May
Eight Dollar Happiness
Things are getting better around here, the stress is starting to lift up a bit since they (work) located mine and Kei’s paychecks- they were missing for a few weeks and we couldn’t afford some very important things. Because of said missing checks we couldn’t afford to take me into an important appointment and so my Hubby was all stressed out which is turn made me stressed out and unlike him, when I get stressed out… bad things happen.
Makes me sad to think about how a little bit of money can change a situation so swiftly. Tax refund and student loans are coming in soon, that will help out a lot too and I’m getting unemployment soon so that’ll be nice as well (not fired just not enough hours for a few months).
At this very moment, and keep in mind we just cashed two paychecks today, we have $8 in the bank. No joke and by the end of tomorrow we’re going to be negative $130 thanks to bills that just can’t wait.
Nevertheless, we have food on the table and gas in the truck. Because of this I think we’ll be just fine. Before it was just so hard, between medical stuff and money stuff it’s hard to find a proper balance that meets all the needs and when my Husband starts to get worried,… well, it freaks me out. I’m still pretty new to this whole ‘living life’ thing. The only experience I have in managing money comes from when I was a kid and trying to make $10 last for two weeks worth of food and while some of you might consider that impressive- it was a lot easier than learning how to manage various bills and expenses for our family.
*sigh* Money does ‘not’ buy happiness. Not by itself, but it can bring happiness in another way. Just having that $8 in the bank brings me so much joy. I know we’ll be doing better in a month when my shift picks back up (bless those drunken golfers and all the dishes they dirty) but knowing that right now we have enough money to go back into the red zone and still be able to feed ourselves… it’s a beautiful thing. Sure, it’s still a sucky situation, but we’re together and we’re full. In debt, but full.
02May
Wish I could say it magically gets easier :) But at least I can laugh at how ridiculous it is to try and make ends meet when you haven’t one the lottery yet :)
But yay at least for SCHOOL!
02May
I know exactly where you are coming from little one. It does get better take it from me, I was where you are right now.
02May
@ Jessie
Too true. Maybe I should start playing the lottery, lol, but I don’t even have enough money to buy the little tickets. Heck, I don’t even have a nickle to scratch them off with! Woe is me but I’ll get over it so long as I keep getting hours at work. This next week is going to be a doosy (oddly that word is not in my spell check, lol).
@ Quill
I sure hope it gets better. I know it will but sometimes it’s so hard to see that. Hopefully this next week or three will boost my paycheck up and I’ll have a whole $10 left over, double digits and the like. :) Wish me luck.