Tuesday Turmoils..

I want to start by saying goodbye to Patrick Swayze...I adored him in Dirty Dancing and Ghost and Road House to name my favorites. I must have seen Dirty Dancing a hundred times! What girl doesn't want to pretend she is Baby being swept off her feet by a handsome man with moves to die for..no pun intended. Maybe he is dancing somewhere in heaven or wherever the spirits go. Thank you Patrick! Watching your movies is like..having "the time of my life"...

I should have known that by taking stock of finances and debts, and concluding that there is a light I can see way ahead through that tunnel..that it would jinx me! I shouldn't say out loud or even think for that matter that I may be close to having a handle on things. But that's exactly what I did about a week ago, right before both daughters had car troubles and my youngest had to get another expensive text book for college. That was the start of my tumble back into credit card debt. Now an even more major repair was done to my oldest daughter's vehicle yesterday and we are coming to the realization with her it may be time to give up her once trusty RAV for something that won't need a major repair every other week.

Although this daughter has graduated college, she is planning on going back to grad school in a year, and she is working several part-time jobs at minimum wage but...you know where this is going, don't you? She nor her fiance'can take on additional debt let alone qualify for it, so guess who is going to go into more debt for a vehicle. Yup!

I know I could just make her suffer and tell her I just can't help. My own mother who is in her 80's and grew up in a world where there was only one car in the family and everyone could make do, thinks I should let her fend for herself. That just doesn't work as well in today's world. Different work schedules and places of employment make it pretty much impossible to make one car work. And she doesn't live in a city where you can walk everywhere.

But looking on the bright side of things which I always do to keep my sanity, her RAV has lasted her 5 years without too much trouble and we got it used with some junkyard parts and all. And these last two problems with it could have happened on a busy highway where the outcome may have been much worse, so I will manage somehow. I always do and I'd rather her be in something safe with not a lot of miles on it so by the time for the next vehicle she needs, she will be done all studies and have a good job and get it all by herself! Hey... maybe even start paying me back! ..I can dream can't I? :-)

off to start my day...