Still haven’t come back AT ALL. That being said, the water company is coming to fix the broken meter on October 17, so at least I have a deadline to get me going. (We will try not to dwell on needing a deadline to accomplish anything.)

On the financial progress front… Fuck. My. Life. So, we had pandemic pay cuts, and they will thankfully end with the next pay period.

And of course, OF COURSE, today the check engine light on my car came on.

I was able to pull the code and it appears it is the throttle position sensor, which does not seem to be an ungodly expensive replacement, thank god. I also need to have them check the damn oil pressure sensor again, it was just replaced like 3 months ago and it still occasionally flickers on and off. I’m wondering if they replaced the bad sensor with another bad sensor, which is what I ran into with the thermostat this summer. (I did just check the oil level itself, it’s fine, so it’s the sensor, thank you sweet baby jesus.)

My brother owes me a fuckton of money, and I should have it shortly, it’s not like he’s holding out on me or anything, but I was going to take that and turn around and get my Care Credit balance taken care of and out of the way – but yeah…we’re gonna hold off on that until we get the final car bill.

The potentially good news here, is that thanks to USPS informed delivery where they give me a picture of the mail I will supposedly be getting later in the day and my brother & I both have envelopes from our local auto shop – fingers crossed for a coupon!!!

But, seriously, this year – it’s just always something. Massive car bill in January. Pandemic in March. Pay cut in April. Another car bill in June. Big ol’ tax bills in July *and* August. No stimulus $$. My bar bill has gone down, but every other damn bill has stayed steady and the grocery bill has gone through the damn roof.

It’s just hard to stay positive and that lack of positivity has pretty much put me into the fetal position.

But, onwards.