Time to Vent

I really don't like to complain on this blog, mostly because I never want people to think that I/we don't know how blessed we are. We have a beautiful little girl, a wonderful family, the best friends a girl could ask for, a great paying job, and the worlds best husband!!!! With that being said we have our struggles too! This past year has been a challenge financially! Graham is in school (8-5, M-F) and playing hockey for the school so working for him was not and is not an option! So for the last 6 months we have been living on one income (mine)! And the 1st 4 months was Mat leave pay so defiantly not my full pay! G worked unbelievably hard over the summer so we had a good savings going into the school year... Enter disasters!!!! I swear I think we are cursed. We have no debt (other than student loan and mortgage) so that is good, but it seems like every time we get a little ahead something ridiculous happens that sets us back!!! Let me back up to the fall... Addicus breaks her foot, $500 then she gets a life threatening infection- $1500, then Baxter severes a tendon in his leg - $1200! I promise we are great pet owners! Don't get me wrong we would have spent whatever it took to save our dogs, but $3200 in a 6 weeks span is not an easy pill to swallow! Fast forward to January! We are actually doing OK. Nothing on Credit Card and we can live on what I make every month! So we decide maybe its time to take a hot vacation! My wonderful father-n-law got us a trip to Hawaii as a wedding present so what better time to use it than now!!! All we have to worry about is spending money! WOOOOO WHHHOOO!
If you know me very well, you know that I stress about money, even when we have it so I should have known that because I felt so at ease about the trip something had to be coming to stress me out!!!
I wont go into details but after a little wrestling match between Addicus and my mom's little dog Gizmo, we got to spend another $1000 for a vet bill the 3rd week of February!!!! GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!
OK, that had to be it right....
Oh no! Last Friday, during G's hockey game, he took a puck to the mouth, splitting his lip requiring 6 stitches, along with knocking out his bridge and 3 teeth!!! So now we have paid close to $700 dollars to get it 'temporary' fixed we have been quoted $13,000-$15,000 to get his teeth permanently fixed!!!!
HOLY SHIT! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!! And of course our dental insurance wont cover the work!!!! I should have started crying right? But instead I started laughing! I am pretty sure the dentist and G thought that I had lost my mind! But at this point its comical how bad our luck is!!!
We don't blow money! We don't live outside our means! We don't buy new cars or toys!
We just have the WORST LUCK IN THE WORLD!!!!
Please wish us luck in our battle with the school to get them to pay for some of this.... We will need it!

Thank God we have a million air miles saved up or I defiantly wouldn't be getting back to OKC this year!


Sorry for the vent session!

Feeling a little down on our luck
Jamie