Of course, of course. Mr. and Mrs. Horse

Hmmmm. They may look more like Mrs. and Mrs. Horse. Which is fine. But not really what the Ark was all about. :)




Well, whatever they are you can find them here.

There has been so much going on here lately. You already know most of it...hockey championships, band battles, power outages and piles of snow...
Unfortunately, while all of these things were going on, Mike has been out of work. No freelance work since early January. So another first of the month has come and gone with no paycheck. Yet, bills still need to be paid and groceries still need to be bought.

And on top of that, the word "freelance" confuses the unemployment office so any money that we should be getting from them is on hold until someone there gets "unconfused."
So I don't know what's going to happen next. And not knowing makes me worry.

I worry about not being able to have a graduation party for Aaron. Or that Eli won't be able to go to the prom. Or worse yet, that we will lose our house.

And I'm angry.
Angry that we've worked hard for so many years (okay, Mike's worked harder than me but I've worked) and at 45 this is where we are.
I'm angry at Mike's employer who let him go while keeping on people that showed so much less dedication than he did. Mike never "left at 5 no matter what" if there was still work to do.

Why do we need to jump through hoops to get the unemployment money that is rightfully ours. They've collected it from our employers all of these years with no hoop-jumping.
It's not fun being angry. But sometimes I am.

I realize that my anger may be misplaced and irrational, but nevertheless I'm angry.

But mostly just worried.
Yes, I realize that sitting here worrying doesn't help, and I know that so many are in the same or even more desperate situations.
And I know that I also have so much to be grateful for.

So I'm done. Besides, being worried and angry only makes me cry, so instead I'm going to go and paint a picture. :)



...and hug my dog.