I could just slap my husband right now, I really could. Oh I am so frustrated right now! How can that idiot tell me 'I don't see why you're so worried about me being laid off.' BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE ANY FRICKEN' MONEY COMING IN FROM YOU YOU IDIOT! OK, there will be some, in the form of an unemployment check, but even those aren't all that much, certainly not like a full paycheck. He's also counting on his scrapping (cleaning, sorting, loading and taking in metal for money) to supplement. That's all good and fine, but last round, when he got laid off of the other job, he was supposed to do that and it never happened. So pardon me for wanting to work as hard as I can to put what I can into the savings account so I don't have to panic every time a bill comes in or every time we need something.
See, this argument started because he needs new tires for his car, which is fine, he really does ... but he also wanted to buy a brand new spare instead of just using the current tires for that. The current tires will do just fine if he needs ONE to get him from where he's broke down to home. Further, there are other resources to seek tires at a perhaps cheaper rate without it being cheaper quality. There was another thing he wanted to replace that he can actually get by with just oiling it (rear shock, don't ask me to explain the intricacies of the situation please) and then replace it later when he's NOT going to be laid off. We can't afford both the tires and the new shock, so he got told that and the argument ensued from there.
He knew he needed to replace that shock from day one of having the car. He's had a full year to do it, he could have done it 6 months ago when we had the financial stability to do it, but didn't for who knows what reason. He wants to wait til we've got a month and a half to two months before him being laid off? I don't think so. He made his bed, now he can lie in it ... or oil it ... or whatever. Yeah, we've decided to spend the rest of the night not speaking because we're just not going to agree on anything and he's just acting like a stubborn ass and I'm just frustrated as hell, so only absolutely necessary conversation will occur for the rest of the night.
Besides that though, or until that I should say, I've been in a happy glow after arriving home from work because I got some new books! I've got one more on the way, but I got the other three tonight. Under the Dome by Stephen King, A Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks, and then a first aid book for dogs and cats. I can't wait to get the first two started (one at a time, just to be able to stretch 'em out ... yeah I tend to be bad about reading two or three books at a time, not because I forget that I've started one, or get bored, but because I may not have access to the current one I was reading so I'll start another and once I've started I can't just stop). I've already been perusing the first aid book and I think it was quite a wise decision to get it and should have done it lots sooner. I'm gonna read up on the urinary issue section tonight, since we have two kitties in the house who've had problems with that.
Otherwise, that's all that's prominent in the brain for now so off to go play some Sims and then get a bath before bed. Have a good one everybody!
Yeah, I don't get why he's so hot to replace the shock if some oiling it will do. The way I see it, if it will work without endangering the car or people it doesn't get fixed or replaced. But then my budget is usually super tight. Is it for sure he'll be laid off? I hope he gets to stay. I know well the pain of looking for work and living on pennies.