The journey begins

[ClingingToHope]

Call from STBXW. D7 is sick and needs to be picked up from work. She wasn't feeling well this weekend and I'd already told D7 I'd pick her up if she couldn't make it through the day.

So that's no big deal. I can work on some stories from here or just work late. D7 is sitting and watching TV. I bought her some bananas for her stomach.

Then STBXW told me she'd broken her laptop computer. She dropped it. It's past the warranty date and she bought it from Circuit City so she was probably out of luck anyway.

She said she doesn't know what she's going to do. She can't afford to replace it.

I didn't answer. I'd say it's karma, but I don't really believe in karma. I mean, I'm the LBS and last year I snapped a tooth off and had to spend $2,800 on an implant. So I'd hate to believe that was karma.

I do know that it puts her in a tough spot. The only way she's been able to get off at reasonable hours in the past year is that she can do some of her work at home.

She'll have to replace it.

One thing about the computer that kind of illustrates how STBXW deals or dealt with money when we were together. She really wanted a laptop and she noticed a big sale at Circuit City. She showed me an advertisement and I went in and looked at our finances. I told her we could afford a $600 computer.

She said that would be plenty and she went out and signed up for a Circuit City card and bought it. Of course, 30 days later the first bill shows up and she spent $1,250.

I asked her what happened and she said she really needed this, really needed that and when you added it all up it came to $1,250.

Anyway, that means we CAN'T deal by email now. I have to call her. Great.