It's only about 30 minutes into Friday and I'm still up. Gregory decided that he wanted to get up, so I got up. I tried to feed him, but I don't think things are going as they should be. This breastfeeding thing is a lot harder than I thought. I go to the lactation specialist at the hospital and we watch him latch and everything is going fine. He has a great latch and I know he's eating as he should be...but it still hurts. The pain is excruciating! It shouldn't sting and burn when he feeds. Breastfeeding is supposed to be painless and a time to bond with my son...instead I dread each and every feeding because of the horrible pain it causes. I think I may need to call the lactation specialist again and possibly schedule another appointment because it's extremely discouraging. I want to breastfeed, but I want to do it without any pain as it should be.

But yeah...you guys don't want to hear about that.

Gregory has a doctor's appointment today. He's going to have his second PKU test, so I'm sure he's going to be in a wonderful mood after that appointment. I mean, getting your heel pricked and blood drawn probably isn't very comfortable. That is at 1:15pm and then we'll probably do some running around while we're out in that area (go to Sam's Club...maybe).

My mom is flying back to Seattle on Monday. I don't want her to go, but I know she has to. She's basically been with me since January 10th and I missed the time that I used to see her every day. Makes me think how much I truly miss her...and then she'll be gone again :( She'll come visit me more often and vice versa now that Gregory is here. I think she's going to drive out here in April or so with my aunt. I'll be flying back to Seattle in July for our family get-together. Granted, when I leave, I won't get paid for it...so hopefully we'll be stable enough to where I will be able to do that.

Enough about family though...

Do any of you remember a while back when I was talking about credit cards and attorneys? Well, all of my credit cards had gone to attorney's to collect the balance (don't get credit cards if you cannot pay them off right away...I made a mistake and screwed my credit up...don't do that to yourself). My mom had helped me out with one attorney a few months ago and they immediately offered a settlement amount and we paid that off.

I got a collection notice from attorney #2. I spoke with him on the phone and all that I was telling him that I wanted to pay, but I couldn't pay a lot a month because of circumstances (being pregnant, basically being a single parent, yada yada)...he was a dick about it and basically tried to sue me anyway and stated that I was being summoned to court and I needed to be there to accept the summons. This was right before my mom came out here, so I mean, someone was at the apartment at all times because I had my baby shortly there after and we've been at home ever since then. No one came to summon me to court and no one served me with any papers. They call me again a few days ago telling me that my court date was February 1st and that they needed to collect their money. I'm like "What the fuck??" I never got served with anything stating my court date. I asked him how it was fair that I was going to go to court on February 1st and I didn't even know my court date. He feeds me this line of bullshit about how they would follow-up with the person serving the papers and they would know if I got my papers or not. OH, in the mean time...I had been speaking with this one guy who I could only refer to as "Mr. Block" and he seriously did not have a first name. I called the phone system and looked for his name in the directory and it was Mr. Block in the directory. Anyway, he conveniently no longer works for the attorney now...and failed to inform the new person that I was giving birth to a baby and I was not at home...ASSHOLES! Regardless, we paid the amount in full (I'm going to pay my mom off of her credit card)...and I'm done with them.

Attorney #3...I called them today. I didn't even say anything about settling the amount at all. She immediately offers a settlement amount almost $1000 less than my original balance with them.

I'm sitting here thinking after all that, why did attorney #2 not offer a settlement? Is attorney #2 legit after all this bullshit that they put me through? To be honest, I don't think attorney #2 even had a court date and I honestly don't think they were serving me with any papers. I think they were trying to scare me into paying them the entire amount or something. I specifically told them that I wanted to pay the balance in full and that I needed to wait for my mom to get into town and I told that ass that I was having my baby...I guess having a medical condition doesn't matter to these jerks collecting money. Ugh...

Okay, I'm done with my rant...

AND, I think this entry is long enough...

i've messed up my credit to but i dunno about this going to court business but i have waited long enough on a few that they offered settlements and jumped on them.
» crochetmama on 2007-01-26 07:46:37

My mom have tonnes of credit cards and I'm always afraid that something like that happens to her.. Hope you're able to get out of that mess soon.. *hugs*
» Nuttz on 2007-01-26 10:02:47

re: comment--I lost my cell night before yesterday so I had to suspend it...

Ugh. I can't wait to be a true ad-ult, but these things make me queasy and not so happy. =P Bleh, yuck. My mother has tons of credit cards and she won't listen to me so I can't help her! And if she doesn't take my help and everything goes down the drain, she drags me down with her--! 0.0 Ahhhh! Ok, I'll shut-up now. ^-^
» Silver-dot- on 2007-01-26 02:35:17

I hate attorneys, so confusing. Also, DISABLE THE MUSIC SOOOO ANNOYING! I like the song but not three times. :P
» ryan444123 on 2007-01-26 04:22:53

lovely attorneys... maybe someday we will both fix our credit!
» pyrogrrl12 on 2007-01-30 11:32:34

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