93. Graduation

"Well, at least I will get to see one of my girls graduate!"

My roommate from college is graduating this year. She has worked hard for it and I am proud of her. When I told my mom, she quickly figured out how she could go and watch. With the reply, "Well, at least I will get to see one of my girls graduate!" Her "girls" are my best friend from high school, my college roommate, and myself. Regi (my college roommate) is the only one to graduate and at the way things are going, will probably be the only one to graduate.

While being happy for Regi, I felt a little angry at my mom. After all, she has made it well known that she is disappointed with the fact that I dropped out of college. It doesn't matter the situations that differ, it only matters that I didn't finish and she wanted me to. It doesn't matter that as a mom, I don't plan on going out and getting a real job and that all the things I do online for money don't require that I have a college degree. It doesn't matter that my husband and I are working hard to be successful at what we do. It only matters that I don't have that piece of paper.

Well, neither does she. She graduated from high school the year after I did through a homeschool course. She went to college for three semesters. Now she has student loan debt. But it isn't near what I have. She has a little 2500 dollar loan, while mine are resting at about 13,000. Maybe if she had paid for my education (Regi's was paid for by her parents) then it would be done and over with and she could be proud of my piece of paper. As it is, she will just have to keep her disappointment to herself. After all, she lives off of my husband and I!

love1. I Love My "Job"

While this was commonly my I hate having my mom live with us blog, I am trying to be more positive. My mom still lives with us, but we are hoping that that soon ends (it has been almost a year). Instead of continuing my just plain old negative blog, I am doing 1001 things I hate and 2002 things I love. I haven't really started either, the posts contained to date are sponsored posts and rants about my mom. This will be the first of my hate and love posts. Since I have so many more loves I need to write about, that is where we are going to start.

I love my "job". Some of you, those that read these posts regularly (I am sometimes amazed that there are those who come back, but it also makes me happy), know that I work from home. I have a 19 month old son, and I work right here online. I make money with blogs, writing, clicking, doing this and that. I don't make a ton of money (yet). I am up to about $500 a month. However, I hope to watch that grow in the coming months and to work its way into a nice chunk of earnings.

Even with me working harder then the pay is worth (unless you take into account child care expenses should I work outside of the home), I really enjoy it. I love writing, I love working toward the future, and I love building an empire. At least that is how I feel as I work hard to build this into something huge. It seems to take time, and effort, but it will be worth it. I started in August with nothing. Now I am making about $500 a month. That will grow into something bigger and bigger until I am making a lot of money each month!

Anyway...love #1...I love my "job". Now this was given first place because it is what I am thankful for and loving today. Not that it is the largest love of my life (after all I have a wonderful husband and a wonderful son, even if he is a bit of a monster sometimes). This is just one great love in my life!

Thanks for tuning in. Till next time.

There's No Place Like Home

Unless you don't feel like your home is your own, then any place might be better then home. I often feel this way. I am here with someone who often treats me like they are the one who pays the rent. We pay all the bills with no help from my mom, but she makes me feel like this is her house. She says it is really me who does this and not her. Yet she complains about when we leave our stuff around, hates when we have to use her shower (ours is waiting for repair), and likes to control everything.

She drives me batty, but I am not sure that it matters. I just hope and pray that she gets her disability money soon so she can move back to Michigan.

Sometimes

Sometimes I would like nothing more then to take a vacation from my own life. I hate living with my mom, I always feel stressed, and my blood pressure is running about 175/100. She doesn't understand how the things she does, says, and how she acts effects the people she lives with. Instead she likes to manipulate me any way she can. Today, she isn't eating what I am cooking. Instead she is making me cook something different for her. After all she doesn't like what I am making and somehow she feels it is my responsibility to care. The bad thing is, I do care. I care that she eats and she makes me feel bad. I end up cooking for her so that she is happy.

But no one seems to care that I am so stressed out I can't manage or that I am on the verge of having a heart attack. Well, that isn't completely true. My husband cares, but considering the fact that I rarely see him, it doesn't really matter much.

Anyway...such as life.

Preparing to Move On

I am really hoping that this isn't premature. While my mom continues to live in our second bedroom, take up the hall bathroom and most of the closet space in the apartment, eat our food, and spend our money, I am preparing to move on. She is planning on moving out soon, hopefully by the end of April. We are moving in May...so this will be interesting. The nature of this blog will definitely change and it will move over to 1001 Things I Hate and at least 2002 things I love....

Starting today it will include plain numbered items that are things I Hate About Living with My Mom, hate numbered things such as hate 1, hate 10, and hate 1001, and love numbered things such as love 2, love 20, and love 2002. I will also continue using this blog to share sponsored posts.

There are some other changes, for those that stop by to ready my blogs. I am moving to a simpler style and a more relaxed view of life! eh, sorta!

Anyway, I hope to see you back shortly.

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92. Really, You Can't Talk More.

I spent an enjoyable hour and a half talking to my mom today. It wasn't all that exciting, but it was nice. When I said I had to go so I could get some work done she treated me snottily and said, "Really, You can't talk more?!?" I felt a little frustrated, after all the point of my son going to his grandma's on Wednesday is so that I can have an afternoon free of interruptions and get a lot of work done. Work is important because I am working toward our future. But that doesn't matter to my mom since she believes I waste my time any way.

It is hard to keep working hard with someone tugging you on the sleeve and saying that you can't make it. I know I can, it just takes so much work to get from here to there. It isn't like I get to wake up and suddenly be making enough that my husband can stay home with me and work by my side. Nope, it is a lot harder then that. It is a lot of work and right now isn't worth it. I am making about five hundred a month right now, which isn't worth much when compared to the $4000 we need to cover our bills, health insurance, and taxes.

Oh well, yep, I really can't talk more right now. I have lots to do to make my dreams come true!