Blessed to be a homeowner...

Hello all. So it was an interesting weekend here in SC. Aaron left for a trip home to MI on Tuesday of last week. I was suppose to go to N. Carolina to hang with some friends, but instead had to work at TJ...good thing too...

As I woke up on Saturday morning I heard what sounded like water running. To my dismay (after searching the house) I head to the shed to check the water heater only to find that it has sprung a leak. What to do!?! Of course, I call my parents...in tears! I shut off the electricity then the water - then start the process of looking through the yellow pages for a plumber. Long story short, we have to have the water heater replaced, but (of course) no one will do it for a reasonable price on the weekend - ah yes, because heaven forbid that something should go wrong on the weekend. So after several phone calls, I decide that it will have to wait till Monday. Too bad, because just Thursday Adam's friend David decides to head down to SC for a visit - so cold showers it is. But, we survived...

Then the toilet breaks...and just when I think, 'hmm - what next, bad things always happen in threes right?' - I wake up on Saturday to check the bank accounts because we have no food in the house...

Ah yes, there it is...overdrawn and already two overdraft fees. What a nice way to spend a weekend off of work. After hours on the phone, we discover it wasn't our fault, but Discovers online bill pay. I get it corrected.

So I have decided being a home owner stinks, being an adult stinks even more, and being alone to deal with it all myself stinks the most...does Aaron owe me big! Here I am dealing with it all why he lives it up in MI on vacation. The moral of the story, life is just not fair.

But, it gets better...how quickly I learn that someone was watching over us, because had we not had the overdraft fee and reversed our discover payment, we wouldn't have had any money to pay the plumber.

So, what else have I learned beside that being a homeowner stinks, being poor stinks even more! Please, let us someday be in a spot where we don't have to live paycheck to paycheck.

But alas, I guess it isn't too bad - at least we have running water, and jobs, and a house. It's all a matter of perspective right? Maybe life isn't that unfair, maybe everything happens for a reason, and maybe - just maybe this will all make me stronger, wiser, and a little more thankful for what I have been blessed with!

Peace and love from SC.