Unpleasant but not Unmanageable
Argh, can I just go on record as saying that being an adult living with your parents and husband simultaneously is pure hell? I'm always in the middle and spend a lot of time having one person or another telling me what to do.
It gets more difficult when finances begin to get strained. See, in Arkansas you can't collect unemployment for any week you receive severance for. Because my former employer didn't pay the severance until January 3, 2014, Arkansas says I don't qualify for unemployment until week ending 3/15/2014 - and then there's a waiting week. Considering the "lump sum" payment of my severance package, what should have been 5 figures was significantly smaller. Then my mother-in-law needed emergency eye surgery and the new Medicare guidelines do not cover the eyes, so they borrowed money from us that they haven't paid back. Charlie can't collect unemployment because he quit his job, and the place that wants to hire him is waiting for approval. So that means living on credit cards where we can, and making payments on the "must pays" - vehicles and insurance - and skipping everything else until I can take care of it.
Unfortunately I share a credit card with Joan. I haven't made a payment since January. I hid the statement when it came in. But I didn't catch the notice in today's mail because I had an interview and then almost immediately after I got home left for dinner with friends at the Bissell Mansion, which was a free meal. She was super crabby when we got in and as I went into the kitchen, I had a caught sight of the notice sitting "casually" on the corner of the table. I waited patiently for the screaming but it has not come - yet. So she is stewing over this and will wait until I am alone some time tomorrow and then blast me as only Bitchface the Thundercunt can.
I'm sorry, but if the choice is between keeping our vehicles and the insurance to drive them or a credit card, I'm paying for my vehicle and insurance. Now that I have the unemployment thing settled and the tax return is on its way, I can catch up. But for now this is how it is. She's just going to have to understand.
In better news, the Job interview today went great. They're a smaller company, but I think I've got what they're looking for and if they can afford me, I'll be glad to step up for them. When they ask you to come back for your second interview before you leave your first, it's a good sign.
Charlie and I both rubbed Buddha's belly for luck the other day at Pier 1. Ever since we've had good news. If both these jobs come through, Charlie said he's going to go buy that Buddha. I like Buddha, so he would be welcome in my house, and bring peace, calm and luck.
It gets more difficult when finances begin to get strained. See, in Arkansas you can't collect unemployment for any week you receive severance for. Because my former employer didn't pay the severance until January 3, 2014, Arkansas says I don't qualify for unemployment until week ending 3/15/2014 - and then there's a waiting week. Considering the "lump sum" payment of my severance package, what should have been 5 figures was significantly smaller. Then my mother-in-law needed emergency eye surgery and the new Medicare guidelines do not cover the eyes, so they borrowed money from us that they haven't paid back. Charlie can't collect unemployment because he quit his job, and the place that wants to hire him is waiting for approval. So that means living on credit cards where we can, and making payments on the "must pays" - vehicles and insurance - and skipping everything else until I can take care of it.
Unfortunately I share a credit card with Joan. I haven't made a payment since January. I hid the statement when it came in. But I didn't catch the notice in today's mail because I had an interview and then almost immediately after I got home left for dinner with friends at the Bissell Mansion, which was a free meal. She was super crabby when we got in and as I went into the kitchen, I had a caught sight of the notice sitting "casually" on the corner of the table. I waited patiently for the screaming but it has not come - yet. So she is stewing over this and will wait until I am alone some time tomorrow and then blast me as only Bitchface the Thundercunt can.
I'm sorry, but if the choice is between keeping our vehicles and the insurance to drive them or a credit card, I'm paying for my vehicle and insurance. Now that I have the unemployment thing settled and the tax return is on its way, I can catch up. But for now this is how it is. She's just going to have to understand.
In better news, the Job interview today went great. They're a smaller company, but I think I've got what they're looking for and if they can afford me, I'll be glad to step up for them. When they ask you to come back for your second interview before you leave your first, it's a good sign.
Charlie and I both rubbed Buddha's belly for luck the other day at Pier 1. Ever since we've had good news. If both these jobs come through, Charlie said he's going to go buy that Buddha. I like Buddha, so he would be welcome in my house, and bring peace, calm and luck.