Stressful week so far...

Well it's only Wednesday and it has already been kind of a stressful week for me...

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Dealing with insurance companies on the teenagers wreck - this is a stress level 8 (out of 10) for me. I try and be nice, but I know I will have to "fight for my honor" so to speak. To stand my ground. This is hard for me, but I have learned to do it as I grew up and matured and got walked on a few times. I kind of feel like everyone should have the same integrity standards of basic human nature as I do, and they just don't. It's okay, but I am a hugger not a fighter.

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Then turning and dealing with my Strong Silent Mysterious Man about the insurance stuff. He is silent, until he had an opinion about something. And so I get the fun job of working him through all the reasons why I didn't threaten them and poison their cat; and am still trying to act reasonable and work through this with some form of firm patience. He later thanks me and is very grateful I am dealing with them and it's not up to him.

Or somebodies cat would be dead by now.

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I also got some really bad news that my client I just quit doing books for in August died of a heart attack while out walking with his dogs on Monday morning.

It was very sad news, he is 55 years old and in good health.

I felt so strange all day, trying to get it in my head it was real... it just didn't feel real to me.

I was trying not to be stressed out by this situation, because of what I know to be true, and it really is a wonderful stage in his life for him. And tried not to be too selfish and just view the losses for us here left behind. But still I felt much anxiety and stress over this.

He had never come and picked up his books from me, and his children found all his mail since I had quit working for him piled up unopened. So that meant he had gone in a very low direction since I last talked to him. My last conversation with him was really good, so I have no heavy feelings or regrets or anything like that. I am just very sad for his family.

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On top of these things, which I am really trying to remain calm cool and collected about... I got to go car shopping with my boys.

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Okay, car shopping really stresses me out!!! It's a 10 on my stress meter!!!

I have nothing good to say about car salesmen.... sorry, I almost have to just stay out of the dealing, they are humorous to me.

My Strong Silent Mysterious Man and I and the input we listen to from the teenager (its a small percentage of input when you are NOT monetarily involved in the process at our house), are all usually on three totally different levels. We try and figure out what we NEED the vehicle for, we all have very different needs from in town errands, to hunting, to looking cool going to school, to fitting into our budget(which could severely change depending on the outcome of the insurance stuff), to major fuel economy, to something comfortable to take on trips, to something that will hold our dogs and camping gear, to something extremely reliable... You see where I am going here.

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STRESS!!

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Bottom line, they don't make just one vehicle to cover all of these needs... we discovered we would need 4 more cars to fit all these needs. But we go looking anyway, I am a glutton for punishment.

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So this is how it goes....

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The teenager checks out the stereo and the interior... to make sure it is date worthy...

The Strong Silent Mysterious Man checks them out for mechanical soundness....

Guess where that leaves me....

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Yep! Talking to the car salesmen that I despise so badly! Sorry to stereotype them... but yikes!

Like I needed anymore stress in my day right now!

Needless to say, I didn't snuggle up to them and ask for a self portrait for my blog.

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This is just not fun for me.... I hope this too shall pass... SOON!!!