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| Why life does not suck. :-) |
Here is why life sucks right now:
• Due to some miscommunication, the gas in my house was shut off on Tuesday. The soonest they could reconnect is today. Leaving me with a couple of very cold nights and no hot water. Thus: no shower.
• I'm still playing catch up after having to produce a very large chunk of money in order to move into this new house. Money I did not have, because I hadn't been budgeting for rent payments. When I basically got kicked out of the previous house in mid-October, my roomie and I literally found a new place and moved in less than 2 weeks. My bank account is in the red.
• Therefore, I have no cash. No money to eat. No money for gas. Thankfully, my truck payment and Hampton's board are current. And he's plenty stocked up on grain. I have literally been scrounging pennies to buy food and drinks. I tried to sell my truck but no one is going to work with me as I am just a bit upside down on my current loan. It's doubtful a private buyer will purchase it outright.
• My career is still in the toilet. I have no immediate plans for a new job. I'm just sitting here, basically waiting for them to lay me off. The environment at work is tense. Everyone is crabby. The "managers" are horrible at their jobs. I am still in school to be a vet tech - but that is years away. And even so, I'm having doubts because people keep telling me the pay sucks.
• I took out a loan on my 401K to help catch up with finances. That was 9 days ago. STILL NO CHECK. Now I'm freaking out that it is lost. I need that check. BADLY.
• I. Am. Not. Selling. Hampton.
Even though life is super tough right now, he is the only good thing I have. Am I wrong to have a horse on a journalist's budget? Is that foolish of me? I don't know. All I know is that the horse is my life. In July 2009 I happened upon spunky, unhandled 2-year-old thinking I'd start him under saddle and make a little cash. I didn't think he'd end up being the horse I have been looking for for a very, VERY long time! Selling T-Bone was hard, but I was OK with it. Selling this horse would devastate me.
So ... ya know, since life has been super suck-tastic here lately. I am going to actually go out and do something fun (since I bought tickets a while ago). And that is to see Mike Gordon tomorrow. A few hours of no worries. Just Cactus.
Good luck girl. My heart and thoughts are with you in this. I'm moving too and I thought I would have to come up with a ridiculous amount to replace some damaged carpet. I think I've dodged the bullet but things are ridiculously tight here too. I nearly cried this morning when I realized I had let some hamburger go bad! Wasted $5!!!
ReplyDeleteDont sell H. I go through that all the time. Its ridiculous to have this horse on MY salary right out of school with finances completely insecure.... But I still have him (2 years in January) and I know if i can get through, I will never regret it!
Good luck sister!
Keep your chin up, I know how cliche that sounds, but you can do it! Things will get better.
ReplyDeleteDo you have anything you can sell on Craigslist or EBAY? I can't tell you how many times that has saved my butt, I've sold jeans, horse stuff and furniture and have made a quick buck.
I know this is unsolicited advice, but for a quick job try going into property management as a leasing consultant. That's what I started out doing and I made $15.00 + commission - I hope that helps!
No matter what, my thoughts are with you! Hang in there :)
Keep on swimming in that sea of madness, girl! You'll make it through, and hopefully you will NEVER, ever have to sell Hampton. I believe that you can do this, that you can catch up on everything, that you can get to the other side of the sea! Best of luck to you, you are in both my thoughts and in my prayers.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, I had no idea that things had gotten so bad! Don't ever sell Hampton! Not that I thought you would/could but he's turning out to be such a nice horse! Have you sold any leftover tack? Sell the toaster oven (or insert random unused appliance)? I sold a few old blankets because my collection was getting to big and unused, they bring in pretty good $$$ if you clean em up a bit.
ReplyDeleteYou're in my thoughts and Good Luck!
Heh, this is "frontporchsociety" - new name/blog now....
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about your luck/situation right now. I hope things start looking up for you and soon!
If anything Hampton is major motivation to get it together...do not sell him. You will figure it out :) It's cheaper than therapy! Well..maybe not but its much more fun!
ReplyDeleteSometimes life sucks but it would suck even more without your horse. When horses are in your blood, life only gets worse without them, not better.
ReplyDeleteLife is pretty sucky here right now too. Money issues can be really scary but things are bound to turn around sometime. I hold onto that to get me through.
Hang in there. This will pass. It always does even if it doesn't feel like that's even possible.