Tuesday night

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Registered: 09-22-1999
Tuesday night
Tue, 04-25-2006 - 11:17pm

Hello!

I am still recovering from the auto repair bill shock from the weekend. I tried to make myself feel better today by tring to figure out my paymnet schedule. I'm figuring on paying it in reasonable chunks over the next 6 months and hope that NOTHING else happens to the car that I have to repair. UGH! Do I feel better? Well, maybe not yet, but I feel a little more in control. (That's life.......)

I've had a series of a lot of financial ups and downs the last couple of weeks.... I guess that is how it goes.

Last week I had a discussion with the financial guy at my bank...had to rearrange something with an IRA account I have, and he asked me at the end of the meeting how much money I had in my checking account. I said, "$20." He said, "No, you don't." I said, "Yes, I do." We went back and forth "yes." "no." around and around until he told me I had $80,000 in my checking account, and I said "No, I don't!" He said "Yes, you do." (He wanted me to invest it.....LOL!) Well, after that he got up to check the notes with the secretary....and I was sitting there wondering HOW could I keep that money IF IT WAS REAL.........But, it wasn't OF COURSE!!!!!! Well, they confused my name with another person's account.............Dream over. It was fun while it lasted....about 2 minutes. That $80,000 would have solved a lot of problems!!!!!!!!!

All this gasoline price news is really getting to me....all I can see are my snowflakes melting melting melting away.......It does make me realize I've got to get my financial act together. I need to GET CONTROL over the personal finances and other things around here. I'll feel better when I do. (I just do not have TIME.)

I'm going to just kep working at this. Well, babay steps are all I can do right now, but that is okay, I guess. I am still trying to be pointed in the right direction.

I am upset about the car repairs, but the good thing to me is that I didn't spend the money on junk and foolishness. THAT IS GOOD!!!!!! This was a necessity/emergency. I guess I wish I had just been better prepared.

Actually, isn't it just LIFE that all this happened as soon as I paid off a credit card????????????? Oh, I just should have known......(OR was it COUSIN BERNADETTE sabotaging my progress????? LOL!!!!!!!!!!!)

I was planning on going to a craft festival this weekend and buying a couple small things, so still working that into the budget. I hope I can do it. (Such bad timing!!!!)

Well, I'm still going to hang in there and see what happens next. Tomorrow could just be THAT DAY where everything turns around. You NEVER know!!!!

Thru the drama and the trauma of life and debt I go................Littlesbigs