Of all the Charlie Browns in the world...

... Brian is the Charliest. Because Brian? Well, lately he just can't catch a break. Talk about some bad karma. To make a long story short, we've spent the past two months trying to straighten out Brian's military pay account as well as his new civilian pay account. The problem (or shall I say problems)? Two separate mistakes, made by two separate people, resulting in zero pay for The Roberts family. Not fun. After a frustrating day on Friday, Brian left work, and walked to his car to find this:
Swell. Someone had accidently backed into his car. Luckily, they left a note and are insured so now we get to have some fun coordinating the logistics of a repair with two children, two carseats, and a full time employee who works an hour away from the repair shop that only operates during the convenient business hours of 8am to 4pm, Monday through Friday.

But on Monday, we were pleasantly surprised to find out that Brian's civilian pay account had miraculously been fixed! Hooray, our luck was finally turning around... at least until Tuesday morning. After a grueling gym workout, my dear, sweet husband grabbed himself a cup of coffee and with a spring in his step walked down the hallway to his place of duty for the day. Until... a door swung open... right into his face... and his coffee. And my poor guy had to spend the day like this:
Clearly, the cosmos are trying to tell him something. I'd say we're due for some GOOD luck at this point... perhaps we should buy a lottery ticket!