Monday Mini-Rant...

Well, it's another Monday...which wouldn't be a Monday without a boat load of stress!!

Today, I received a letter from my heath insurance company, notifying me of my wonderful annual rate increase. *eyeroll*

So, as of now, my monthly heath insurance payment is already more than my rent and car payment combined! And! With my lovely increase in cost, there's a decrease in benefits!! How lovely! *more eyerolling*

My coverage was already 'meh' in the first place...and, oh boy, I can't wait to start paying more for even less services!! *so much eye rolling, my eyeballs have fallen out of my head*

Angry face!!!

Now, I'll be the first to admit, I don't know everything there is to know about politics. And I don't know much about the health insurance industry and why it's so complicated. But, I do know that it's horribly broken and is beyond ignoring or passing along to the next batch of incompetent political blowhards. What crap is this?!? Muck up the insurance system so much that even the most basic of plans in unaffordable...and then, charge us a penalty fee when we can't afford it!! Seriously?!?

*sigh*

Sorry for the mini-rant there...

It's just super frustrating. The fiancé and I are trying our hardest to save up as much as we can...but life has this obnoxious habit of getting in the way.

However, as much as I'd like to continue to complain about finances, I also need to acknowledge some of the positives!

We are in the teens of days left until our wedding!!

My fiancé and I met with our pastor to go over and finalize the order of ceremony...and she liked what I'd come up with! [I brought her a copy of my working draft of the wedding program to look at] So, in the next couple of days, I'm going to go have them printed off ^_^

Also, this week, I'm going to pick up my dress from alterations and we're supposed to be able to pick up the kiddo's suit...

I can't wait for the wedding to get here....and to finally be finished with all the craziness that comes with wedding planning!! But, I wonder, what will my brain do with all the free time when everything's finished?!? [Mostly kidding! I'm sure my INFJ brain will find plenty of other things to ponder!]

Juggling...

Hey guys!

I've got a pretty busy schedule, but I plan to write posts whenever I can. I'm actually writing this one while sitting at one of my kiddo's extracurricular activities...he's taking archery!

As much as I love that he's learning such a cool sport, I definitely hate all of the sitting and waiting. All of the lovely sunshine and Alabama humidity makes for quite a miserable experience. Imagine sitting in a sauna, and all of the bugs make it even worse! Oh, the things we do for our kids...

How about you guys? Do you take your kids to do extra activities and such? If so, how do you manage your schedules?

With school being out, getting my kiddo to his activities isn't too terrible...but I know that will change in a few weeks. [Can you believe that the summer is almost over already?!] I know that lots of parents have perfected the juggle of school schedules and extras, for multiple kids, even!

I'm just hoping I manage too keep some semblance of sanity while I'm driving all over the place ^_^

Well, I was hoping to have some super cool gaming/nerdy thing to post about, but looks like parenting won today....I will definitely work on finding some more entertaining things to write about soon. Until then, I hope you guys are having a good week!