Good morning!
I've had a bit of good news last night. I've been totally stressed out over my financial situation lately. I've lost my job because I can't drive to it and I have so many fines to pay in addition to the regular bills. My phone was cut off Tuesday, the cable/computer was cut off Wednesday and if I didn't check the electric bill when I went to pay the cable bill, I wouldn't have had any power on Thursday. I still don't know when the gas is going to be turned off and I'm not quite sure where I'll get the money for groceries. BUT...the good news is that I spoke to Rick and he's going to send most of February's rent to the landlord in lieu of March's alimony. That will pay all but $50 of February's rent. That still leaves me screwed, but not totally screwed so am going to be grateful for the small degree of screwed that I am.
I was worried that I would be two months behind on the rent and now I'm just really, really late instead. Of course, I'm still a month behind on everything (except the gas...YIKES!...and the car insurance!) but I have a bit of breathing room. I wonder if they charge rent for breathing room...ya think? The utilities don't get cut off until you're two months behind and I usually keep myself safely one month behind. So, basically, I'm where I like to be on most of the utilities.
Now, I can worry about how I'm going to pay my fines to the probation lady. As badly as that chick wants to see me behind bars, I imagine she could have me arrested again on Tuesday when I go to see her. Oh well, I'm going to have to do a Scarlett O'Hara and worry about that one tomorrow. But, if you don't hear from me Tuesday afternoon, just start writing me at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center on Wednesday morning.
I put an ad on Craigslist to rent out a room and I received a very odd response. Actually, two of them. One was from a man who wanted to rent the room for his daughter who was supposedly going to school here in America but I didn't trust that response for a number of reasons. First of all, most of his email was written properly but in the last sentence, he used "u" in place of the word "you" and that struck me as strange. Then, he left his cell phone number. It was supposed to be a British number but I happen to know the country code for England and he didn't use it. There were a couple of other reasons that the response hit me funny, but they were mostly just feelings that I had rather than reasons I can actually put into words and I learned a long time ago to trust my feelings.
The other odd response was a simple, "Can I rent the room?" and when I responded with some basic info and asked if he had any questions, his follow up email said, "No. Can I move in on June 7th?" He didn't ask, "Is the room furnished?", "Are utilities included?", "Would I have to do anything unnatural to your dog?"...no questions of any sort. So, I didn't trust that one either. I just took the stupid ad down. I had such a bad feeling about the two responses that I received that I just gave up. I'll figure something else out...that was just too freaky for me.
There was a time in my life when I could fart out a few grand and not miss it a bit but right now a measly two grand would mean so much to me that I wish I had held back a few financial farts way back when. But, like I said yesterday, there's always someone who has it much worse than I do so it's all good. My kids are healthy and I'm out of jail so I'll just thank God for what I have. I don't have grocery money but my appetite is currently gone anyway so I can't complain about that. Of course, I could go for a Ho-Ho right now...but a spoonful of crunchy peanut butter will get rid of my sweet tooth so I'm good to go.
OK, it's almost 3 AM and I'm going to do the dishes and set the coffee pot to be done for me when I wake up in a couple of hours...that is if I still have any coffee left. When I do lie down to try to fall asleep, I'm going to say an extra prayer thanking God for the way things turned out this week.
Last Friday, when I learned that Cartersville had a hold on me and that I wouldn't be getting out of jail that day, they told my kids that I had a court date on Monday for failure to appear for the traffic ticket that I missed while I was in Cobb County jail. So, I was waiting for Monday to tell the judge why I failed to honor his kind invitaion. Then, on Monday, for no reason at all, I took the ticket out of my pocket and looked at it. It said MARCH 27th! I was blown away. I told one of the guards that I had been told that I had a court date THAT day, February 27th. She said, "Somebody lied to you, you're going to be here for a very long time and you won't be going to court today!" I panicked. That's when I started having the chest pains that made the other "lady" guard say, "It looks like she's been doing too much meth to me!" I was so angry at her for saying that but I was doing my best to breathe evenly so I couldn't really say anything to her...not that I would have, those folks don't take too kindly to people who fail to kiss their backsides. I spent the following two hours trying not to die and worrying about what my kids would think when I didn't get released that day. Then, the door opened and a man said, "Kelso! Come on out, you're going to court!"
I didn't understand it then and I still don't. I haven't a clue why the ticket and the first guard said one thing and this guard was saying another...I was just happy to have an opportunity to appear in front of a judge.
Then, when I got home, the utilities started falling like dominoes and I was waiting for someone to bring me an eviction notice. So, at one point on Monday afternoon, I was quite sure that I would be in jail until March 27th and that I would be homeless and utility-less. So...after all of that, it's now Friday morning and I'm home with lights and other stuff that I thought I wouldn't have. That's why I'm currently so very grateful...that and the fact that I have healthy kids and grandkids. Heck, even my dog and cat are doing well.
So, the dog is lying at my feet and after I clean the kitchen, I'll be on my couch with the dog under the coffee table and the cat up on the back of the couch. After all of the garbage that I've been through, I've found that I have friends who read this thing (and very good friends at that). Life is sweet.
I'll be back after I catch a few hours of sleep.
See ya,
Meg
I've had a bit of good news last night. I've been totally stressed out over my financial situation lately. I've lost my job because I can't drive to it and I have so many fines to pay in addition to the regular bills. My phone was cut off Tuesday, the cable/computer was cut off Wednesday and if I didn't check the electric bill when I went to pay the cable bill, I wouldn't have had any power on Thursday. I still don't know when the gas is going to be turned off and I'm not quite sure where I'll get the money for groceries. BUT...the good news is that I spoke to Rick and he's going to send most of February's rent to the landlord in lieu of March's alimony. That will pay all but $50 of February's rent. That still leaves me screwed, but not totally screwed so am going to be grateful for the small degree of screwed that I am.
I was worried that I would be two months behind on the rent and now I'm just really, really late instead. Of course, I'm still a month behind on everything (except the gas...YIKES!...and the car insurance!) but I have a bit of breathing room. I wonder if they charge rent for breathing room...ya think? The utilities don't get cut off until you're two months behind and I usually keep myself safely one month behind. So, basically, I'm where I like to be on most of the utilities.
Now, I can worry about how I'm going to pay my fines to the probation lady. As badly as that chick wants to see me behind bars, I imagine she could have me arrested again on Tuesday when I go to see her. Oh well, I'm going to have to do a Scarlett O'Hara and worry about that one tomorrow. But, if you don't hear from me Tuesday afternoon, just start writing me at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center on Wednesday morning.
I put an ad on Craigslist to rent out a room and I received a very odd response. Actually, two of them. One was from a man who wanted to rent the room for his daughter who was supposedly going to school here in America but I didn't trust that response for a number of reasons. First of all, most of his email was written properly but in the last sentence, he used "u" in place of the word "you" and that struck me as strange. Then, he left his cell phone number. It was supposed to be a British number but I happen to know the country code for England and he didn't use it. There were a couple of other reasons that the response hit me funny, but they were mostly just feelings that I had rather than reasons I can actually put into words and I learned a long time ago to trust my feelings.
The other odd response was a simple, "Can I rent the room?" and when I responded with some basic info and asked if he had any questions, his follow up email said, "No. Can I move in on June 7th?" He didn't ask, "Is the room furnished?", "Are utilities included?", "Would I have to do anything unnatural to your dog?"...no questions of any sort. So, I didn't trust that one either. I just took the stupid ad down. I had such a bad feeling about the two responses that I received that I just gave up. I'll figure something else out...that was just too freaky for me.
There was a time in my life when I could fart out a few grand and not miss it a bit but right now a measly two grand would mean so much to me that I wish I had held back a few financial farts way back when. But, like I said yesterday, there's always someone who has it much worse than I do so it's all good. My kids are healthy and I'm out of jail so I'll just thank God for what I have. I don't have grocery money but my appetite is currently gone anyway so I can't complain about that. Of course, I could go for a Ho-Ho right now...but a spoonful of crunchy peanut butter will get rid of my sweet tooth so I'm good to go.
OK, it's almost 3 AM and I'm going to do the dishes and set the coffee pot to be done for me when I wake up in a couple of hours...that is if I still have any coffee left. When I do lie down to try to fall asleep, I'm going to say an extra prayer thanking God for the way things turned out this week.
Last Friday, when I learned that Cartersville had a hold on me and that I wouldn't be getting out of jail that day, they told my kids that I had a court date on Monday for failure to appear for the traffic ticket that I missed while I was in Cobb County jail. So, I was waiting for Monday to tell the judge why I failed to honor his kind invitaion. Then, on Monday, for no reason at all, I took the ticket out of my pocket and looked at it. It said MARCH 27th! I was blown away. I told one of the guards that I had been told that I had a court date THAT day, February 27th. She said, "Somebody lied to you, you're going to be here for a very long time and you won't be going to court today!" I panicked. That's when I started having the chest pains that made the other "lady" guard say, "It looks like she's been doing too much meth to me!" I was so angry at her for saying that but I was doing my best to breathe evenly so I couldn't really say anything to her...not that I would have, those folks don't take too kindly to people who fail to kiss their backsides. I spent the following two hours trying not to die and worrying about what my kids would think when I didn't get released that day. Then, the door opened and a man said, "Kelso! Come on out, you're going to court!"
I didn't understand it then and I still don't. I haven't a clue why the ticket and the first guard said one thing and this guard was saying another...I was just happy to have an opportunity to appear in front of a judge.
Then, when I got home, the utilities started falling like dominoes and I was waiting for someone to bring me an eviction notice. So, at one point on Monday afternoon, I was quite sure that I would be in jail until March 27th and that I would be homeless and utility-less. So...after all of that, it's now Friday morning and I'm home with lights and other stuff that I thought I wouldn't have. That's why I'm currently so very grateful...that and the fact that I have healthy kids and grandkids. Heck, even my dog and cat are doing well.
So, the dog is lying at my feet and after I clean the kitchen, I'll be on my couch with the dog under the coffee table and the cat up on the back of the couch. After all of the garbage that I've been through, I've found that I have friends who read this thing (and very good friends at that). Life is sweet.
I'll be back after I catch a few hours of sleep.
See ya,
Meg
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