Lack of money really sucks
I'm sure you all know this by now, but yes, not having money really does suck... especially when you don't have enough money to even afford basic necessities.
We haven't had Internet or cable for a week (the only reason why I'm on now is because we have a hair salon next door and we're using their Internet). None of our phones work. We're running low on food. And we don't know when we're going to get any of these things back again.
My Dad is a GPS salesman who runs his own business. He doesn't get a steady paycheck. Every few months, when he sells a bunch of units to a company, he'll get some money. That's mostly used to pay the bills, house payment, and maybe if we're lucky we can buy something a little extra. Between these payments, we rely only on my Mom's money from teaching (she's a preschool teacher), but even that is only minimum wage, and now that it's summer, she's not making any money...
I think the worst part of growing up without having much money is that you feel like your dreams aren't possible because you don't have the money to accomplish them. I had to give up horseback riding when I was 7 because we didn't have enough money. I had to move out of an amazing home in a great neighborhood because we didn't have any money. My dog died because we didn't have the money to get her surgery. And now I have opportunities to do some amazing things, but I most likely won't be able to because... you guessed it... lack of money!
My awesome World History teacher, Mr. Johnson, is going on a Eurotour next summer to Italy and Greece and all his students are invited. One of my dreams is to travel to Europe, especially in the Mediterranean area, so this would be amazing to do. Unfortunately, it's around $3,700 for the entire trip (this includes everything - lodging, airfare, food, etc.) --- which, as you can probably guess, isn't really within the spending range for my family.
Lately, I've also been wanting to get back into horseback riding, at least as something I can do over the summer. My Mom asked her brother (who has more money than us) if he could help pay for it, and he told us very enthusiastically that yes, he could help pay for it. But then my aunt called us up and said that they wouldn't help pay for it, because they could only pay for it for a few months and she's afraid that when they stop paying for it, I'll be so disappointed that I'll commit suicide (like her brother did earlier this year). Um, WHAT?! Does she think I'm really that dramatic?
So I guess the message that life's trying to send me lately: dream all you want, but if you don't have the money, nothing will ever come of it. :/
We haven't had Internet or cable for a week (the only reason why I'm on now is because we have a hair salon next door and we're using their Internet). None of our phones work. We're running low on food. And we don't know when we're going to get any of these things back again.
My Dad is a GPS salesman who runs his own business. He doesn't get a steady paycheck. Every few months, when he sells a bunch of units to a company, he'll get some money. That's mostly used to pay the bills, house payment, and maybe if we're lucky we can buy something a little extra. Between these payments, we rely only on my Mom's money from teaching (she's a preschool teacher), but even that is only minimum wage, and now that it's summer, she's not making any money...
I think the worst part of growing up without having much money is that you feel like your dreams aren't possible because you don't have the money to accomplish them. I had to give up horseback riding when I was 7 because we didn't have enough money. I had to move out of an amazing home in a great neighborhood because we didn't have any money. My dog died because we didn't have the money to get her surgery. And now I have opportunities to do some amazing things, but I most likely won't be able to because... you guessed it... lack of money!
My awesome World History teacher, Mr. Johnson, is going on a Eurotour next summer to Italy and Greece and all his students are invited. One of my dreams is to travel to Europe, especially in the Mediterranean area, so this would be amazing to do. Unfortunately, it's around $3,700 for the entire trip (this includes everything - lodging, airfare, food, etc.) --- which, as you can probably guess, isn't really within the spending range for my family.
Lately, I've also been wanting to get back into horseback riding, at least as something I can do over the summer. My Mom asked her brother (who has more money than us) if he could help pay for it, and he told us very enthusiastically that yes, he could help pay for it. But then my aunt called us up and said that they wouldn't help pay for it, because they could only pay for it for a few months and she's afraid that when they stop paying for it, I'll be so disappointed that I'll commit suicide (like her brother did earlier this year). Um, WHAT?! Does she think I'm really that dramatic?
So I guess the message that life's trying to send me lately: dream all you want, but if you don't have the money, nothing will ever come of it. :/