Sean’s birthday was this past Friday, I gave him a gift certificate to EB Games because tonight was the launch of Halo 3.¬† He’s been playing Halo 2 for the past four years or so and the anticipation, plus the hype, surrounding Halo 3¬†was bound to spark his interest.¬† Me, being the good girlfriend that I am,¬†decided to give him a $150 gift card so he could get the limited edition version that game in some helmet with a few other disks.¬† I figure since it’s the last installment, it’s something he really wanted, and it isn’t worth waiting in line for hours just to pick up a single game – the $130 limited edition would be more than worth it.

I was expecting him to be gone for a while, he left at 11:30 for the Midnight launch but found out earlier this week that the Halo 2 launch had a pretty large turn out, so much so that the parking lot was full and the line stretched from EB Games to Superfresh.¬† This is about 1,000 or so feet, so I assumed this time that he’d be gone for a while, so I curled up in bed and started reading my new book.¬† He walked in the door at 12:15 and I’m sitting here thinking “Oh shit, what happened?”.¬† He had this large box in his hand and literally jumped for joy, he was #50 on a line of 100 pre-order people, the non-preorder line was quite long so he’s happy that he’s already completely paid for the game.¬† He walked in with the voucher and his photo ID and the rest was history.¬† Now he’s playing in the office, and I’m on Karen’s computer in the kitchen because my laptops in the office and walking in front of him isn’t an option right now.

On the loan front, instead of Sean and I co-borrowing, I’ve gotten in touch with my father and he’s willing to co-sign on a loan for me.¬†¬†I didn’t want to ask him, but with the amount of money we’re looking to take out, having someone with a 760+ credit score is the only option.¬† I’m in the 680-700 range, Sean probably doesn’t even rank based on his credit history so maybe going with my father on the loan will get us the money we need to get out of here.¬† So tomorrow I’ll be making a phone call for all of the information and going from there.¬† Hopefully this is the route that works, if not – we’re completely tapped for ideas.¬† Staying in Delaware would be great but it’s just too expensive.¬† I refuse to live in Pennsylvania and New York (while it would be the best option for me) isn’t the best option for my wallet.¬† An apartment anywhere on the Island is going to cost more money than we can spare if we’re paying back a loan.¬† And knowing the Island the way that I do, anything “affordable” is usually in the worst of area’s so it’s not even worth it at this point.

It’s not that we don’t HAVE the money that we need in order to get out of here.¬† It’s just the matter of extra expenses showing up.¬† We could easily put our savings into getting his car fixed, or even getting a new one, but that would wipe out the account either way and then we’d be back to square one.¬† Having the extra money via a loan is the only option right now.

I’m not sure if it’s the fact that the loan situation is getting to me, the fact that my period is coming to an end or just the weather in general but I’ve been under the weather for the past few weeks and it’s getting harder and harder to shake it.¬† Frequent headaches have had me in bed for longer than I’d like to be, I’m lucky I can even sit up straight right now considering the throbbing.¬†¬†I’ve put myself back on antibiotics because my tooth has been acting up and a dentist won’t touch me until the swelling goes down, another reason for the money crunch right now.¬† You go out of your way to eat better, lose some more weight than you currently were, and that one freaking piece of broccoli can rip a soft tooth in half.¬† The nerve is exposed, so I’ve been having trouble chewing, it’s just the swelling that’s stopping me from getting any work done.

Bella seems as though she’s feeling a little better, I’m scheduling an appointment for Thursday to get her groomed.¬† She’s starting to get a little matted down on her ears, I’ve done a good job on keeping her brushed out so that they don’t form around her legs, but trying to get anywhere near her face with a scissor is like pulling teeth.¬† I’ll have the groomer take care of it.¬† I figure if I get it done now,¬†she’s covered for Winter until the next time she has to go back.¬† And if it gets too cold, she’s got a jacket so there’s no big deal.

I get picked on for having clothes for the dog, but it’s not like she’s running around the house in a little tshirt that says “Princess” on it or something.¬† I have a standard heavy jacket that just snaps on for Winter.¬† Vets and animal lovers across the globe have said that if it’s too cold for you, it’s too cold for your dog.¬† So yea, in 40 degree weather, she’s not exactly freezing, but when it drops down to like 15, as predicted in Ohio, she’s going to need one.

In any event, it’s pushing 1am and that means it’s time to get my ass to bed.