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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Random Shots: Still November
Warning: very personal, non-gaming, non-comic post incoming. I understand if you want to skip this. I'll have something more interesting up tomorrow.
My wife and I have counted ourselves lucky this last year or two that the national recession didn't have a devastating effect on our family. We had to tighten the belt a little, but we haven't faced the same problems many have. Then November came.
November brought enough health problems to necessitate a few trips to the local emergency room. Nothing life threatening, but bad enough that we couldn't just tough things out. We got through it, but I was very happy to see November in the rear view mirror.
Or so I thought. It turns out that the next month was November also. This time, though, was the month of unexpected expenses. Far too many things cropped up that I wasn't ready to deal with. So by Christmas, I was counting pennies along with the rest of the country. But with the new year coming, things had to look up.
But November had other plans. Do you know how much a blood transfusion for a cat costs? I didn't until yesterday. I'm not going to doom a beloved animal because of some financial squeamishness. We bit the bullet and did what we felt we must. But things haven't let up for a while and I'd really like to have some good news to report.
@ Yeebo - I appreciate that. Anya (the afore mentioned cat) seems to have come through okay, though more tests are impending. Keeping our fingers crossed and all that.
Ugh. Hang in there. I know what you mean about November, and we're still stuck in it too. *Maaaaybe* not for much longer, but at this stage I'm not counting chickens until they bloody die of old bloody age. :P
Keeping my fingers crossed for you. I have two dogs who are both getting into the 9+ years old range, and while I've been lucky enough that they're both still in good shape, it is something I've started to think (worry) about.
Wow, sorry to hear that. Hope the cat is OK. It's a good thing we have such a cheap hobby (well, apart from new hardware every few years).
ReplyDelete@ Yeebo - I appreciate that. Anya (the afore mentioned cat) seems to have come through okay, though more tests are impending. Keeping our fingers crossed and all that.
ReplyDeleteUgh. Hang in there. I know what you mean about November, and we're still stuck in it too. *Maaaaybe* not for much longer, but at this stage I'm not counting chickens until they bloody die of old bloody age. :P
ReplyDeleteKeeping my fingers crossed for you. I have two dogs who are both getting into the 9+ years old range, and while I've been lucky enough that they're both still in good shape, it is something I've started to think (worry) about.
ReplyDelete@ Ysharros - Thanks for the kind words. We'll all hang in together.
ReplyDelete@ Blue Kae - Our pets are such a big part of our lives. Makes me want to enjoy the time we have together all the more.