Hi there all. I apoligise for the long break between blogs and this time, I am not going to promise that I will be back more because life seems intent on throwing me curve balls at every chance. I will explain.

Money has always been really tight around our house but many people are in the same boat so you just learn to adjust the best you can. To make things easier on us, I starting doing all of the overtime that I could get including working saturdays. But after a while, you start to get tired and you think that you might have to cut back a little. Still, the pay check at the end of the week was always good so it made it worth while. With my wife working part time, things were starting to head in the right direction for us.

Then about three weeks ago, my wife was complaining os a sore arm. Now I just thought that it was a bruise but it continued to worse so we went to the doctors where she was ordered to take blood tests. A call a couple of days later told her to come in. Not a good sign. The doctor went on to explain that she had an acute form of arthritis. She was put on medication to reduce the pain and help with getting more movement back. So for the next wekk or so, her arm was in a sling because she couldnt move it. That meant that she struggled to get dressed by herself or take a shower. It also meant that she had to take time of work. Now because it is all part-time, there is now sick pay.

People who have been reading my blogs for a while now will know that the goverment screwed us over a while back meaning that we lost all of our concession benifits. That means that we have to pay full price for medications. This is a struggle with the normal amount of medications that she is on but because of the shoulder, it added an extra burden to the tune of $300 for two weeks on top of the other medication. That meant that what ever we had manage to save because of all the overtime was gone.

She is feeling better now but still has to go see a specalist. She is also getting back to a little work which will help.

What effect did this have on me. Well, it meant that I had to wrk as many hours as I could to help pay for things and then get home and doo all of the house work, help my wife shower and drive her where she needed to go. My parents were fantastic in helping out as well.

As far as work goes, I have more or less, been put in charge with a big construction project but it sometimes feels like I am working with ine hand tied behind my back because I am also needed to work in the factory where I am duel 2nd in charge. Many times, I get told that certain parts are not my job but it usually turns out that if I don't do them, it doesn't get done. I am the type of person who wears his heart on his sleeve and I feel that I have thrown everything I have into this project to get things to where they need to be but I get the feeling that it sometimes falls of deaf ears or no one notices.

By the time I get home, I am exhausted but that doesnt mean I cant watch a little tv. hehehehehe.

I am going to hopefully be writing a blog soon about what I have been watching but I must go now.

I would like to thank a few people for there support though. Aaron, Kane, Mum and Dad and of course my wife.

Take Care.