Random Thoughts

I am at a very high stress level right now, but there are still some things that are going good for me. I knew April would be a tough month with Mitzi's birthday and Easter. Besides that, I had two other unexpected expenditures. There was one night where the snow was making the roads slick, so I had to pull over and get a hotel. Then, this past weekend, I got very sick and was not able to make the drive through the night and had to get a hotel again. I slept most of the next day. It was a rough week last week. Another night that I was working, there was a terrible accident on the freeway which created a fully stopped road block. I waited about an hour until I followed some cars that drove outside of the road into the U turn of the opposing highway and had to reroute. I didn't get much sleep that night and I didn't get much sleep last night either...... There is still not enough time in the day. I have most of my crafting plans paid off. There are two to three more which include the fall festivals, but that is still a little later down the road. I'm probably not going to be able to do the hot air balloon festival. Unless I have a couple nights where I make extra good bank, I'm probably not going to be able to go out of my way to afford it. I wanted to have more money in the savings by now (April is still not over yet). The time of the festival will be around moving month too. Making the move and having a totally rearranged life is going to be very stressing. I've been wanting to move the longest time. As much as I hate living with my parents, they have helped me with Mitzi some. They can still be too suffocating and go too far, but it was nice to have some free babysitting when I have been busy with work. I'm just not going to talk about my personal drama with it all, but I will be on my own in not just taking care of Mitzi, but with all of the other upkeep with wherever we will be living. I still need to explore more apartments and make a definite list of the ones I want to see and then make dates to check out the apartment and the location. I have so many other arrangements to work out with getting Mitzi ready for kindergarten and having other babysitters to cover for the times I can't. I am most excited to buy new furniture and decor. Mitzi really wants to bring our dog Bam Bam. I have had a hard time in keeping him potty trained the whole time and am a little wary of bringing him. It's going to be another rental expense, plus I probably will have to pay for a dog walker to take him out every so often. While I'm usually not allergic to dogs but to cats, I think I am a little allergic to Bam Bam. He is kind of an old dog. Hopefully pet cemeteries or cremations aren't expensive either........ I am going to have an entire change of pace with my life. I may have put too much on my plate during the summer time with all of my craft festivals, concerts, and trips, but I'm glad to have the hobby either way and hope that it pays off.