Party at my house tomorrow. It's Nancy's birthday Monday so we are having a party for her on Sunday. If you know me, call me and I'll give you directions. :)

Well, it's May again. I'm still fighting with the Illinois Department of Child Support Enforcement to get them to go after my ex-husband. My landlord is still letting that homeless piece of $hit stay on the property. If he comes into my yard or bothers me I will call the police and have him arrested. He will apologize for his behaviour then an hour later is severely verbally abusive. For some reason nobody seems to think that this is abuse but me. On the bright side, my friend Nancy is having a birthday Monday. I'm trying to organize a birthday party for her at my place on Sunday. I think it will be fun if we can pull it off. I've been cleaning the house for a couple of days now so at least I won't be worried that my house is filthy.

Censorship. Icky stuff. I just got an e-mail about some. This woman, Daddy Rhon, is an artist who created a beautiful portrait of a breast cancer survivor. And it got censored by the other artists who display in her building. You can read about it here: http://www.daddyrhon.com/. I think I find this particularly offensive because I have a friend, well, she's a girl I used to babysit for years and years ago, who is getting treatment for breast cancer. Think about that. A kid you babysat for now fighting stage 3 breast cancer. What kills me is she's got kids and a family and has a good life. My life is crap, but I'm not fighting for it. Not at the moment anyway. She doesn't deserve what's happening to her. Not at all. When I look at the painting by Daddy Rhon, I can see that woman's pain, feel her suffering. I want to hold her and comfort her, be there for her. It evokes deep emotions, which is really the entire point of art. For this beautiful work to be censored makes me sick.

I am upset again. Go figure. When am I not upset? I've been fighting with the Illinois Department of Child Support Enforcement trying to get them to do something about my ex-husband not paying child support since October. I've been trying to get things going since November. Yes, November 2006. It's May 1, 2007. I had to go to the local office today because they claimed they never got the paperwork I faxed over. I have the confirmation that the fax went through from the Kroger's that I had fax it for me. Cost me $9. On top of having fought with them all day, I ordered a cable to connect my phone to my laptop by usb on April 20th. I should have received the cable on Friday, April 27. I began e-mailing for information regarding this order on Thursday, April 26th. I had not received a reply so I began trying to call and talk to somebody at the company yesterday evening (Monday, April 30th), around 5 pm CDT. I called several times last night and began trying off and on to call today, beginning at 8 am CDT. I finally got a hold of a lady around noon CDT. She told me that apparently the order had been "lost" and they would send it out today and that they would send it 3 day with no additional charge to me. I was,needless to say, upset. I couldn't believe they were telling me that after I should have received my order last Friday I wouldn't be getting it till this coming Friday (May 4th). I wanted to know how they would make this right for me as I was loosing money by not being able to connect to the internet (why I ordered the cable-I just moved to a place with no phone lines, but there is a cell tower 3 miles away). I sell my artwork online. I had been losing money and wanted to know how they could fix this for me. The lady I had been speaking to hooked me up to her supervisor, Sandy, who then was rude, wouldn't allow me to say anything, cancelled my order, hasn't refunded my money and hung up on me. I will be doing everything in my power to make sure nobody gets the same treatment I have from these people. The company is http://www.cell-phone-accessories.com/. Be sure not to order from these people. It's a nightmare.

I'm irritated. Go figure. When am I not? This time tho it's because I ordered a cable to link my cell phone to my laptop so I can use the phone to dial out and connect to the internet. Problem is that it should have arrived Friday and I can't get the company to return my e-mail. I finally found a phone number for them so I will call them tomorrow until I can get a hold of somebody.