Long time no post

Things have been busy.  That job I hated?  It was temporary, and they 'let me go'.  'Shoved me out the door' is more like it.

Dialup has finally been replaced with highspeed internet, which has drawbacks as well. For an ADD person like me, I get less done now than when I had to wait 5 minutes for each page to load!

They tore down the house we were renting, so we decided to buy a house so we wouldn't have to deal with landlords who don't fix sewer systems.  But we were practically broke, and couldn't afford any houses on our own.  Relatives were kind and gave us money (a debt I will always be unable to repay and which will gall me until the end of time) and we were able to make a down payment on a very small house - so small that we can't fit all our stuff into it.  Most of it is still in plastic totes outside, because we have no room for it and don't have time to sort through it to find and get rid of what's junk.  Soon the elements will make it all junk, and we'll lose priceless family heirlooms that way.

Oh, and it turns out that the house has enough maintenance problems that it wasn't a good deal after all - we'll probably sink more into repairs than we can afford, and more than the house is worth.

Both our cars are barely driveable, my wife may have to quit her job due to health issues, my kids both have issues that would challenge a wealthy and well-adjusted family, and by the time we've paid for this house we will be at retirement age and have nothing saved up.

So, the suckage proceeds apace... In fact, it looks like it's been magnified.

For now, that is all. *