Believe to Achieve

Hamstring and left sciatic nerve a pretty bad problem right now.  No way should I run on it.  Worked all day but was so busy I had to ignore the pain as I handed out pain meds all shift.  But worse than this pain was the fact that our furnace gave out.... it was making funny noises and then this morning it felt chilly and the thermostat read 57degrees when it read that it was trying to be at 62 (what we automatically set at for the night).  The vents were blowing cold air.....915 dollars later....and the REMOVAL of the TWO hamsters we have lost in the past 2 years (one two years ago and one last April), having made a nest in our furnace but ended up dying there from lack of food and water.  YUP they made a nest and fell through into the furnace which clogged our furnace which led to our motor dying which led to a thorough cleaning of coils, a new motor and a new switch.  YUP we joined the "year club" to get our air conditoning cleaned/checked in the spring.  Last summer, the kids and I (not husband who does not have a good smeller) could smell "dead" rodent/hamster smell when we turned on our AC.  It went away after about a week so we thought, some other rodent scurried off with our dead hamster.   Who knows when they died but the damage was done when they pulled out lots of insulation to make a nest and it ended up suffocating our heating system.  Totally not impressed and extremely irritated.  We save 915 dollars on our flights to Boston.....little did I know it was to be turned around for an expensive little pet expense.   Dead pet expense.  Seriously still quite upset.  I can't rationalize this one away very well.  I try to get ahead and I can't.  I will have to work forever.  I am not destitute by any means but I am the type of person that will end up sacrificing even the smallest of pleasures just to make penance for such a large expenditure.   Maybe I could get some uplifting advice from fellow bloggers?  please share misery stories.  They help me the most.   : D.  I would like company you know.  I know  I sound dramatic but really...915 dollars??????    At least  I am not freezing to death.  My husband was at home in 55 degree temps indoors all day.  Trust me it is cold when you are used to indoor temps of 67 degrees.  He had to examine the dead hamster remains as the technician thought they might be mice.  But nope, Troy said  "looks like Holly (the name of our last hamster).  Her fur markings were all there.  Decayed bones.  What fun.  I did shed a brief tear.  I did like our hamster but that 9.99 dollar Petsmart pet sure cost us 1000 percent!!!  okay done complaining.  Can't run so it makes it all the worse.