July 18- An Expensive Day

Today was a very expensive day. It starts off with the fact that I did not tutor or work, so right there we are in the negative.First, Reagan went to the babysitter, then Molly's vet appointment, then the plumber came for some yearly "maintenance" (which caused our bathroom sink to crack, which cost us $30 for a new one) and then I had our stock up trip to Walmart for our trip. So overall, I would say that if the bank "forgot" about this day, that would be fabulous!

Molly's vet appointment turned out to be a lot more costly then Reagan's. For Reagan's, I had a credit and only paid $13. For Molly's, I paid $154!  Because she has still been leaking, we had to have another urine analysis. The doctor called back and said that she has a UTI, which means that we will put her on more meds and see what happens. She did mention that it could be possible that she has a birth defect and that might have to be corrected with surgery...more expenses. However, she was pretty confident that the UTI would be the cause. To ensure that we get her the right medication, she did suggest culturing the urine. Yes, this has a cost too...$130. The lucky part is that we learned our lesson from last time and bought Pet Insurance, so if she does have to get surgery this will "help". The problem is that our insurance has a minimum $1000 deductible. I think that Molly needs to go on my work insurance!


Molly waiting at the Doctor's office.

Since this is our first family vacation, it seems like we can't pack enough. We are only going for two days, but it seems like we have to pack the car for any sort of emergency, including fire, tornado, hurricane and any other accident that Reagan runs into. My solo trip to Walmart included:

• Donette (Apple Cinnamon, which was met with "that is not the kind my Mom gets")
• Little Water bottles
• Pedialite (Guess who wanted that?)
• Oke Doke White Popcorn (not healthier by any means)
• Mike and Ikes
• Animal Crackers
• Muffin Mix ( I will make them myself, Thank you!) (Crap...I forgot that I threw out my muffin tin last week)
• Diet Coke (of course)

These items were all added to our already purchased bag of Reese's Pieces and Pretzel/Cheddar Combos (Tony and my staple "Road Trip" food) Our car will carry two pieces of luggage, a "carry on", a pack and play, a stroller, a baby carrier and an entire bag of "stuff" for Tony's brother from his Mom.



Reagan practicing her flower girl routine...this is going to be interesting!

On another" happy" note, Tony had two interviews today with Best Buy and one yesterday. We will find out the news by Friday. So...lets just say that we  hope that we get some happy news on Friday. The frustrating thing is that I was not at these interviews. Therefore, I can not determine how then went and being that my husband is a man of few emotions, I did not get crap out of him!  When I asked "How did it go?" I got a "Good". Jeez Louise!! Why are men programed to be so unemotional. If it were me, I would probably spend a good hour discussing the questions, how the interviewers emotions/expressions were, what I could have done better  etc, etc! Oh well...I will just remain hopeful I guess!

Reagan helping Grandma water the flowers.