past couple of days:
* Got a reminder for a $500 bill that was due months ago and I lost the bill for
* Our oil tank was filled, that’s $600 right there
* Got a letter from the city stating that we never paid some real estate taxes in 2005. Which is funny, because we have an escrow account and our mortgage company pays those. Has been since we bought the house in 2003. So now Den has been trying to track down WHY they didn’t pay, found out it’s because the old company (which is also the new mortgage company) sold the mortgage to someone else in 2005, so neither company paid the taxes, but they apparently mailed us a check that we never recieved. Obviously we need to pay more attention to those real estate tax notices. So that’s a very unexpected $800 bill

Then today Merlin killed the modem. It won’t be over $100, but it’s not going to be $10 either. And Den is also saying he needs a new monitor, since his old one died and he’s been using a loaner he needs to give back soon.

It’s not that we can’t afford it all now – I am working so we have extra money, but that money was supposed to be getting us ahead… paying off our credit card, redoing the house bits at a time. Instead all this shit happens and we’re still no further ahead than we were.

Yesterday evening, before the moden broke, I had a bit of a meltdown – well, Den and me both. So he took me out to dinner to try to cheer me up. I know, that’s counter-intuitive. But getting me out of the house and away from the site of the trainwreck was a good thing, trust me.

I am really tired, I am really cold, and I’m just feeling extremely frustrated. Plus my period still has not arrived, which means I think we’re pretty screwed for a december cycle. Looking more like january now. Which pisses me the fuck off.