it pours. Goes right along with another saying.... "If I didn't have any bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at all."
The good news is that if that whole "bad things come in 3's" is actually true, I'm all set for awhile.
First, our oil burner cracked, and we have to replace the furnace. We're going to convert to natural gas, but in the meantime put in an electric water heater so that at least we have hot water. Thankfully my dh can do this stuff himself (for the most part) or it would cost us even more than it already is.
Second, my brother-in-law passed away last week. He was 56. The worst part is that it was really very preventable. He gave up on his health about 10 years ago, and has declined since then. Very sad, especially since he had so much to live for.... he had his first grandchild born in May, and his oldest son is due to be married in less than a month. Really sucks.
Third, Third, today, was my son AJ getting into an accident in the parking lot of a Subway where we stopped for lunch. He was backing out of our parking spot, and then another car was backing out also, and they collided. The guy was a major a-hole. He got out of he MERCEDES (oh yeah, it couldn't have been a Ford Escort or something, right?) and started yelling at AJ, telling him that he effed up his bumper. OMG... seriously?? I was pissed. I said to the guy... "Do you think he did this on PURPOSE? You need to stop swearing at him." Anyway, we parked and exchanged information. He was going on about how he didn't know how he was going to get it fixed because he keeps this car here all year (he lives in Illinois). He had what looked to me like a small dent in his bumper, and we had some damage to ours as well. Of course, in the moment I was more in shock than anything, so I didn't even have the police come. I am kicking myself in the a$$ for that now, because the more I thought about it, the more I realized that this guy was probably at least as much at fault as AJ was. They both were backing up, and I'm pretty sure that AJ was going first, and that he still had his reverse lights on when the guy starting backing up. The problem was that AJ didn't put the car into drive and thought he was going forward when in reality he went backwards. He wasn't moving very quickly though, and didn't go far at all before they collided. I am just SO PISSED at myself for not thinking clearly at the moment. The other problem is that we got rid of the collision on the van a couple of years ago because it's so damn old.
I made AJ drive home (about another 30 minutes) because I didn't want him to think that I didn't trust him. I tried really hard not to make him feel worse despite being stressed TO THE MAX.
Haven't told dh yet. Wish me luck with that one. He was still sleeping when I left to go to my part-time job this afternoon, and he was getting ready to leave for his job when I got home. I chickened out.
I don't know how we are going to pay for this..... ugh.