What a week

The week is only half over and it's been packed full of unwelcomed surprises thus far. The first was a scorpion that we found in the living room on Sunday morning. One of the great joys of living in New Mexico....NOT. I am now a bonified scorpion slayer. However, I believe this incident will detour Ryan from sleeping on the couch in the living room in the future. I don't understand why, but the kids love to sleep in the living room. They each have their own beds, but no matter what, always end up asleep in the living room when they stay with us.
The next bit of new pertains to the house that we are in the process of buying. It appraised for $8,000 less than the original offer amount. This was great news for us, but as you can assume, not so great news for the seller. The surprising part was how the seller's son in law behaved. He acted as though we were trying to rip them off or something! They retracted on including the glass top stove as part of the purchase. Flipping unbelievable. Anyone who has gone through the tedious process of buying or selling a home knows that things can get ugly quick. Also you know that the appraisal is what it is. They compare the home being purchased/sold to others in the area, look at the property, its features and square footage and that's about all it takes for them to determine what the home is worth. They don't care how much the stinking thing sells for cause they get paid for their services regardless. Anyhow, Jerry finally calmed me down and the bottom line is, not only do I we get the house for $8,000 less, but I also get a new stove courtesy of Jerry. I will be extremely happy when the process in complete and we are settled in and unpacked. Don't thinks that's asking to much....do you? LOL
As for work....UGH....is the first thing that comes to mind. It's been slower than usual and my boss is freaking out. He says that no one is getting raises and acts like we are going to go broke. How do you like that for job security? The only thing is that I know where our gross receipts are cause H-E-L-L-O Mr. Bossman I post all the payments and run reports and know that we are only grossed $100.00 less for the period of Jan-Aug of 2009, compared to the same period in 2008. Isn't that kinda why you hired me? You know cause I am pretty smart and know my stuff. I'm just saying :)
So it's my mission now to complete the rest of the week without incident. Not going to let anything else get me down or stress me out. Hmmm or so I say now. Perhaps a nice haircut tomorrow will make the world a better place LOL.