Texas Lou

Lately we’ve had a bit of bad luck on the homefront.

Ben’s fish has been really sick for a couple of weeks now.  Despite lots of medicine and trips to the pet store, he’s only gotten worse and we’re worried he’s dying.

Then on Sunday, we realized our kitchen sink had been leaking for quite some time and had flooded the particle board cabinet underneath.  Now we’ve got to deal with the possibility of mold and tracking down the leak.

In addition, on Sunday, our TV turned itself off and made a strange noise when we turned it back on.  We’re keeping our fingers crossed that this was an isolated incident.

Then last night, my laptop blue screened.  I’m getting nervous that the motherboard or hard drive might be going bad.  I’ve had the computer for 4 years now and it’s no longer under warranty.  Although it would be nice to have a new one, I definitely can’t afford it right now.

Ben’s car has also been giving us a hard time.  He had it in the shop 3 different times in the past couple of weeks.  First they thought he needed a new battery, then they realized they actually needed to replace the alternator.  Then the alternator they replaced it with went bad.  We are hoping that nothing else bad happens in the car department.

All of these are kind of trivial (except for Ben’s fish dying of course), but added together, there could be alot of money and effort needed to get everything back in working condition.  I’m starting to wonder if we are just going through a bout of bad luck or if we might have gremlins in the house.  Either way, I need to find some lucky rabbits feet and four leaf clovers fast!