Something Stinks Around Here

My life stinks.

It may be the too much rain we've gotten and the fact that our little blow-up pool has been sitting on a smoldering patch of damp decaying earth. That could be it. Or, more likely I have sloshed upon a break in a sewer line and the wetness, and the smell are the beginning of a very expensive and very upsetting journey into the earth with a plumber by my side.

It seems that what I attract into my life does not smell like roses. Why is that? Why? Why is that? Actually, I have been blessed lately. I have been working full time for almost a year now. My daughter has graduated with a Masters degree in Speech Pathology and is working at a local school. She is also engaged to be married. October 11, 2014 to be exact. To a man that I pray will be good to her and treat her like the angel she is.

My son has also graduated. He has received a Bachelors degree in Neuroscience. He is planning to return to school to receive his Masters degree. A Masters in what he's not sure. But I'm sure he will find his path and he will be great in it.

My wife is healthy after 10+ years of MS. For that she, and I are grateful. We struggle though with finances. Money does not come easy to us. Seems that when we get some, we incur numerous expenses that dwindle it away. I have recently received some pension buyout funds from my time spent at NCR. We're investing it in an IRA and planning to use it for retirement. That's a good thing. But, with this sewer thing we may need to tap into it for repair money.

See what I mean. Every time we get something good. Something comes along and takes it away. I fear that. Maybe I should not. Maybe it would stop happening if I stopped fearing it so. I just don't know how to stop thinking the way I think.

 That stinks.