2 posts tagged “finances”
My cat has been using my bathtub as a litterbox for a while now. Not that long--maybe a month. I'd rather she goes in the bathtub than on the rug, you know? I have no idea whether it was the difference in litter, the hood on the litterbox we have, or the fact that my brother's crazy cat is seriously territorial with his litterbox. Probably a combination of all of the above. I did get a litterbox and put it in my bathroom when she started doing that in an attempt to get her to go in the litterbox again. No dice. I guess it really was the litter. Prissy cat. Well, I went out earlier this week and got a couple more litterboxes and the usual gravel litter. And lo and behold, she's been using the litterbox again! Thank goodness. We have four litterboxes in the apartment now. It kinda sucks to have to maintain them all, but I would rather do that than have her go in my bathtub again.
We had craziness in my neighborhood last night. A guy shot someone on pretty much the opposite side of town, then led police in a chase to my side of town. He was headed for the mental hospital that's about a block from my apartment. He stayed in his car talking on his phone to the police for three hours and holding a gun to his head. I had to drive the long way 'round to go hang out with a friend of mine. It TOTALLY slipped my mind to pay the rent. Yikes! That's a costly mistake. Thank God that when I went in today, they let it slide because of all the ruckus. Sweet. What a relief--I can't really afford it on my nonexistant freelance writer's salary. I'm considering applying for food stamps, but it would be weird. I'm not in dire straits yet.
On another high note, one of my friends whose opinion I really respect read the piece that I wrote and submitted. She said that she was really interested and kept her interested the whole time. She's more than a little ADD, so that is a HUGE compliment. In my opinion, at least! It's something to keep someone who is easily distracted interested! I would love to share if anyone else wants to read. Maybe I can find another market for it somewhere. It would be a shame for it to go to waste, so to speak.
I got a job. It's a job that I'm sure I'll enjoy--I love working with children and youth. It's a job as a youth counselor at a group home. It's second shift, which I am not at all enthusiastic about. I like my evenings at home watching tv. It also curtails my social life, which is starting to pick up. The biggest downside to it? It pays pocket change. I don't know how people can make it on that kind of salary. Probably most of the people they employ are still in college and can make it on that kind of salary. Me, not so much. I have too much debt. I am supposed to start training next Monday, October 6th.
My dad called Friday, and there's an opening in his school district. It sounds like it's tailor-made for me. Plus, it pays a "normal" amount of money. I have an interview(but no guarantee of a job, of course) next Tuesday at 2 pm.
The problem? I have to choose one or the other. I don't get to do both, unless I lie and say that I have a doctor's appointment or something. I don't feel comfortable with that. On top of it, I came home feeling more than a little depressed after having signed my new hire paperwork for the job.
My instinct is to go to the interview and forget about the job I've got. It's what I'm qualified for, what I want to do. It looks like I am going to have to cash out my retirement anyway, so I'd rather wait for a job that I want, not one that doesn't pay my bills.
Maybe I should buckle down and write the great American novel now! NaNoWriMo, here I come! LOL.
