I want to scream

We still do not have the money from the heloc though the check should have been over nighted on Thursday. Now we hear, despite the fact that we settled last Saturday that everything has to be run pas tthe underwriters before they approve the release of the check. That means no vacation till the check comes in, no money to pay younger son who is down to $200, No money to pay the bills or repair the rental properties. My stomach hurts and I feel as if I am going to throw up. Someone has promised to call tomorrow to tell us yah or nay but the way things always seem to work for us it is going to be nay. At least I didn' t take the tags off all my new clothes. I can always return them.
DAMN DAMN DAMN. I would love something to go right just once.
And to add a cherry to my misery I still haven't recieved my raffle prize and has been told by a third person that my donator has family concerns or something and the prize will arrive whenever, despite the fact that I got an email last week telling me I would have it at the beginning of this week. Life is too damned hard.

Harder than carrying water in your hand

Ok. Maybe the husband and I should have been good people and SAVED the money for vacation instead of getting a home equity thing and using that money. The home equity thing was bad enough but we settled on Saturday and the check was supposed to be over nighted this morning only someone forgot and now it should come in Saturday. If it shows up before noon we are good to go, if not, then we're going on vacation on Monday.
It has taken a herculean effort to get here. Not to mention miles of paper work that had to be faxed and refaxed. I'm surprised they didn't want one of the sons. They seemed to have asked for everything else. Of course they can't wire the money to us but send a check that has to clear only the husband smooged the bank manager and she'll let us have a lump of money before the check clears. Then we have to rent a car and hope when we get to our destination we can fins a place to stay. Since we never thought we'd be able to go on vacation this year there has been no planning. Something that drives me to distraction and back but I'm trying to handle it while still expecting something to screw up. Things usually do screw up
I got my 'come work the farm this fall ' letter yesterday and the husband says I can even though I am full time in his office. I just lopve those pigs and love any excuse to get dirty so it's a perfect match. I will be more careful this year, no boar goar or rampaging mother sow though that was rather cool all things considered. This will be my thrid year which means I get my pick of animal and don't have to work parking if I don't want to. Even better I already know what I need to know about pigs so there's no taxing my poor befuddled brain. Imagine. A career highlight....working with pigs.
But first there is that vacation thing. Fingers crossed that it all works out. ---me---

We'regoingonvacationwe'regoiningonvacationwe'regoingonVACATION

Dear Peruser,
Have I toldyou that we are actually going on vacation. Sometime the week after next or maybe sooner. We don't actually have a plan and we don't have reservations but we have the money TO GO ON VACATION and by god we're going.
Of course I have nothing planned and since I never did find ALL of my summer clothes I doubt I have enough so I may be washing things out in a sink or what the hell maybe I'll just buy new! Good lord! Did I say that?
Now my most important decision is what craft to take with me that won't take up the entire trunk and back seat and that I actually have a chance of doing. I'm leaning heavily toward beading which will only require my double decker tool box packed to the rafters with beads. Plus there are TWO bead stores within 15 minutes of vacation and I'm planning a visit. Oh I didn't say where we are going.... WIldwood New Jersey! Hot Damn.
We'regoing onvacationwe'regongonvacationwe'regoingonvacation. I think I have to go lay down now. Love ya. ---me-- who is going on VACATION