Thunder & Lightening

[dalthauser]

 A giant crack of thunder woke me straight up last night.  This sort of thing always happens when I go to bed late and need as many remaining hours of sleep as I can get.  Anyway, lots of rumbling thunder and rain.  As soon as it was light I checked on the chickens - they were huddled under the coop - they appear traumatized.  Once I came with greens to eat they miraculously recovered.  On my way back to the house I slipped in mud and landed on my bare hands and knees - nice.

I got a thing in the mail from the stimulus people saying I'm getting $600 and I'll have it by May 9th.  It's 300 more than I thought I was getting.  All of it going to finally pay off the credit card that I've been carrying a balance on for months.  When I had the big tree removed I had to put some things on the card to compensate - I've been carrying a balance ever since.  It's the first time I'd carried a balance in about 10 years.    

I rushed to work this morning forgetting to eat breakfast.  Thank you Orville Redenbacher microwave popcorn! (I keep a box in my desk at all times - breakfast of champions).

Comments

[walksbeauty.livejournal.com]

I wonder if it's the same rain system we're getting. So delightful to have a gentle rain all day long starting early this a.m. Sorry you fell, tho'. Man, I do that kind of thing and can throw my trick back out. I hope you're not feeling too bruised or sore. Yay for you for geting your CC paided off.. what a great feeling!

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

Yes - I prefer to be debt free whenever possible. My first 2 years in Texas was rough though - Thank goodness I don't have a large mortgage and know how to live frugally :-)

I paid off my 12mo no interest purchase from Lowes (chest freezer & irrigation supplies) this month - and in July I make my last truck payment.

[walksbeauty.livejournal.com]

awesome... yea, we were debt free for a while... felt GREAT!... them I had 2 kids in college! woooooo..... that set us back a bit and with the rough winter, my partner was out of work (building trades) for a couple of months! We're still recovering from that...

[moon-child003.livejournal.com]

Glad the chickens soon came out of hiding - nothing like food being on offer. Feel for you falling in the mud though - hope you're ok?

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

Yep, I was just muddy. The thick clay kind of mud that sticks like glue until you wash it off. yuck :-)

[madamealexis.livejournal.com]

I always feel cheated when it rains late night/early morning. The wind, thunder and rain sounded impressive. It looks like we may get some more rain tonight.

May I ask what occupation you have?

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

I like the wind & rain too, but I'm always worried about falling trees and flooding. I never worried about it when I rented :-)

I work in a call center (inbound) assisting customers with orders and after purchase service issues. (mind numbingly boring - but it pays the bills). How about you?

[madamealexis.livejournal.com]

Entry level tech support until I get my certs. I switched from Admin. Asst.