Holy Smokes, What Happened?
I wanted to let you all know, those that are still reading this anyway, that we have COMPLETELY fallen off the wagon. We waffled a bit over the past few months, sorta stayed on course, but when July hit it was over. No more budgeting, no more saving, it was a slow incline to spend, spend, spend….spent to the point of adding an additional two grand to the debt tally. Not only that, but I quit the 2nd job not long after my last post. When it came down to it I really wasn’t making any money over what I could make elsewhere in a retail store. It averaged about $9/hour. Not worth it considering the wear and tear of my vehicle. Right now I am desperately seeking a 2nd job that could benefit my home life and bring in some money. With the holidays coming I have been applying to UPS since they work Monday – Friday 4am – 8am. This would be perfect since the facility is half a mile from my day job and would allow me to keep the weekends open for family time or a third job.
I really feel like all I am doing is dragging my feet on the 2nd job. I want out of this situation, a little bit of air to breathe, but I feel so beaten down by weight of it that I am depressed. It’s paycheck to paycheck these days and I can’t take it.
There I said my peace and I can feel the fire again start to burn for the plasectomy. I really should cut those cards up, but what if I need them to balance transfer from one card to another? Eek!



October 2nd, 2009 at 8:19 am
I don’t think you should cut them up. I don’t care what all the Ramsey people say. It’s financial power at your disposal (and like a weapon, it can be used for good or bad) and I would not throw away any tools you have available.
I understand your morale problems. There’s a lot of that going around (speaking from experience.)
October 6th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Welcome back! It’s so hard to do this but I feel like the blog is helping me keep myself in check somewhat…that and the fact that I have always lived paycheck to paycheck. It’s scary but even more so since I have no choice but to pay for this stuff. Almost none of my debt would be discharged in a bankruptcy so I’m stuck. Anyway this is about you!
Nice to have you tripping back into the wagon.