Saturday early morning

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Registered: 09-22-1999
Saturday early morning
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Sat, 06-03-2006 - 2:12am

I had a rough day. I am exhausted. I will be on the run for the rest of the month, no rest for the weary. I have interviews and Uncle's surgery to deal with....Also, SO has an impending large problem to resolve that he needs help with. I am going broker, broker, broker.....I am very stressed. Also, I have to get the car checked out since the "service engine" light went on yesterday.....I cannot be without a car right now especially............Oh, I hope this doesn't kill the budget, kill the emergency fund I was trying to build up again (not much in there yet), add a new bill to the budget. UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I paid $55 for gasoline today. After the surgical consultation, I took Uncle to his favorite restaurant, and it was a LONG drive...I had filled the car with the cheapest gas around, $2.95 per gallon, then at the end of the drive, I refilled the car with 7 gallons......UGH.....money that has flown out of my wallet, but I had to cheer him up.(Rough surgery ahead)

The paycheck I got this week has been almost completely spent. I only could make one snowflake payment. I have begun to rework and rethink the next paycheck's budget plan......I am SO BROKE. Not going to make much headway with the debt journey for a while. Very discouraged. (My debt journey's road is full of ups and downs and potholes, and sometimes I swear the road has been washwed away!!!)

Since I spent so darn much on gas already, I am going to have to stay home all weekend, or at least as close to home as possible. I still have a lot of food in the house, so I don't need to go out to eat except to go out with SO. I have to go out to see Uncle tomorrow to arrange the calendar of events for the surgery......There are places on his street I can stop and do errands as part of the trip. TRYING TO CONSERVE MY RESOURCES!!!!!!

I do have to go out and buy another blouse for a Monday morning interview. Still worth it. Everyone loved the one I wore last week. They said I looked "powerful." Well, I AM powerful!!!!!!! I need to wear a new outfit since the first one can't be repeated for this....

I feel like I am slowly sinking into a hole. A hole of frustration. I also am upset that I can see that my summer is going to be preoccupied with Uncle's surgery and aftercare. I won't be getting any help. (I am hoping to get a driver for him, hopefully a nurse to visit....gotta check into it.) He'll be up and around relatively soon but can't drive until he is healed......so I have to be the driver for several weeks....I love him, but he can drive me crazy in a couple minutes, and I just want to tape up his mouth shut. I don't really have a lot of time for this, but there is no one else to do this. He doesn't even have friends who will help out. (He's an odd bird.)

I know that all I can do for myself on this debt journey for now is stay on the road. I can't move ahead really very much at all, but if I can stay on the road, even stay on the side of the road, I won't be lost!!!!!!!!

Stick to the road when times get tough.......A very frustrated Littlesbigs

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Registered: 05-14-2003
Sat, 06-03-2006 - 9:38am
check engine lights seem to be contagious around here!! I would call your local autozone and see if they will hook it up to the machine for free. Ours does. Saved me $80 and I "fixed" it myself. Wasn't a huge thing wrong with it but hey, I did it myself....