Warning: Female May Be Having A Hot Flash

How is it I can go to Wal-mart to buy some new Rubbermaid containers and walk out $173.00 poorer? I hate Wal-mart. I honestly believe you should have a list when you walk in, and they assign you a personal assistant that will tazer you should you stray from the list.
Really, I'd rather be seen flip flopping around on the floor like a fish out of water than to walk out of Wal-mart with sacks upon sacks of spur of the moment purchases.

How is it my thermostat is set 0n 65 degrees, but it's reading at 78 degrees in my home? My air is constantly running, everything is in good working order and all filters are clean. I'm in Texas and the average temperature is running aroung 101 degrees outside. I'm not comfortable. Seriously. I know 78 isn't that hot, but I need to be cooler...and if I put on any less clothes, my kids are going to have to walk around blindfolded.

Casey's iPod broke last week. The Apple store said that the hard drive is broken. Apparently, this happens. It's may be 3 years old, and is the U2 Special Edition. This blows me away, but he's selling it on ebay. He showed me where a lot of them are being sold around $70 and up. His is at $40 right now with 3 bids and still has a little over a couple days yet to go. Who'd thought? I've put accurate pictures up of it and clearly stated about 3 times that it is broken and that the Apple store thought it was the hard drive. Casey went back on ebay and said 'sold as is'...just to be sure.

Charlie's favorite guitar is broken, too. What's with this house lately? He said that it can't be repaired, that all the strings on the inside are wrapped and broken (whatever that means) and it broke off from the volume something or other (yeah, I pay attention). So, he's wanting a new guitar. He's got about 1/4 of the price of the new one he wants. Should I loan him the money or make him wait till he saves it all (or at least more). He's really good at paying us back and he works hard around here for his allowance. We know his music is important to him, but he won't take the broken one in to see if it can be repaired. I sort of feel that if he just wants a guitar to play, he should see if it could be repaired and save for a new one.

I had this dream about Mark last night, early this morning, to where I was so angry at him, that I was yelling and pushing him around. In life, this has never happened, but I woke up so mad at him that I could barely look at him. I can't remember the dream completely, but it had something to do with his telling the boys they couldn't have something and instead he bought himself something huge and ridiculous. No, I don't remember what. But anyway, I was furious with him right up until the time I walked him out to his truck this morning. I even shorted his to-go coffee sugar and cream on purpose. How bad is that? How can I get so mad at a silly dream?

Our city has the water shortage laws into effect and we're only allowed to water our yard with sprinklers once a week, on the day our trash is picked up. A couple of houses on our street have already been ticketed. This really ticks me off. I've spent a lot of money and time on my yard and it's drying and dying. You can use the yard hose by hand to water plants and animals, that's it. How do I know that people aren't using my yard water by taking 4 or 5 extra showers a day, or letting their toilets run without caring? What are my legal rights here, anyone know?

Seriously, I'm dying here. I'm hot and irritable. Maybe I'm having hot flashes on top of the heating spell going on here. And, how fair is that? Why can't men have the hot flashes instead, at least they could run around in their shorts and shirtless without being arrested...or shunned by the neighbors.