Doug and I don't have access to many of our posessions. We have our computers, an air mattress and books and that's all other than clothes. Our stuff has come to have new value to us as that's all we've got. We're down to our last few $$ that have to last us to the end of the month and realistically, it won't. It just won't.

So I came home night before last and our air mattress has sprung a leak. Argh. It's completely discombobulated and unusable. After one night of sleeping on the floor, we packed it up in the box and took it back to exchange it. We didn't have the receipt, so our fingers were crossed. The manager gave us a bit of trouble but in the end agreed to exchange it. We looked on the shelves and they didn't have the same one we'd had so we settled for what we thought would be less, but hey, it's a bed! We went back up to the counter and because the bed was less than we'd had, we got a $40 credit on a gift card.

WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO

We went shopping!!!!! We now have groceries that will get us through till the end of the month. 

YAY!!

and......................................it's more comfortable than the original bed!

I'm ready to bang my head on the nearest brick wall. My kid's grades were so bad, I'm embarrassed for them. Ya have to work pretty hard to fail 3 classes. I know part of it was due to my illness, but come the hell on! GRRRRRRRRRRR!  My son will definitely not be returning to the High School where he was attending this year and it makes me sad. He had friends there and he was happy there but he made bad choices. There is zero structure and supervision at his dad's house and that's part of it but he's almost 17, plenty old enough to make the right choices. This mama's heart is sad!!

Mom:    You never called me back after the last message I left you.
Me:       No, I didn't on purpose.
Mom:    Why not?
Me:       Because I considered it to be a kick in the teeth.
Mom:    How is me offering Chloe a Lifeguarding class a kick in the teeth?
Me:       Because it's too expensive, it's $600
Mom:    I just thought I'd do something nice for Chloe.
Me:       I can't allow you to spend that kind of money on Chloe when there are more prevalent needs.
Mom:    What else does Chloe need?
Me:       It's not Chloe that has the needs, mom, its us. You cry about how broke you are and yet you remodel your house, take vacations, plan to spend $600 on Chloe and then want to charge me for the gas money it costs you to take Chloe to school when you know I've got $25 that has to last me, Doug and the kids till the end of the month. Putting food on my table is a much more prevelant need than Chloe taking a Lifeguarding class.
Mom:     Well, it was my tax refund money. (which is a bullshit lie, she's retired and hasn't worked in 4 years, she has no income tax refund)
Me:       I don't care where the money came from, I need help feeding my family and you "cry broke" then want to drop almost a thousand dollars on my daughter. THAT is a kick in the teeth.
Mom:    What time did you say you were picking Chloe up on Friday?

Sigh.................some things never change. She never takes responsibility for her actions and she always sweeps things under the rug, changes them to make them fit her justifications in her own twisted mind or makes it out to be my fault. By changing the subject after reiterating that I only had $25 left, she silently confirmed her refusal to help me.