I am SO sorry I went MIA. I have never felt this horrible being pregnant! I am SO tired all the time. I've never been so tired and I have no energy. At all. I was feeling disconnected from everyone for some reason and I just didn't feel like coming online. I should have PM'd you all and let you know I was okay but away. I hope I start to feel better soon. Feeling like this just makes you depressed.
Plus we've had some financial setbacks. The truck was making a weird noise, and was due to have the tranmission flushed. So DH went and had it done, it cost over $130. THEN it was still making the noise. My BIL said it sounded like the rear end going out, which would run us around 1200. Chad went to have the tires rotated and balanced(free since we purchased the plan when we bought the tires) and they said that both the left and right front ball joints were bad. One about to go the other going. I have no idea how much that costs. Then yesterday afternoon the transmission went out. Hopefully the rear end wasn't that but the transmission. But the transmission itself will probably be several thousand dollars. Which of course we don't have. So all the vacation money will go towards it and the rest on a dreaded credit card. Which stresses me out. The $400 I make a month for Ivy will thankfully pay for it quickly, as long as nothing else happens. So our trip is not going to happen. Chad wants to still go and put all the repairs on a card and pay it off with half the Ivy money, using the other half for the rest of the trip not saved for yet. But I have to be the responsible one. We just need to get it all paid off. If we can then our whole tax return is ours to do what we want with(unless something else breaks down). We can always go next year. I am however going to ask him about just going for one night(staying off site) and going to
MNSSHP so we can have that fun and I can meet everyone. What a bummer when we worked so hard to save for this trip. Of course the stupid truck has to be falling apart. I'm not canceling it until the last minute, I have until August. You never know what could happen. If the Lord wants us to go He can provide the money for everything.
On a high note the insurance option that we chose was chosen. We will have higher co-pays and are responsible for 20% after the co-pay, but at least it's a normal policy and the pregnacy will be covered. We can always pay off the hospital bills a little at a time. Hopefully I'll still get medicaid so it won't be an problem. Since I don't know how I can come up with the $1000 deductible by 28 weeks now.
God has worked out our insurance problems with the kids, and now with us. So I know He is big enough to work out the truck problems. Just maybe not how I want Him too.
I can't believe how many pages have flown by. What happened? I can't say when or if I will be able to go back and see. So if someone could PM me a summery that would be wonderful.
Hi Kay! It's nice to see you. We've missed you!