Comic Con is a no go

So as many of you know, last year beat me up pretty bad. And I just recently have gotten back on my feet. I am playing catch up at the moment and there is a lot to catch up on.

Money wise, I am in debt up to my eyeballs. Okay, not quite, but I have a lot of work to do. And this economy has not been helpful by any stretch. Between unemployment and being what is commonly referred to as under employed, coupled with the inability to find a part time job, well, there is a lot of work to do. Between school, bad debt and the house, I am roughly $120,000 in the hole. And the funny thing is that I really have come to hate being a home owner.

Then there is the weight. I started to gain weight when I was going through the divorce last year. I was stressed beyond all belief, working two jobs, my ex was still living in the house, in school full time and trying desperately to hold it together for the kid. And then I lost my job. And shortly there after there was the lump and the cancer scare. Frankly brownies are my drug of choice and boy did I partake.

So I tried so hard to find a way to pay for Comic Con, but I refuse to go deeper into debt. I love my son, and I loved Comic Con last year, but I have to be realistic. All my savings was shot while being unemployed. So, I canceled.

But there is an upside to all of this. I am planning on flying out to LA for Christmas. If I go out for a bit and have Anakin meet me for a couple days, it can be an amazing holiday. I can see my sister. I can see my mysterious Todd who says the oddest things and who I have never met in person. I can take the kid to Disneyland. And, I can cross an item off my life to do list, spend the day at the beach (even living on a lake my life has been so structured I have never been able to take a full day off to do that).

Plus, with my rockin new job, I have a killer amount of vacation, there is an inhouse gym that is better than some of the gyms around here that are actually paid memberships, and the cafeteria serves healthy food including a fresh fruit bar for breakfast. So though it is a downer now, I can’t help but feel that taking myself off the hook now will make my life easier in the long run.

Granted, when I am watching the twitter feed from friends at Comic Con, I might be beside myself.

Oh well, this is far from the last Comic Con ever and Anakin is still going to go to Gen Con and possibly Origins this year, so he can get his con fix this summer.
Blurg.