Blue is my hero.

The stress is almost over. I've got one more test to go and then after tomorrow I can breath again for a little while. Then I just have to get through rounds 3 and 4 and then the grand finale that is finals and I'll be home free.

Despite school stress, a lot of other things have been going wrong and adding to the stress. This is where Blue has swept in and saved the day...on numerous occasions. It all started with our dryer. It just quit working one day a few weeks ago. I know nothing about dryers, so therefore I went back and forth for about a week on whether or not to call a repairman or just go buy a new one as the mountain of dirty clothes kept piling up (I also had a big test this week, so the dryer did not receive my full attention). It got to the point where I had to towel off after showering with two washcloths because we had run out of clean towels. Blue ended up doing some research and went and bought a new part, took the dryer apart and ta-dah!!, it now works perfectly.

Around this same time I started to notice that my brakes weren't working as well as they usually do. I mentioned it to Blue and when we looked under the car there was a large pool of brake fluid under one of my tires. He took the wheel off and we discovered that my brake fluid line had split and fluid was leaking out in copious amounts. Long story short Blue also fixed this. I'm just glad we discovered it without me having to crash into someone or something when my brakes failed!!

About a week after all of this we started to notice a stinky smell on the back porch. A few days beforehand there had been a fight between the neighbor's dog and a racoon that Blue witnessed. Apparently said racoon decided to crawl under our porch and die. It found the one small opening between the wood and the brick of the house. Thank GOD Blue was here for that one, because I don't think I could have psyched myself up in anyway to begin to even go near it. I did decide to watch when he pulled it out, mind you I was at least 10 feet away. It was the. grossest. thing. I've ever seen. Let's just say that it wasn't the only creature(s) that were present....bllaaaaaaaaach...okay I'm stopping there.

Last night our oven broke. No worries though. It broke once before and Blue fixed it. What a guy! I've been more thankful than ever to have him around lately.

So much drama in the LBC

Uggghh. My family is driving me crazy right now. If you didn't already know, my mother and step-father are separated and have been for over a year now. Oh yeah, and this is the second time in the course of their marriage that they've been separated. It has turned into this big stalemate with neither of them taking any action to end the marriage (which in my opinion is the only realistic option at this point)and the whole thing has become completely disfunctional and it aggravates me because I'm tired of hearing about it and tired of having it mess up holidays and family get-togethers. And I'm tired of the way it is affecting my brother and sister.

On top of that my brother and mother are currently involved in WWIII. To make a long story short, my brother isn't satisfied with what he is currently studying in school and wants to make a change. My mom doesn't want him to and voiced her opinion in a very confrontational and kind of mean way. My brother then responded back with hurtful statements and now they are not speaking and he doesn't want anything to do with her which includes not coming home to visit, apparently ever again....and I'm now stuck in the middle of all this. Soooo not what on my plate I need right now.

On lighter, less annoying note Fall seems to have finally arrived!! And October is here too which means its almost November and December, my two favorite months of the year. So many fun holidays coming up. I can't wait!!!!