Score for the month so far, Life 57 me -3

Its been a rather trying month, with the fire ants, allergies leading to sinus infection (twice), a new twist, Pink Eye (and dont say, “you know how you get Pink Eye, right, poo in the eye!” you get Pink Eye from several things, in this case allergies), several trips to the dentist which included another abscess followed by its much more painful cousin, Dry Socket (and I thought the abscess was painful, I didnt know anything, at least with a bad tooth you can always get it pulled (or, if its bad enough (and involving a bit of alcohol) you can pull the thing yourself but there is nothing you can do for Dry Socket except wait it out), my coworker stirring up a hornet's (hornet or wasp I dont really know which, it doesnt matter, it felt like someone was poking me with a lit cigarette ALL over (yeah, I know what that feels like but thats another story)) nest under the stairs without telling me (and I thought the fire ants sucked), the first (of many) sunburn of the summer and various other things, including the same coworker drunk dialing me for several hours crying over something he didnt want to tell me over the phone but still wanted to cry, and wanted me to come over (not a chance, he's bad enough drunk on the phone, dont think I could deal with him in person) at all hours, then the guy txting me the other night at 2am telling me to come on over, his old lady was gone, so since A I dont swing that way, B I didnt know who it was, and C I DONT swing that way (not to mention D he was cheating on his 'old lady' (who says that anyway?) I politely told him no (ok not really, I txted him “my nipples itch, I think i'm pregnant” he didnt txt back) (it also left me rethinking my txt message ringtone, crows crowing at 2am in the dark isnt what you really want to wake up to) along with several other things that are too little to mention but had still left me feeling like Life's Little Chew Toy (patent pending, call now to order yours for only 3 easy payments of 39.95 plus shipping and handling, but wait, we'll double your order, just pay shipping, handling, and processing fee of 119.99), which is to say, rather put out and disjointed.

I have fought back, dragging my score up from negative 400 (by my count anyway, life is a sore loser) by finally finding something that killed all the ants in my yard (you really have no idea how happy I was to see all these little brown shriveled bodies around the pits (they looked like coffee grounds)), then I planted an actual 'in the ground with real dirt and all' garden (I tried that hanging upside down thing last year, too much heartache with little to show for it (other than negative karma)) and, in less than a week there are things growing in it... at least I hope its something I planted and not some weeds (that would lead to more negative karma, not to mention Life taking back some more points) so I am positive abut that. I got a GREAT deal on a new laptop, paid off one credit card without outside help (does that make me better or stupider than the banks who got a bailout loan?), talked my mother out of any thought of moving in with me (not as easy as it sounds, not to mention she'll forget in another couple months and ask again), wrote a new chapter in one of the books I am currently trying to write (yeah, they are written like this, so go figure how I am going to get anything published), and have made a couple of new friends, so have I drug my score up to negative 3 (yeah, my count), but its not even the middle of the month so I am thinking that I am ahead of the game (also something different for me, I used to be a 'half empty throw the glass away and not bother kind' of person, now I am a 'you know, there is some raspberry lemonade in the fridge and I bet that would go great with the half glass of iced tea' kind of person). I also hope to be able to write here more often, its always nice to have a creative outlet for my slightly skewed view.