:::ftw

i'm not sure what to say. my youngest daughter's birthday passed, as you've already seen below, yet mine was no big thing.


lucy's mom made a special dinner for me along with cake. that was cool and appreciated.


but it was the fact that neither lucy nor any of my kids even presented me with at least a birthday card, much less a present, that led me down this descent. (can you believe that the sole birthday gift given to me was by one of my students, whose father was shot on the last day of 2002!), sorta says something about what we're utilized for as we get older.


and then today i learn from from my wife that she's got bigger financial obligations than i was aware of. well, being in a community property state, we all know that her debts are also mine. so i guess i might as well forget about getting a car of my own anytime soon.


just when i thought this would be the year when i'd finally drive to work in my own car, i find out that it's just not going to happen unless there's a lot more income within our familia.


unless i win a lotto jackpot some time soon.