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another spluge..sigh

August 8th, 2008 at 12:15 pm

my mom had to have a heart catheter wed., and that night I needed to either cook for her and my lil sis, or pick them up something. Well, I was being good, and on my way home to cook my family dinner, and bring them some too, when my little sister called me and said that my mom was bleeding where the catheter went in. well, if any of you have ever known any one to have one done, you know how dangerous it is for them to be bleeding, so I had to rush back and back off to the hospital. So that nights dinner ended up in the hospital cafeteria. They got the bleeding stopped and we were home at like 1:00am. Then last night, I am getting ready to leave work(at 4:30) and my boss comes up and starts talking. Well I cant blow him off. Then HIS boss comes up and starts talking. What it turns into is a 1:45 long heated discussion about inventory reduction. So by the time I get out of there it is 6:15. I stop by my moms to get her prescription I need to fill, and I can tell that they are starved ( my mom is still not allowed up, and my sister, well you don’t want her cooking) so I feel bad for making them wait so long. So when I fill my moms prescription, I grab them a $5 lil ceasers pizza. And I grabbed us one too! so now I feel guilty but, circumstances where not normal so I am going to forgive myself.

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10 Responses to “another spluge..sigh”

  1. merch Says:
    August 8th, 2008 at 12:21 pm 1218198100
    1218198100

    I won't feel guility. You did what you needed to do. I would go over my budget for the month and see if I'm still in budget or not.

    But family comes first before finances. Take care of the family and woory about finances.

  2. JanH Says:
    August 8th, 2008 at 01:23 pm 1218201819
    1218201819

    Hope your mom is doing much better! And, Merch is right. Take care of yourself, your family and your extended family. You are not going overboard on spending. You are keeping frugal spending in mind while you are taking care of critical needs. Thoughts go out to you and your family at this time.

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    August 8th, 2008 at 02:12 pm 1218204736
    1218204736

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  4. Swimgirl Says:
    August 8th, 2008 at 02:34 pm 1218206065
    1218206065

    Hey, you did great! A couple $5 pizzas?! You COULD have done much worse! And good for you for taking care of your mom and sister even though you were overwhelmed with other things. Maybe sometime when you have a few minutes, you can plan a few meals to have in the freezer for just an occasion such as this...make a couple lasagnas, have some (on sale) frozen tortellini and sauce ready to go, make burritos, etc. It's really hard to plan meals when you are stressed out and have no time.

    Don't be too hard on yourself!

  5. momcents Says:
    August 8th, 2008 at 02:36 pm 1218206191
    1218206191


    Another good idea is when you do cook something from scratch in the crockpot or whatever - double the batch and freeze a meal. I have in your place many a time (no sense beating yourself up). And you can always sent things over to y our mom's house frozen so she can heat in the microwave and eat. Hope your mom is feeling better!

  6. hailiesmom515 Says:
    August 8th, 2008 at 03:58 pm 1218211102
    1218211102

    thanks every body!

  7. compulsive debtor Says:
    August 8th, 2008 at 05:00 pm 1218214840
    1218214840

    I wouldn't feel bad either. You did what you had to do. And I think it's amazing that you are so young and taking care of two families. You sound like an amazing young woman!

  8. hailiesmom515 Says:
    August 8th, 2008 at 10:15 pm 1218233735
    1218233735

    thanks debtor! my mom is my life and my best friend, i cant imagine my life without her, so i do everything possible to make sure she stays in it!

  9. sillyoleme Says:
    August 8th, 2008 at 10:50 pm 1218235848
    1218235848

    I agree with everyone... you did what you had to do! Don't be too hard on yourself. Smile

  10. Amber Says:
    August 9th, 2008 at 02:21 am 1218248516
    1218248516

    Hope your mom feels better soon and keep your head up you are definately doing your best

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