A Mommy Story

There are some days that no matter how hard I try to shake it, I can’t get over feeling grumpy. Today? One of those days for sure.

First, it was pretty much confirmed for me today that Aaron’s contract job is gone. On Sunday he found out that the contract ended two days before. Last week he was told the contract had been extended into April. But the company changed its mind and told his manager on Friday that they were shutting down the (still not complete) project.

This abrupt ending has me frazzled as I now need to reassess our finances and go back to full-out survival mode on an unemployment check income. I’ve been building a cushion with the income we’ve had the past few months, so I’m not freaking out with worry, but throwing off my financial plans makes me…grumpy.

And then in the mail today, I received a change of terms from our credit card company. You may have heard about American Express offering some clients $300 to close their accounts, or other credit card companies handing out gift cards in exchange for paying off accounts and closing them? Well, this company (*cough*CapitalOne*cough*) decided to go a different, less friendly, route to shore up its financial situation by raising the interest rate on our always-current, long-standing account from a fixed 8.9% to 17.9%!

The letter even explains that we’ve done nothing wrong – the only reason for the change is “extraordinary changes in the economic environment.” We may not have any income, but we do still have excellent credit, so seeing our interest rate nearly double on a balance that I now cannot wait to pay off entirely makes me…grumpy.

Tonight I’m going to take my frustrations out by doing the 30 day shred again. It’s better than spooning my way to the bottom of a pint of Ben & Jerry’s.

In the meantime, if you’ve got a link to something funny, I’m really looking for a little humor right now.

Grumpy.

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Edit: I’m still looking for laughs, but I did remember one thing that always cheers me up. This guy never gets old.