sheesh, what a long cold winter. and that damned groundhog came out of his hole and said "more of the same, thanks."

add a depressed economy into the mix and that equals no work. Im so tired of being broke. and I have work--siding a house uptown, but its too cold to work with vinyl. it just shatters when ya try to work it.

on the upside, Im getting real good at vidgames haha.

all is not lost, tho. heres my upcoming jobs: a 20x10 (possibly bigger, depending on his tax return) deck with a roof--prolly two or three weeks/--/a basement remodel--at least a month (plus a free set of cabinets, 8 foot of base and two uppers, the woman just wants 'em out of there/--/the aforementioned siding job which is a *no hurry* deal I can use to fill-in betreen the other jobs. plus there already four roof jobs, one of which includes another big deck (maybe they'll build a deck, depends on their money) and whatever other jobs fall into place this spring, so the future is bright.....I just gotta get there without too much damage.

I get to go to court because I got behind on child-support payments...arrears for my son, who's 31. I got behind by $150 and Im going to court over it. theres a new woman doing the job and I guess she wants to be by-the-book. the lady who'd held that job before has let me slide a wee bit the last few years cuz she knows how tight it is in dec and jan, but the new woman has no idea what it takes for me to make the payment...so hello judge.

I hope he goes easy on me, thats all I can hope. what money I do make is not only going to me, but to vic, too. her son's "free ride" into ohio state is in no way free. she's put out so much money for books and other expenses that her water and electric were only days away from shut-off. so I helped, and in doing what I thought (and still think) was the right thing, Im landing my ass in court.

sometimes the system sucks so bad I wanna move to another country...but then I come to my senses and realize its no better anywhere else (switzerland? all those big-titted blondes and hash shops? okay, maybe it is better elsewhere...

gonna watch the lovely bones tonight...it looks like it might be a good one.

;)