Can we stop now, please?

I haven't updated in a while, mostly because I've been under a curse and I'm afraid to talk out loud about it. If there's anyone out there who knows how to banish demons and evil spirits, please light a white candle for me, okay? Cause it's been bad.

How bad?

Remember that new Kia Spectra I bought? The 2006, with cruise control and a CD player and that glorious new car smell?

On Monday, the car was rear-ended while I was stopped at a traffic light. I spent the evening in OB triage. We're all fine, but the Spectra is totaled. The week before school. Sigh.

And then the Corolla got a flat tire and a cracked lugnut. And then our cat got diagnosed with cancer. And then we got the new apartment, but we have no furniture so we went to finance some and got denied. And then the deluge.

But I'm fine, and the family is fine, and we have two great jobs and an awesome new apartment. So we'll be sleeping on an air mattress -- so what! And the cat seems to be hanging in there, so maybe it's not what the vet thinks. Anyway, I'll think about it tomorrow. I can't think about it now. I'll go crazy if I do.

Tomorrow is another day.

Let's never do this again, shall we?

Some of you might be wondering why I have been unusually silent of late. The truth is, I'm afraid to post about my butt-ugly week on the 'net. I don't want my curse extending to my faithful readers.

I hate to be cryptic about what's going on, but I can't spill too much info because of the liability involved. Suffice it to say that my beautiful new car is no more. Through no fault of its own, the poor dear, it was involved in a vehicular slaughter. Panic not! I'm fine; the baby's fine. The car is a total loss.

In addition to spending hours getting monitored at the hospital for fetal distress (I was FAR more distressed than the baby, believe me!), I also dealt with a flat tire in our OTHER car. I fought with three insurance companies.

And received the terrible news that our beloved cat may have terminal cancer.

I am taking it one day at a time, folks. That is all I can do right now. But I'm okay. Don't worry.