The month of July didn't start out so well for us.  Again I had been expecting some money coming in that didn't come in.  I was told last month that it wouldn't be late again so I thought it was safe to budget on it...well that was another mistake and my car insurance bounced on me again meaning that when my SSI check came in I had to cover the insurance out of the general bill account and also the late fees.  Two payments were missed that I had budgeted on that that messed up our whole financial system for about 3 months into the future.

Just to make things even more wonderful my wheelchair tire blew out on me!  That day sitting in the heat in a chair that was hurting my hips like crazy I noticed my window AC was frozen over.  My son's had been doing that too and we couldn't figure out the problem but when his room is too hot he can go visit the neighbor.  When mine started doing the same thing, well I'm stuck in one room with nowhere else to go and on this day I was in serious pain from sitting in chairs that I can't position correctly in.  Argh...not fun!  Well we went out the next morning to try to replace this tire.  Bike shop was closed so we went to the department store.  Evidently finding a 24 X 1 3/8 inch tube is not as easy as I thought!  Not a single store had them!  Finally I'm hot, sweaty, in pain and frustrated and my son says lets just try a 2 inch tube, the worst that will happen is it won't work.  Well the tire was damaged too so we got the tube kit that has that slime sealent stuff in it.  Thankfully my sons idea worked...one less problem.

Get home and it's hot as...well you know.  Not a single AC is working!  I hopped online to get some fast ideas.  I got some good advice and we went out to get a few things to try to clean up the AC's and prevent the ice.  My son's kinda drools cool air now if it's on low.  Mine is icing up worse now that we cleaned it!  We had needed to replace my other son's AC but now we have 2 and 1/2 dead AC's.  My sons can always spend their days at their friends house and it's much cooler at night.  I however am stuck in one room all day, every day and I will need an AC in my room.

I reached into my bookbag for something and found out the screen on my camera is smashed.  My camera is used as part of my position for another non-profit I work with.  Now I will have to replace that!  Luckily I can do that pretty cheap, I don't need a fancy camera just once that does video and still shots.  It's just yet another aggrivation.

Finally the last straw...or maybe the last strap....we were headed out to a store to get something else said to help with the AC and my heel strap broke on the shoes I use with my braces!!  I attached it with a rubber band but that throws my whole gait off and is dangerous.  Now I had to buy another pair of shoes!  I don't walk much, I don't need shoes...but I need them to hold my braces on which hold my feet and ankles in the right position so my feet/ankles don't roll over and sprain when I stand up.  Really....this has been a crappy month!  I'm sure I could have found a much better place to drop $20 than on a pair of shoes!!

I had some donations on a site where I am trying to raise funds for home repair and modifications, I can't get a payout there though so those funds are useless to me so right now I don't have that extra side cash I had been depending on to make ends meet...I guess that little bit of hope is gone now.  My ac's are blown, I'm running on a temporarily inflated tire, my car is off the road in need of radiator work, the truck is still running but it needs transmission work.  We need to open this yard up!  There is absolutely no way I can cook in my office without AC that is just dangerous and the yard has needed to be opened up with privacy fencing for a few years, now it's urgent we get this done so we can collect salvage materials to start our gardens, repairs and modification.

These last few months have SUCKED!  I really need to find some kind of Internet job I can do at home, we can't keep living like this.  I have skills.....just they are useless.  My skills are wonderful to donate, I help out with Wembaster duties, forum/egroup admin, management of calendar, blog, photo gallery, member support and communication.  Lots of people are glad for my donated skills and I can offer about 16 hours at second and third shift hours...nobody wants to hire me for a real paycheck though.  I am lucky to earn spare cash now and then, then I depend on it and it's gone and we are left spinning in the wind like a leaf spiraling to the ground.

Thanks for letting me vent a little, I'm so sick of this!  Anyone hiring?  I'm a great web mistress :)

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Shish Kabobs for dinner, sounds good doesn't it?

Flushing didn't work, neither did canned air...guess the freon is gone in both AC

the heel strap on my shoe broke and i have to get a new pair come on! who did i piss off to get such bad luck?

going out to get groceries and can air the hose flush failed

Borrowed a garden hose and we are going to try to flush the AC's as per suggestion, wish us luck!