Sooo..I am tired. And broke - or so it seems all of the time. I know I need a separate blog to blog about these issues but everyone keeps saying having multiple blogs is too hard.
I just don't get it. It seems like all I do is work, or wait on work, and then when payday rolls around, I question "WHERE is the money?" Really. **sighs a very long sigh**
I know today's economy isn't that great, but really my family's bills are minimal. I have made sure of that. My husband's income is regular and steady. Mine, on the other hand, has its ups and down. The medical transcription field isn't what it once was. At least I had managed to find a reliable company that pays on-time everytime. Yet, this profession has its slow periods and that is usually around the most inconvenient times - the holidays.
Sooo...I am tired, as stated. And what is worse, I just committed myself to a 50-hour work week (for the time being), with eventually in the next month or so, I will be working a 60-hour work week, with the following schedule: Tuesday through Saturday - 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. then back on at 11p.m. to 4 a.m. And in the next few months, I will have to go back working Mondays - same schedule.
Having this schedule, two young boys, and a husband - how in the world am I going to get everything done? All of this JUST so we can have "extra" money. We have an old car, a 1994 Chevy Blazer, that was my grandpa's. It only has 106,000 miles, but it is seeing it's last days. We spend between $2000 to $3000 every year, for the past three years, just to keep it up to speed. It is our only vehicle and we surely need a new one. I just cannot seem to go out and have a huge monthly payment and insurance raise when we are barely making it payday to payday. ***HUGE sigh***
So...what do you do? I know I pray a lot. I just don't see any "good" end in sight with the vehicle situation. And the bad thing is, I believe our transmission is going out, and we have NO (z-e-r-o) money saved...Heck, we barely make it at times. I just don't understand.
I am, however, thankful for what we do have: a roof over our heards, clothes on our backs, food on our table, and the kids surely are NOT lacking anything....
I know tons of people are facing the same situations. But it is so hard not to want to throw in the towel because it seems as though you try very hard to change your circumstances that NOTHING ever changes.
Is anyone in this same situation - or have you ever been in this situation? If so, how did you get out of it? More importantly, how did you not let it get you down?
Well, I am stepping down from my soapbox today. I am getting ready to work - yes, today was supposed to have been my day off, but we need the extra $$$...so off to work I go for about an hour or two...blah!
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