Yesterday, before I left for work, I grabbed the stack of bills on my bookshelf in our room and shoved them in my purse. I figured I would probably have some down-time at work, so I could work on bill paying then. (Fun, huh?) Anyway, I was correct and begin opening them to see what the damage is. I see DH's car payment envelope, but I thought to myself..."hmm, that's a different font than normal". (Yes, I notice these things.) So, I open it up, thinking it's a letter about whatever. WELL. The letter (summarized) states "thank you for using Toyota Financial for your auto loan...we have received your final payment...your car is paid in full...attached is the title of your car..." Uh, what? I thought we still had a good 1/2 a year on this? Paid in full? I called DH and after he got home he checked the account online. Sure enough, it's paid in full. He said after he paid his last payment, there was about 1500 left to pay...we have no idea how this happened, but WOW!!!! CAR PAID OFF!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously, our luck has taken a sudden turn for the MUCH BETTER. I can't believe it. After all these years of bad luck and struggling, things are changing. On the way here this morning, I was listening to Relevant Radio (Catholic talk radio). I pulled into the parking lot and took a moment to thank the Lord for the recent good things, the beautiful day we are having today, and most importantly, a healthy child. (I usually find myself thanking Him for that...I know how important that is.)
I hope your day finds you happy and thankful. :)
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Friday, September 3, 2010
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
2009
I am glad to see her go. This has been a rough year for me.
It started with some pretty serious marriage problems. Believe me, nothing hurts (that I have experienced) worse than marital problems. We worked through it, for the most part, but still deal with it pretty regularly. Who knows where we will be in 5 years?
Obviously, I had a lot of health problems this year. So much so that I lost my job due to it. I had/have a really hard time dealing with this. I had planned to retire with this company and then I was cut loose while I was laying in the hospital. I learned all the people I worked with, the friends I thought I had made, the people I fought for and helped out on a daily basis - didn't give a shit about me. That hurts worse than losing a job. I wish I could find a mature way to express my anger and hurt to them, but there isn't one. Instead, I deal with the pain of all of this silently and, occasionally still, crying about it.
Financial. Oh boy, let's not go there. Let's just say, I am paying $43,000 out of pocket due to aforementioned issue.
Friendships: wow, have my friendships changed. I have realized I have no one that I am really close to. I can't tell my husband everything because some of the stuff that I am hurting about involves him. My best friend and I are nowhere near as close as we used to be. This makes me so sad - I love her and I miss her; not to mention, that I need her in my life. People that I worked with that I thought were my friends turned their backs on me in some of my roughest times. I don't trust people too much anymore. At least once a month, I go through my Facebook and delete people who only have me as their friend because I up their numbers.
I know I said I wasn't going to post anything depressing - but I needed to get this off my chest. I hope 2010 is better for me; I don't know how much else I can take...
It started with some pretty serious marriage problems. Believe me, nothing hurts (that I have experienced) worse than marital problems. We worked through it, for the most part, but still deal with it pretty regularly. Who knows where we will be in 5 years?
Obviously, I had a lot of health problems this year. So much so that I lost my job due to it. I had/have a really hard time dealing with this. I had planned to retire with this company and then I was cut loose while I was laying in the hospital. I learned all the people I worked with, the friends I thought I had made, the people I fought for and helped out on a daily basis - didn't give a shit about me. That hurts worse than losing a job. I wish I could find a mature way to express my anger and hurt to them, but there isn't one. Instead, I deal with the pain of all of this silently and, occasionally still, crying about it.
Financial. Oh boy, let's not go there. Let's just say, I am paying $43,000 out of pocket due to aforementioned issue.
Friendships: wow, have my friendships changed. I have realized I have no one that I am really close to. I can't tell my husband everything because some of the stuff that I am hurting about involves him. My best friend and I are nowhere near as close as we used to be. This makes me so sad - I love her and I miss her; not to mention, that I need her in my life. People that I worked with that I thought were my friends turned their backs on me in some of my roughest times. I don't trust people too much anymore. At least once a month, I go through my Facebook and delete people who only have me as their friend because I up their numbers.
I know I said I wasn't going to post anything depressing - but I needed to get this off my chest. I hope 2010 is better for me; I don't know how much else I can take...