A conversation with my mom:
Mom: We are celebrating your grandmother's 80th b/day in March next year.
me: Really!? That's awesome.
Mom: Everyone is going to fly back home for the surprise b/day party. You should consider going.
me: Mom, I'm paying off my debt right now. As a matter of fact, I got one more credit card to pay off and we should be debt free. I'm not sure whether or not we should be done with it by next March. Besides, I'm not sure, I would want to go without my husband and my babies. If we all go, that would cost a fortune and right now we just don't have.
Mom: You should really consider it. Your siblings are going, including your brother.
me: Like I said, I need to pay off my debt before I can travel free from debt stress.
I'm not sure she liked my answer but I already know that I will not be leaving my family behind for a party. I love my grandmother but I don't have money for a really expensive plane ticket.
Go ahead party without me! I'll toast to her health here in the States with a very expensive wine.
I'm feeling bitter.
Bitterly Stressing.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Friend Dates
After complaining that my phone wasn't ringing, it finally rang. Not once or twice but three times.
Blond Friend: Let's go out to lunch! Check. Although my lunch date with my Friend left me extremely sad for her. She's unemployed, single mom with a boyfriend who has already beat her twice! She has given him an ultimatum. Really!? you have? I didn't think that deadbeats deserved an ultimatum! She's living in her ex-boyfriends condo and broke. I feel for her.
Latina Friend: We went out for drinks. Check. She's seeing four guys! One is living with her. She's got stress, very different than mine and no I do not wish to live her lifestyle...way too gross. In my single life, I always wanted that exclusiveness, you know, to feel special. She's going to Los Cabos with one of them. He's paying for everything. The second love interest is a VP of an international company she works for. The third is a banker and the fourth who lives with her owns a restaurant.
Asian Friend: She called me to see if I was interested in doing this workout at the gym. I accepted and when I was getting ready to go, our garage door broke! So, I couldn't make my workout date with her. I'm going this coming weekend again.
So, perhaps complaining about no one calling me worked!
Half Stressed.
Blond Friend: Let's go out to lunch! Check. Although my lunch date with my Friend left me extremely sad for her. She's unemployed, single mom with a boyfriend who has already beat her twice! She has given him an ultimatum. Really!? you have? I didn't think that deadbeats deserved an ultimatum! She's living in her ex-boyfriends condo and broke. I feel for her.
Latina Friend: We went out for drinks. Check. She's seeing four guys! One is living with her. She's got stress, very different than mine and no I do not wish to live her lifestyle...way too gross. In my single life, I always wanted that exclusiveness, you know, to feel special. She's going to Los Cabos with one of them. He's paying for everything. The second love interest is a VP of an international company she works for. The third is a banker and the fourth who lives with her owns a restaurant.
Asian Friend: She called me to see if I was interested in doing this workout at the gym. I accepted and when I was getting ready to go, our garage door broke! So, I couldn't make my workout date with her. I'm going this coming weekend again.
So, perhaps complaining about no one calling me worked!
Half Stressed.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Is that my phone ringing?
No, that is not my phone ringing but I truly want my phone to ring only it just doesn't. Since, I have become a mom, no one seems to bother to call me and ask me out or want to do things with me. I'm not a bore. Everyone seemed to want to go out and have fun with me when I was single, what happened? My best friend still single and boyfriends still come and go in a carousel. By the time 7pm hits every night, all I hit is the couch from exhaustion. Although, there are nights that I do want to hang out at a patio and/or bar and just talk with friends, but they seem out of touch with my new lifestyle.
Perhaps, I should start making friends with other mom's but the problem with that is other mom's are busy with their children so that's out of the questions unless a mom out there feels like I do, but who is going to come forward and say, "hey, you want to hang out with me? All my single friends have abandoned me because, well, I'm a mom, let's cheer to that."
Sucks, doesn't it.
Ring, Ring.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Wanted
We are interviewing for a Nanny. My mother is leaving us in September and we have to make two decisions: I quit my job or we hire a nanny.
We decided to start interviewing just in case we find someone suitable for the job my mom has being doing since our first daughter was born.
Nanny #1 - She's from Peru and has the experience we are looking for. Everything was going fine until we discussed pay. She's legally in this country but in order to claim her in our taxes, she'll charge us more. If we do not, she'll charge us less. We are only offering this amount of $$ and 3 days a week. She wants 5 days.
She's exceptional and I would pay her whatever she wants and give her 5 days a week if I had the money to afford her but we do not. Both of our hearts were broken when we realized we can't hired her. She's excellent! She comes with great recommendations but we just can't. sucks!
Nanny #2 - She's from Mexico and she does not have experience as a Nanny but is a teacher in Mexico for preschoolers. She's ok with 3 days a week for the pay we are offering. She's here on a Tourist Visa and plans on going back every 6 months to renew it and as long as her son attends college here the Mexican Consulate agrees to extend it every time. Her husband is an Architect.
We hit it off very well so we are really considering her. We'll see. More details to come.
I still need to call two more people interested in the job.
This is stressfull. Trusting a stranger to come into your house to watch, play, feed your children. this double sucks!
-Patienly Stressed.
We decided to start interviewing just in case we find someone suitable for the job my mom has being doing since our first daughter was born.
Nanny #1 - She's from Peru and has the experience we are looking for. Everything was going fine until we discussed pay. She's legally in this country but in order to claim her in our taxes, she'll charge us more. If we do not, she'll charge us less. We are only offering this amount of $$ and 3 days a week. She wants 5 days.
She's exceptional and I would pay her whatever she wants and give her 5 days a week if I had the money to afford her but we do not. Both of our hearts were broken when we realized we can't hired her. She's excellent! She comes with great recommendations but we just can't. sucks!
Nanny #2 - She's from Mexico and she does not have experience as a Nanny but is a teacher in Mexico for preschoolers. She's ok with 3 days a week for the pay we are offering. She's here on a Tourist Visa and plans on going back every 6 months to renew it and as long as her son attends college here the Mexican Consulate agrees to extend it every time. Her husband is an Architect.
We hit it off very well so we are really considering her. We'll see. More details to come.
I still need to call two more people interested in the job.
This is stressfull. Trusting a stranger to come into your house to watch, play, feed your children. this double sucks!
-Patienly Stressed.
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