Thursday night the water heater sprang a leak. That got fixed on Saturday. That was two major expenses in one month- $1,700 between the two.

Friday night, my PC died. I had to spend $140 to replace the monitor but that was not the only problem. The motherboard and graphics card also need to be replaced. Maybe that is my fault. I would turn on my PC and get a flicker of an image and then the black screen, and I thought it was the black screen problem I had experienced previously, so I shut down and restarted my PC so many times that I think I shorted out the mother board. Maybe. All I know is that my PC is dead. Well, I discovered that the monitor was bad too by hooking it up to my laptop, which is why I replaced it. Even with the new monitor, the PC does not turn on. The PC fixer-upper will be here later today. In the mean time, I am working off my laptop, which has the newest version of Windows- which MyBloggers is not compatible with.

Saturday night my sister's brother-in-law was killed in an auto accident. Frankie was only 20 years old and a sweet kid. I knew him. How very sad. His parents may or may not deal with it by saying "it was god's will", or "he is in a better place", and if that is what helps them cope with the grief, I will not deny them their consolation. I think it is a tragic, awful thing that defies all logic or reason. We cope however we can. Sometimes life is beautiful, and sometimes it hurts like hell.