I know. Whine, whine, whine. I'm very grateful to have money coming every single week. It's great to be able to pay bills without creative financing. I'm still sort of in 'eek I have no money' mode, which is actually a good thing. I've been able to keep some of what's in my bank account, but am leery of spending much of anything.
Of course, the best laid plans...
I did have some eye surgery back on February 10. It's amazing to be able to see again out of my right eye - the cataract had gotten so bad I could see nothing but a gray fog. I did this through the poverty clinic and they did a better job than the surgery on my left eye I had back when I was employed AND had insurance. Didn't cost as much either.
To do laundry in my house currently takes about 4 hours or more to do three loads. I have a clogged pipe that prevents the washing machine from draining, so take a book back and when the machine goes into the spin cycle you watch the top of the drain pipe and lift the lid just before the pipe overflows and floods the room. Then you read for a while until the drain pipe quits gurgling and put the lid back down until the pipe almost overflows and ......well. You get the picture. Then you do that with the rinse cycle as well. The plumber is hesitant to roto the pipe again, so wants to run a new pipe to a different drain. The cousin has started part of it so it will be all set up when the plumber gets here sometime this week. Got to happen - don't want to do another load of clothes that way. So there are two economic drains on my wallet. But I'm able to handle them, which a year ago I wouldn't have been.
Jypsy's been very good and I only have just a wee bit of kitty news. The city is fixing the next street over and has piled several small mountains of gravel and dirt on the cross street next to my house. Jypsy is not so much for big machines that make a lot of loud noise, so has been pretty much staying inside unless someone can go out with her. That makes her feel a little braver, but if there's a loud clank she's up on the deck next to the door. Smart cat. Here's a picture of her 'incognito' look, but she's making sure to keep an eye on those machines out the window....
