I intend to live forever - so far, so good

[ClingingToHope]

Funny thing, I was leaving church and decided to go over to the resale shop where STBXW got the stroller -- and STBXW and D8 were there picking it up. STBXW was also getting a bed set for her uncle who has moved in with her mom.

STBXW has a pretty messed up family. None of them really made much of themselves.

D8 came running up and gave me a huge hug. And I walked her back to the van and put her inside.

D11 must have just decided to wait at home.

The church message the past two weeks -- and the next two -- is "how to be rich." Not how to get rich, but how to be rich, because by worldwide standards almost everyone in the U.S. is rich.

It's a tough message right now because I'm scrimping and scraping by. I stayed in on Saturday night because there wasn't really anything new or different going on and I'll need that money next week for D11's birthday party. We're hitting an indoor water park. I got 8 tickets around Christmas for $10 each -- $200 savings. After, she and seven friends are having a sleepover in my 1,000-square-foot house. Should be interesting. I'll spend most of it in the basement watching TV.

After D11's birthday, the next big thing is baseball's opening day -- March 31 -- and my annual trip to Cincinnati.

Then, since there's no longer a reason to celebrate the anniversary -- April 27, No. 15 -- then it's saving time to summer.

On that note. STBXW turned down switching the three weekends I have running races to work that I'm also supposed to have the girls. So I asked if she'd just take them -- I can't afford to not work. And she agreed.

It [censored] that I'll be missing 2 1/2 weekends with them -- one of the races is a Friday/Saturday assignment so I'll be back to get them Saturday night. But, from a budget standpoint, those are three weekends I'll be earning money and not spending and that'll help in the summer.

OT, I don't feel bad about the stroller. STBXW needs to get back in shape to feel better about herself and that just helps the girls. D11 needs BOTH parents staying in shape as an example of how to healthy.

Back to the money front, I'm getting a break right now by doing some data entry work for my sister up in Minnesota. It's not much, but every little bit counts.