Broke My Traffic Record

So, high five everyone, I broke my "Longest Time Sitting In Traffic" record this morning...two hours and five minutes.  That was the worst traffic ever.  But when I got to work, I found out why-http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=9223404

Apparently early this morning a woman got out of a car on the passenger-side onto the freeway and was struck immediately.  Police find the whole story fishy since the driver of the car took off, so they've been investigating and shut down the 210-East, which connects to the I-5 South, which connects to the 14-South: the two freeways I need to get to work.  I was checking my speedometer and clock-I drove seven miles in one hour.  It was ridiculous.  Lucky me, faculty are no where to be found this morning...so I'm in the clear as far as that goes.  But I had a bad feeling this morning when I woke up; maybe Baby H can predict the traffic future.  It also didn't help that I had bad dreams of people poking my belly really hard.  Maybe Baby H was just kicking up a storm and it translated into my dreams.

More fun, er, bad news...we got a notice yesterday saying our lease is up in October, not November like we thought.  I found our lease right away, and sure enough, up in October-how did we not remember we signed an 11-month lease?!  If we renew our lease for 12 months, they're raising our rent $85 dollars.  If we try to do a 5 or 9 month lease (yes, 5, not 6), they raise it to $200 extra dollars.  Month to month is an extra $375 or something crazy.  UGHGHGHGH.  $85 isn't too much considering what it could be raised to, but for the amount we'll be paying I'd rather move closer to my work.  Although I did a quick search last night and there is nothing available in the price range we can afford that's remotely close to my work.  It's so expensive to live in California!!!!  And I barely make enough $ to pay off my debt, let alone live...but I can't leave my job due to my benefits for Baby H, so I'd have to wait until after maternity leave to really look for another one if I wanted to.  And it took me four months to find this job, I don't know how long it would take to find another.  The hubby and I are getting the itch to leave California, but his line of work can't really be found outside of Los Angeles.

So in conclusion, we're in a little bit of a pickle.  I don't want to stress nor do I want my hubby to stress (I think he takes it a lot harder than I do), but I don't want to affect Baby H's development.  So, as hard as it is, I'm going to try and think positive thoughts...send some positive energy my way people!