Jeremy's Blog

So, work has gotten a lot more hectic since I’ve returned from Alabama. As a result, my brain has been rather … scattered. In trying to keep up with all of my obligations at work, I’ve committed yet another disastrous mistake with regards to my financial situation.

I’ve been behind on my car payment, because of lack of cash, and I got called and practically harassed about paying what I owe. Of course, that’s nothing unusual … Everyone wants their money, after all. The mistake was in paying the entire car off completely in bulk when I went to make a payment. That was $700 … and now that the money’s gone, I really need it. Rent is going to be $938.82, this month. That’s granted we can get Shawn’s money transferred over to my account and get a money order from the bank, tomorrow. In all of our running around and my getting pulled over the other day, we didn’t get back in time to make the payment on time, so it was late. And they’ve changed their policy to where they’ll only accept money orders after the rent deadline, which really pisses me off. I could’ve written the check today and put the rest of the money in the bank tomorrow or whenever I could to keep the price of the rent from climbing even higher.

So, tomorrow I’m going to have to get out in really crappy weather conditions (it snowed again today) and drive to the bank to get money from Shawn’s account transferred over and deposit some more cash that we kept out. Also keep in mind that I still have no tags on my car, and my license hasn’t been renewed yet. So, if we get pulled over a second time, I doubt the officer in question is going to be as friendly as last time.

BUT! That money will be just enough to cover the rent. We still won’t have enough to cover the other … oh, approximately $350 worth of other bills that have to be paid this month. Shawn and I are both already broke, and it’s only the freaking 5th. We’ve still got a whole month to go through. And I didn’t spend any of my money, in Alabama, except for a little bit to eat here and there.

We’ll survive though. The important thing is that we get the rent paid so we don’t get kicked out of the apartment. The rest of the bills I can fend off until next month, when nobody is getting any of my money, except for rent, groceries, and bills. Everyone else can kiss off, because I don’t have the energy to waste on you people, any longer. Just leave me alone.

Moral of the story? Don’t succumb to pressure from people that “want their money” … I’ve got to survive too, you know. Next time something like this happens, I’m telling them to take a freaking number, because there’s plenty of other people wanting to get at my check book.