What a Shitty Week
God, I don't remember ever being so broke. Jim was off work for about a month and just started driving (OTR) again two weeks ago. He's going to be making really good money but right now we're trying to catch up and I had NO money this week other than the few dollars that was in our change bowl. That went for Tyler's lunches, and today I had no money left for his lunch and nothing to make him a sandwich with. Luckily we had a yogurt, an apple, a Hi-C, and a pineapple fruit cup, so who really cares if he doesn't have a sandwich for one day, right? But it just totally sucks that I can't even buy a loaf of bread. I try to stay positive about it -- I know it's only temporary -- VERY temporary, since we'll be back to normal in just a couple more weeks -- and lots of people have it a LOT worse than we do. We have a nice house and we're in no danger of losing it or anything, and we're clothed and fed (even if this week we're living on spaghetti and mac & cheese, that never killed anyone). But it's still stressful.
posted by ~A~ @ 1:37 AM
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Wow, sometimes life's parallels are strange.
Three months ago I caught a terrible case of pneumonia and was bed/couch ridden for alomst 8 weeks. I couldn't work and my bills just piled up. My landlord was very cool about it and let me go late on 2 months of rent, but the power, water, drainage, insurance, and car payment companies were not so forgiving.. If it wasn't for help from my mom and my best friend Darren, I would've been homeless living on a buddy's couch. Luckily, I'm back to work and busting my ass to get ahead again.
As a former president once said, "I feel your pain".
I'm glad to hear your hubby is back to work, and I wish good luck to you, and yours. I agree, poverty sucks, and is difficult to deal with.
Don't you HATE having to ask your parents for money? We had to ask my dad for some money, too, and we said we just wanted a loan, but he insisted it was a gift. He's awesome that way. If we ever need anything, he gives it and never any strings attached. We WILL pay it back, though. He's helped us a couple of times before and we paid him back promptly, but if we didn't he wouldn't ever hold it against us because as far as he's concerned it's always a gift, not a loan. It just sucks, though, being an adult and having to go to daddy for money. I really hate that! I would never go to my mom for money because she does keep a mental tab and I refuse to be beholden to her. She offers, but it's partly to make herself look good, you know? She asks if I need anything but I always tell her no, we're fine. She doesn't even know we've been struggling with finances lately because I won't even give her that info.
Thanks for the good wishes. I'm sure we'll get caught up before too long, but I can't wait until we don't have to worry about it anymore.
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