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More Sims 3 Gifts From Gerick
After the crazy rough weeks we've had, Gerick came home from work bearing more gifts for me: a Prima Guide to the Sims 3 and another expansion pack: Pets!
I squealed appreciatively, of course~!
Between the car's engine being completely busted to the point of needing to be entirely replaced (blowing what was left of our savings entirely) and the drama and pain of Robin's break down and suicide attempt at a bridge, the dog recently dying– and, oh YEAH, have I mentioned that the company where my husband works is beginning to reduce hours and pay (even before they begin lay offs) in only a WEEK!? Oh, and next year the premiums on our health insurance will double. Just lovely. So we're trading down to lesser insurance coverage. Which means I have to finish my latest round of tests before years end, because it will be much more expensive next year, and I really, really don't like doctors as a rule.
Recovering from my flare and having positive social interactions with people have been the only positive things going on as of late. Tons of stress. We're okay, thank goodness. Nothing has become a disaster. But its like we've had near misses and close calls and everything is on the edge. We're prepared for it this time so there is that security at least, but how does one prepare to hear their friend was stopped from jumping from a bridge?
And yet day after day I carry on and make do. I'm not breaking down. I'm not even depressed. Worried, yes. Anxious– though not panicked. Concerned and holding it together. Relieved that the worst has not come to pass. Hoping that the future will not rain yet more doom down upon our heads so soon with everything else that is happening.
I suppose the relief from the escapism of a game like Sims 3 is indeed a welcome respite. Illusion of course– but I like a little illusion. Keeps one sane in the face of a harsh reality.
Perhaps oddly, I'm also feeling rather blessed in a way. We have enough to pay for the car repair. (Barely, and it means starting at zero and tightening belts, but…) My friend is alive and now maybe her family has a clue about how bad off she is– perhaps leading to treatment at last. Our health is overall good. We have a very affordable living situation so we have some leeway in the case of a partial layoff. We have great neighbors and more are coming to join us. Our garden harvest is well beyond our expectations– we have SO many jars of preserves put away and have many, many more yet to process.
Things could be a LOT worse.
So maybe its silly and undignified to sink my time into a computer game just as the first rains at LAST roll in to hit us today. (The longest late summer/early autumn dry stretch EVER in the records.) However I shall refrain from berating myself too much over it. A little fun and distraction can be a good thing. Overall, I've been very productive (and don't even get me started on Gerick's work-horse behavior. That man runs circles around me!) and can feel justified in some small self-indulgence.
2012-10-13 09:40:07
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