Am I destined to be shit on my entire life? If so, then just fuckin' shoot me now. I can't get one goddamned thing to go right, it seems. And when things do seem to go right, it ends up that it's just life setting me up for the major fall. Weakening my defenses.

Things were good. We left the office Friday about 1:00 for our X-mas party, had good food and I got my paycheck, plus a nice X-mas bonus. After lunch, I hung out at the bar with a couple of programmers (yes, I was slummin') and had a few glasses of Guinness. Nice. Left around 4:30 and deposited my paycheck and then went and got the wife's X-mas presents. I stop by my mother-in-law's to pick up the wife's sister, she knows the exact thing the wife wants. That's when I find out that the GM of the apartment complex where we live had been by the apartment and told the wife that, if we want to move into the 3 BR next door, we have to get rid of the rats. Bad news, but I hoped the presents I was going to get for the wife would cheer her up. On top of that, had a surprise for her. Dropped the kids off at Nana's and then headed out to dinner. What's the surprise? Well, I took her to the restaurant where I first proposed to her almost 4 years ago. She of course, figured out where we were going, but we had a good time. Went and got the kids and went home and then had some of the best sex we've had for a while. Sadly, that's where the good ends.

After sleeping in Saturday, we get the kids up and head out to finish X-mas shopping. After getting a few things, a quick check of the account shows we're overdrawn by $12. So, that means we have to wait for the other $700+ from my paycheck to clear. Oh well. We can wait. So, we go home and relax and basically do nothing. Then comes Sunday.

Sunday was kind of gloomy and rainy so we didn't really go anywhere. My mother-in-law called in the afternoon about us getting my idiot brother-in-law a present and something else for Demonchild. Well, I was watching the Tampa Bay football game so the wife went to run the errand. That's when she found it. Taped to the door of the apartment. Who knows how long it had been there. No one had knocked or called and we slept in kind of late so your guess is as good as mine. Anyway, the wife opens it, reads for a second, gets a nasty scowl on her face, throws it down and leaves. I pick it up and read "You are hereby notified that you are in violation of your lease...blah blah blah...rats are not allowed. We demand that you rectify this situation." Basically, telling us that we have seven days to get rid of the rats or they'll terminate our lease and toss us out. What kind of shit is this to do before X-mas? I mean, fuck, talk about bad timing.

So, we're working on getting rid of all of our rats. The note also said that if this happened again (us having rats) within the next 12 months, then we'd be kicked out without having the chance to remedy the situation. This really tore the wife up. She locked herself into the bedroom and cried and was just generally pissed. Talk about ruining someone's holiday. To top it off, the wife called me today to tell me that she heard the building manager this morning, showing the apartment next door. The one that we were supposed to get to move into. So, she has the feeling that they're going to rent the apartment out from under us. This is just fuckin' great. On top of all of that, my paycheck won't clear until tonight and we have no food. Merry Fuckin' Christmas!

Yesterday was bittersweet. It was great to see the faces of my kids as they opened presents. Well, Icebear Jr. always has the same look, but it was still fun to watch him. Demonchild had a blast. I also got some cool presents and the wife got what she wanted. So, even though it wasn't all bad, there was this cloud hanging over our heads. Oh, yeah, I didn't even tell you the icing on the cake. Friday, after shopping for the wife and helping my mother-in-law wrap the stuff, I head home, hoping the wife will help me carry stuff. It was heavy. I get into the apartment and she's buck naked. She informs me "I was going to take a shower, but we have no hot water." So, we had no hot water at home the entire weekend. It was finally fixed yesterday around noon. Happy Fuckin' Holidays!

The only good thing that I can forsee is my vacation. I'm out of here today and I'm not coming back until a week from today. I've got the rest of the week off and then we get Monday off as well. Of course, since the company I work for doesn't take holidays, I'll still have to work from home some, but it's no big deal. It'll actually give me something to do because I'm sure I'll be bored. All I have to do is make it through today without snapping and killing everyone in the rental offices of our apartment complex. That's going to be hard.

Well, that's enough for today, I don't want to ruin everyone else's holiday cheer bitching about my rotten luck. You all take care and have a great week, and don't overdo it this weekend. We want all of you alive next week to come back and read this shit. Take care and I'll see you next entry. Da 'Bear loves y'all!

Icebear

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