It's the weekend. I would be more excited if I was still in my nice warm bed surrounded by 4 legged furry creatures with wet noses. I am however at work. I got here at 8am and am not leaving here till 10:30pm. Long day...but so worth it because this is all OT that will give me money in my pocket to spoil Eric rotten on our vacation....which is by the way a short 11 days away!!!!

Rob's mom is doing great. She is home and ornery ( which means she's feeling more like her usual self). She has an in home care nurse that comes in and changes her dressings.

The house looks wonderful even if I do say so myself. I felt like Ty Pennington off of Extreme home make over. We took the house from icky to neat and clean in an amazingly short amount of time. My mom and dad donated 150 bucks to the get the house cleaned up fund. My parents are so awesome.

Rob's family doesn't really have the same kind of family mentality that mine does. Rob's aunt and uncle live in a room in Ellen's house and they did not lift a finger to clean the house or help with all the work that needed to be done. They didn't offer to help with the costs either. I really don't understand this kind of behavior (or lack there of).

In my family if yardwork needs to be done at mom and dad's house we all go over there and get it done. When Grandpa's fence needed painting the whole family was there to help out. In my family I never feel taken advantage of...there is just a loving supportive feel that Rob's family is missing and that makes me sad. It also lends to understanding more about Rob's mentality of every man for himself.

Rob and I are a good match...yet there are some pretty big differences in the way in which we approach life and the challenges we must face.

Rob's job is a balloon artist. He is so proud of himself when he tells people he is a professional entertainer. (I actually don't think a balloon artist is a job....I consider it a hobby). He has no steady income. He works maybe three days a week for about 5 hours at a shot. Sometimes he brings home two or three hundered bucks...sometimes he brings home 7 little dollars. He is fine with not having a steady income. If there is a $200.00 bill that is due tomorrow and he doesn't have the funds today he just doesn't worry about it. It is not uncommon for him to have a $10.00 emergency. He goes shopping just to look and see what is out there for him to buy...this some how motivates him.

In contrast....I have a punch a time clock job that I enjoy but don't absoluetely love my work. I often work 60 hours a week so that I don't have $10 emergencies. I check my bank account daily and plan out excatly what dollar is going to be best used where. I never window shop because it's absoluetly depressing....the only time I shop is when I have saved enough money for what I want and then I go out with great pride and satisfaction and buy it!

He says I am way to uptight about money....I say that he is way to laid back.

The problem actually goes a little deeper than money. But work just got busy so I'll have to expand later Happy Sunday All