can't catch a break......vent

[~~Who,Me?~~]

Sometimes people have a great year and you just have lots to be thankful for.........this is not one of those years for me. Anyone who knows me will tell you I always look on the bright side of life. Lately we just can't catch a break.

Right before Thanksgiving, my 7m old niece died of a rare strain of bacterial meningitis, one for which there is no vaccine:sad:. Needless to say, the holidays were sort of a bummer for us.

Then my brother was downsized. Nice company, terminated his position about 4 months after his baby died.

A month later, my FIL's position was eliminated. He's in his 60s, so it's going to be much harder for him to find work.

Right after that, DH's grandfather died. Mind you, he was 95 years old so it wasn't completely unexpected, but still, not a happy occasion.

Then my new little one was born and my brother found a new position, one much better than his old one. Yay--things were looking up.

Thursday was my last day of school. I was informed that pretty much come May 1 of next year, I will be out of a job. And on top of all of that.....our %^$##%* desktop crashed yesterday. All of my resumes and cover letters and contact info (outlook) was on that computer, not the laptop. And my son's first IEP meeting is tomorrow and all of the info I needed for that was on that computer as well.

Not to mention photos.:sad: We had backed up photos of my 2 year old, but we hadn't done backup in a few months. I had uploaded a few to kodakgallery and I made one photo book at CVS of the new little guy, but other than that, they're all gone.:sad::sad::sad:

I just would like to have things go our way for a few months......

[jillynoodle]

awwwwwwwwwwww!!!!i totally hear you i have had times in my life where i just didnt want to wake up because something awful im sure was going to happen. sometimes life is just too damn hard!!! hang in there and find something to do to keep your chin up...praying, exercise, hobbies, couponing etc, you just need some "nothing bad happened" time under your belt to recharge your batteries...its hard to catch your breath when bad things just keep happening i know...try to stay positive and weather the storm, it will get better it always does

[kval07]

I don't know what to say other than I'm sorry. I won't go in to all my problems, but I feel like I never should have come home from Iraq. My life was a billion times better before I went and I came home and everything just keeps getting worse. And I got home in Nov 2007! That's a long string of bad luck. So I know how life can just keep piling things on top of you.

I'm sorry for your family's loss and I do hope that things start to look up for you.

[~~Who,Me?~~]

And now my coupon world is imploding as well.........

I missed out on the Pampers deal at CVS because I couldn't print the page advertising the deal, and now they're pulling the deal. And I really need diapers for my older son.

And I just picked up my inserts from where I usuallly pick them up on Mondays. And someone (I know who it was) clipped all the good coupons out of the inserts. It wasn't one of the newsstand owners, I know they can't be bothered. It was this one woman who works there. I have 13 copies of Red Plum, but no Kelloggs......no Yoplait/Gogurt from the SS inserts....good grief.

[meems]

First off..I'm so sorry!

On your old computer, are you sure there is no chance of recovery? Aren't there places that specifically do recovery in situations like this?

[Mothernature]

I recommend purchasing flash drives and use sites to store stuff. Our one lap top is in the repair shop all the time (I mean almost every 3 weeks). I use google docs for our budget, spending, and word processing. I use flash drives for pictures, downloads we need to keep, etc.

We lost our digital camera on vacation 3 weeks ago. Thank gosh I saved the pixs from the card on a flash drive.

[puakinikini]

I am so sorry- I have had bad spells like this...it will get better. Life is full of ups and downs and unfortunately you are on a plateau on the down end.

I am so sorry about your little niece. Life sometimes just does not seem fair. I am thinking of your brother and his wife.

[wealthybarney]

Op-how about an update?

[~~Who,Me?~~]

Thanks for asking. But things are....eh. I've applied for about a zillion jobs, and nothing. And now there's more added stress with my oldest son, as he transitions to the 3-5 program.

We got a new computer and it appears we'll be able to access the hard drive of the old one.

[wealthybarney]

That's good news about your computer. I wonder if you share what field you are looking for if other couponers might know of one in your area?