9/4/07
Well, it was an interesting day today :). I don’t get out of the house much these days. With no money, there’s not too much to do or too many places to go. But I’ve decided that since I can’t get a new computer, I’m just going to upgrade this one a bit and make it what I’d wished I’d bought in the first place, lol. So I found a DVD R on ebay this last week, actually 4 or so of them, all taken out of macintoshes…perfect. Oh wait, it gets BETTER! The guy selling them lives in Stockton. Oooh… do I smell an opportunity to go grocery shopping at Wal mart, get a DVD R drive, and maybe…maybe even get a chance to see Linda???? So that is EXACTLY what I did today. After getting outbid on the stupid DVD R drives TWICE… to the tune of 26.00 on the first drive, and 20.50 on the second drive (grrrrrr) I ended up bidding 42.00 on this one just so I’d make sure I got it. I was really pissed that the people before me got theirs so cheaply though. Sheeeit. But they paid shipping, and probably got theirs today. I didn’t pay shipping and got mine today too, lol ;). How often does THAT happen? So I called Linda to ask her if she wanted to go to Wal mart, and she didn’t feel very good she said. But after i went to the guy’s house to get the drive, I drove over to Linda to give her the layout I made, and when I got to the door, she’s like, Oh good, you came here before you went shopping…can I still come? Do you mind? OF COURSE NOT!!!!! Shabree was very happy about it. Unfortunately though, Wal mart had no scooters, so she had to walk. I hope I got everything I needed, because we kind of had to hurry the trip up as she was just starting to fade, even her color went pale. When we got out to the car, I told her, sit down, I’ll get everything put in the van (well, it was all my stuff anyway! But knowing her, if she’d felt fine, she’d have helped) So I put Sammi in the van, and instructed Breezy on how to put things in the van, but she didn’t quite get it… though now she does, lol 😉 So we went and dropped her back off at her house, then went home (I almost forgot, we went to KFC/A&W before hitting Walmart, I’d have rather gone to Burger King, but there wasn’t one real close. Too bad. They almost all went out of business in Stockton… very poorly managed!)
Jerry helped me figure out the DVD drive, I had to take out my old CD drive, but that’s okay… I don’t think I’ve ever really used the two drive feature on my PC… I’m just glad to have a DVD R drive. Though I’ve only been able to find ONE DVD R, and I can’t decide what to burn to it!!!! Isn’t that kind of silly? I found 200 DVD-Rs on the web for 43 dollars though a few nights ago… I’ll have to find the site again. No shipping, that’s what I want. I need to call them and make the order. Then I’ve got to get to work on doing a full back up of all my pictures (all SIXTY THREE GIGABYTES worth! Yes, they are mostly backed up, I just want to put them on DVD too) and all my digi scrap stuff, and my layouts, etc.
Okay, changing subjects entirely, I also got to work on something Jerry signed us up for a year ago, called Ameriplan. It’s a multi-level health and dental savings plan. He was inactive, and I wasn’t able to do anything with it at all, because I wasn’t listed as a "business partner" so I spent a good two hours getting everything switched around and made right, updating the info to the new address, phone, resetting the password online, etc. When I went to login though, it said we were inactive…and she’d already told me nothing would update til tonight, so I knew at that point, I was done for the day. Basically… my goal is to build the business, since Jerry already signed us up for it, and maybe HELP save this house(hold) So tomorrow I’ve got to find out who is in my upline, start making some calls, and basically get someone to "show me the ropes" as it were, so I can really get up and running with it. I’m not sure when I’ll be able to work on it…I suppose I’ll have to get up early in the morning, work on it on weekends, and hopefully Jerry can sell some of HIS broker chain on it as well. I told Jerry, pinky sweared on it and everything, this time next year, the backyard is fully landscaped, with a 50,000 dollar pool to swim in year around.
I’m TIRED of having no money and worrying so much. And I don’t WANT to go to a regular office job. Okay, it might make enough money in the short term to get us out… but in the long term… well, what, 3% raises per year? That SUCKS. So I want a little more control over my future, and I want to be here with the kids, where I’m needed.
Anyway, I’ve decided to at least give it a try. I can only be told no. I can fail miserably… but I can fail even more by not trying. I can also maybe kick this fear of calling people on the phone in the a$$ and tell it to go away. LOL. I don’t like having fears. Well, okay, maybe some fear is healthy… but the amount I’ve had lately has been ridiculous.
Oh, I’m tired… I think I will get off to bed now. I’ve got to get up in the morning and start dedicating some time to "the business" LOL… well, hopefully Jerry closes a deal in HIS business, and since he’s going to be working from home from now on…hopefully no one drives anyone else nuts.
Wish us luck ;).
I’ve got to get out of here.
