I’ve been freaking out the past few days because I’m
gradually running out of money. The
little pot of money we have managed to survive on for the last ten months will
dwindle down to nothing by the end of the summer. And then, life as we know it will change
drastically once again. I will have to
go back to work. This freaks me out. I already feel overburdened and that I do the
jobs of at least two people. Now I will
have to learn to do it minus 40 hours a week.
I’ve said many times in the past that we are not only surviving, but,
indeed, thriving, because it’s my sole focus.
I’m focused on the four of us, and nothing else. None of my precious energy is directed
outside of this home. How will I
manage? Who will do all these things
that I do? Right now the baby goes to
school three days a week. During those
three days, I do the things that I would rather not do with three kids. I get time to myself during these days,
too. On Mondays, after I drop them all
off, I swear sometimes I just wander around here in an almost catatonic
state. It’s times like this, right now,
that I hate Dave so much. I hate that he
was so sick and twisted that he actually believed killing himself was going to
be good for us. What kind of sick fuck
can honestly believe that? Everyone
keeps saying they feel certain good things will come to us. I believe in my heart that is true. I really do see wild success. But I’m not sure it’s going to come without
some hard work. I need to find a way to
work without being too stressed out and overburdened. Or I need a suga daddy. I really just need to win the lottery, and
since I feel extremely deserving I think I will start buying more tickets.
I had my pool water tested today and they told me to add
muriatic acid to the pool. They said to
keep it away from the kids, because it’s hazardous. So I put on a pair of gloves and carefully
poured what I needed into a glass container and poured it into the pool. They didn’t tell me when this shit hits the
water it makes a big deadly plume of lethal gas! Oh my fack!
I breathed in the deadly plume and thought I was dying. Why do
they sell this dangerous stuff at a store?
Holy crap! This stuff is
outrageously dangerous. I don’t even
want this in my house. People think guns
are dangerous? No, people. This shit, this shit is dangerous. I ran
inside and started googling that I breathed too much, to make sure I wasn’t
going to die in the yard. I guess I am exaggerating
the toxic effects, because you would have to breathe more of it to kill
you. But I’m extremely sensitive to
chemicals. My throat burns right now and
so does my chest. I already loathe
chemicals and hate smells. I can’t even
clean my own toilets. I despise bathroom
cleaners. My kids cause me all kinds of
pain because they bring me smelly things, like homemade potpourri and scented
things they made in school. What is all
that shit? Why is every commercial for
some air freshener that is intended to mask the smell of something stinky? Why do your houses stink, people? You want some air freshener? Open your windows. Fresh air is free. Why does everyone think they need all this strong
smelly-ness. I use unscented
everything. My soap has maybe a little lavender
in it. I smell good. I’m clean and girly. I don’t smell like apples or peaches or rain
water or tropical breeze. We are
supposed to smell like people. Stop covering up the pheromones, humans. The smell of a real person is a good thing. Dave’s arm pit smell used to turn me on. Don’t even try to lie and act like you don’t
know what I’m talking about. I’m not
talking about being stinky. It’s not a
gross smell I’m talking about. I’m
talking about being clean with natural, body scents. So quit febreezing everything. I think when you stop using all that scented
stuff, your nose becomes more sensitive.
When someone else washes my kids’ clothes my kids ask me to wash the shirts
again, because the smell of their detergent is too strong. If you
see no further posts from me, please call the EMTs and tell them I breathed too
much muriatic acid. God, I hope it didn’t
affect my champion smeller!










Keep your head up and always try to find the humor in everything. You can always find somethng to laugh about if you try hard enough. :)
ReplyDeleteSo glad I'm not the only one who has problems with what I call "Febreze-a-freaks"! Since I was preg with my 1st (6yrs ago) I've done my best to detoxify (is that a word?) our house. There's something at my mom's house that permeates every damn thing that enters the house (even her food has a faint odor of this fabric softener-type scent). It's maddening & migraine inducing. I have washed clothes she's bought for the kids in vinegar as many as 6 times to get it out. I finally found a natural product that seems to do the trick, but my lawd, I totally get what you mean about the smell of stuff...clean doesn't smell like "tropical lotus blossom"! Stay strong, Your Awesomeness!
ReplyDeleteI'm not the only one who loves armpits?! Perhaps we were separated at birth...like maybe one of a set of sextuplets or something.
ReplyDeleteOh wow!! So not only did I just find one person, but two that love armpits??!!? I truly thought I was the only one. Thanks for making me feel a little less like a freak today :)
ReplyDeleteGurls...we are the only ones admitting it. Everyone human is turned on my pheromones, they just don't know it. LOL
DeleteI love that certain armpit smell- the natural man musk!! This blog is your ticket to $ when it gets published.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad I found you. I have been reading your blog nonstop and have shared it with all of my closest muthas. I pray for your continued strength, bravery and ability to write life, true as fuck. THANK YOU.
ReplyDeleteThank YOU, for telling me that!
DeleteI've been reading your blog for a few weeks now religiously and I agree with Cam... You will make a living writing when this blog gets published because you do it so well. Even though we haven't been through the same things in life I laugh and cry with you on every post you write (when I first found you on accident I literally spent a day reading with a box of tissues). Thank you for sharing, I will definitely keep reading because you are an inspiration to of us muthas.
ReplyDeleteI'm still blown away everytime someone says this to me...so thank YOU
DeleteI get the sensitive nose thing... I get sick when people with too much smelly crap on them walk by. I ALWAYS have to re-wash clothes we get from other people b/c the "clean" smell makes me gag! We LOVE Fragrance Free. The only deodorant I can stand still is a little strong, although people tell me I smell good all the time. What is that you're wearing.. Deodorant? NO WAY! Yeah.. you can smell it b/c I'm not doused in perfume :)
ReplyDeleteI've been reading your posts for the last couple hours and am so moved! You are an incredibly strong human being and I will for sure be following you from now on. I wish nothing but the best for you and your family moving forward.
ReplyDeleteAlso I can't not mention the cosmic coincidence that you talked about the lottery in this post, and I was working on a lottery post just last night. (and you inspired me to go ahead and post it! -thanks)