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| The prompts for your creative efforts this week are "rescue", "sacrifice", and "tears", but also "there must be an upset victory". I'm incorporating the prompt words in this entry because it's been a hell of a weekend. I am not feeling too creative. I feel exhausted. Mentally and physically. Not only has Cupcake been sick, but her dog is sick too. She's lethargic and not eating, but she will drink water. (The dog, not the kid. Cupcake has crud in her chest.) I'm really worried about the dog, Mitzi. I'm trying to be practical and not panic. I'm Super Mom, so I shed my tears quietly after everyone is asleep. I'll be taking the dog to the vet as soon as they open in the morning. Cupcake has a doctor's appointment at 5 tomorrow evening. I swear, every time we get a little money put back, something happens and we have to dip into the savings. Don't get me wrong, I love our dogs. Trixie & Mitzi are family members. Hopefully, we don't have to sacrifice too much money to keep her healthy. I'm sure the car will hold out a little longer anyway. But damn it, it always works out this way. I just have to remind myself that I'm grateful I have the money to begin with. It could always be worse. We pretty much live paycheck to paycheck. I don't have anyone to swoop in and rescue me when disaster hits. But I've seen first hand how bad others have it. We may have a small rental house, but we have a roof over us. We may have a car that only runs when it wants to, but it still runs half of the time. We may not have the food we want to eat, but our bellies are full. My health may be crappy, but I'm alive. If I didn't have my faith, I would fully succumb to depression more often than I do now. I don't consider myself an optimist or a pessimist, but rather a realist. Life is unfair. Shit happens. But I have to believe that in the end, there must be an upset victory. If I didn't believe this, there would be no reason to wake up each day. |
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but seems to be okay today. I worry about my poor circulation, scrub my toes with a soft bristle brush, watch discoloration come and go. I probably need new arteries or veins but hey... "Heathcare" USA (enough said?). I may be better off trying something here in Thailand. But still... wish I lived in a country that had adequate patient based healthcare. Thailand and Taiwan mostly do, but I can't access it. First world systems like Europe, Canada and Australia do, but again, I can't access it. 