All right, I know I have been blessed by having great friends, but...sheesh. My sister across da pond, was kindenough not only to give me a subscription, but she even renewed it! ACK! On top of that, her little fundraiser to get me to Finland was a smashing success! She deserves the highest of praise, as well as does every person who helped out, or even said a prayer or sent positive vibes!

Of course, all this is going on while other stuff still needs clearing up in my life. At the top of the list, my brother is very sick. For his sake, I won't go into details about what he has, but suffice to say, it's bad. He and his wife have done nothing but battle it and other health problems they both have. Fortunately, he's working with some doctors that finally diagnosed him properly, and now he can finally get the treatment he needs. Meanwhile, he is susceptible to every little infection, and that's what landed him in the ER yesterday. He should have went earlier, (A fever of 104.5 is no joke)but he's an idiot, though I love him to pieces. He's got some meds now, so the worst of it is over for the time being.

At last, at last! I've been working like crazy, but I'm currently broke. Since I am working overtime now, I no longer qualify for unemployment benefits, which is, of course, normal. Unfortunately, all my bills came within days of getting my paycheck...and so naturally, I was overdrawn...which means the credit union hit me with fees...and then another bill came, and another, and another. In the end I sold $267 worth of stuff, and I'm still in the negative, though not by much. Now that it's July, I have time before the next round of bills come, and I get paid again this Friday. Whew!

I know what some of you many think, but I will never ask for pity, nor for charity. I got myself into this situation, and by God, I'm going to get myself out of it. I do have some money saved, but I'm not touching it for this situation, nor am I going to touch the money from the fundraiser. I will fix this and do my darnedest to make sure it doesn't happen again. I've been doing a lot of reading and working with my credit union to see what I can do to improve my situation. It's mostly due to lack of work but there are other things I can do. Meanwhile I'll continue to work while looking for a better job overall. That's the worst of it in a nutshell, maybe I'll edit this later and tell ya more. Gotta go now.
Jax