Unfortunately both this blog and my book review blog have been sorely neglected the second half of this year, and I cannot exactly say why, other than I've been stressed beyond words with how things are going at the moment. Financial responsibilities have more often than not made me wish for the days of college where I had very little financial responsibilities and spent most of my time actually enjoying what I was doing and the people I was with.
At the moment there is no net, cable, telephone at the house simply because at the moment there isn't enough money to cover the cost of everything and ensure that the lights stay on and there is food on the table. Work has been screwing around on my hours, and that simply adds to the stress when I am not making enough money to simply survive (though doing that on the paultry sum that fast food service pays is laughable), and so things have fallen by the wayside. On top of all that, I have found myself in need of a cell phone, because smart phones, much like buttered toast, when you drop them land face first and when they land on the concrete, that tends to mean your screen now looks like a stained glass window - and is now a deadly weapon that targets the pads of your thumbs and index fingers alike when you text, answer calls, or do anything that even remotely requires you to touch the face of your phone.
However, on that note, I will have a new phone on the 17th of this month, and I will have the absolute JOY of downloading all my apps and hyper-organizing my phone. My phone, my Kindle, and my computer are the major things that I tend to hyper-organize simply because those are the three things that I use most often on a daily basis. Everything is exactly how I want it and when new things are added they are put in a specific place and that ensures that I can find it quickly and easily enough.
That just leaves the matter of finding enough money to find a net provider in our area that sucks a lot less than Comcast does. While it would be beneficial to have a land line phone, it isn't actually a necessity any longer as we have 3 cell phones in the house. However, at this time I doubt it would be something we can afford at this time. We are also considering an alternative to cable in the form of something along the lines of Chromecast or Amazon TV. The Amazon one would be optimal especially since we currently and continually support a prime membership for the benefits that it offers us, even though we very rarely order things from Amazon.
I got to spend time with a very good friend last night after work, and it was something that was needed as well as sorely missed. Her blog is
Random Thoughts and Jots, and I highly recommend checking her out. I've known her for going on 15 years now, if not a bit more, she's been there for me for most of the things that have gone wrong, and I love her like a sister. Her life hasn't been easy lately either, and we've both been muddling through it and trying to make the most of the absolutely crappy hand we've been dealt thus far.
So far, 2014 is not ending on a high note, however there are still quite a few days left and hopefully something will begin to turn around for both me and my best friend, Jessie. If not this year, then hopefully we will both find something better, something more fulfilling in 2015.
And this is my update for the time being, and I wish all of you warmth and happiness.
Namaste,
Martha
