My Fingers Are Crossed!

Last week I did indeed get a call (and I almost fell over from the shock) from my ex-husband telling me that he signed himself up to have money deducted from his paycheck for child support. Well, actually, I doubt that he himself took that initiative, as the mighty state of Illinois has finally tracked him down, but whatever. So everyday, I approach my mailbox with hope and anitcipation that I will find a check for 500 dollars in there, however if I actually do receive this way overdue bounty, I will not only fall over from the shock, I will probably faint dead away! And then I'll buy my kids some much needed new school clothes and the nicest backpacks in the store, because I promised them they would get new backpacks this year, but at this rate, in my current financial situation, I can't afford it. My fingers are crossed...

Well, it seems another young man is having a personal crisis at work, this one has not gotten as specific as the last one (remember a few posts back when I talked about a guy who has complained to me about how he and his girlfriend don't have sex anymore?) so, I'll have to talk to him some more. But I had to take over his job for him today so he could leave. He mumbled something about how he forgot to pay a bill and something got turned off and his girfriend called the store and and yelled at him. Oh if I had a nickel for every time I went thru a crisis like that! Every stinkin week, shit like this goes down in my life, and I somehow manage to work all day every day! AND TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS! I'm not gonna pre-judge this kid, he didn't give me all the details, and I think he's a nice guy, and I'll get all the juicy dirty details tommorrow!

Best Movie I Saw This Week: I really didn't see anything outstanding this week but nothing really crappy either. I saw Laurel Canyon, (Alessandro Nivaro is hot hot hot, not only in this movie as Ian the British Rock Star romancing a much older Frances McDormand, but he was George in Junebug which WAS a great movie) I watched Man Of The House starring a gruff Tommy Lee Jones as a Texas Ranger assigned to watch over a group of cheerleaders. I only watched this movie the other nite because it's one I bought last year for my oldest son to watch at the Nursing Home. I got this for him because I thought he would love a movie full of pretty young girls. It is, and the movie itself isn't bad, it's just not that great. Fun With Dick And Jane was actually better than I expected. Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni are a good comedic pair, and thank God I just read that Enron book so I could figure out what happened to Jim Carrey's character when he lost his job and had to resort to robbing banks to make ends meet. I did see part of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory but not all of it, so I can't comment officially just yet, however I'll bet this one is the BEST movie on this list.

Book I'm Reading This Week: I'm not! I'm too broke to buy a new one! But I did read Vanity Fair of course...

Best Song I Heard: Well, believe it or not, I got a nice little spirit boost today when I was in the back room printing out signs Natasha Bedingfield's "Unwritten" was on the radio and hearing these words made me feel good:

I break tradition, sometimes my tries, are outside the lines
We've been conditioned to not make mistakes, but I can't live that way

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find

Top News Story: Some Dirtbag has confessed to the Jonbenet Ramsey murder. There are some officials who actually believe he is lying and he didn't actually do it. Why would you confess to this kind of shit if you didn't do it? I know some folks crave attention but sheesh! Come On! He's an asshole either way in my opinion.

Now here is something that just warms my little heart. My daughter is starting to get into watching the E! channel, The Girls Next Door, Dr. 90210, etc, and is reading my issues of the National Enquirer. A girl after my own heart! She's obsessed with celebrity scandals just like I am, and I couldn't be more proud!