I think my childhood might have left me with some issues.

Of course, everyone's does. In my case, my parent's total lack of monetary sense, combined with a healthy helping of bad luck and a little sprinkling of depression meant that I grew up in poverty. We were always on the verge of losing the house, or getting evicting, or not being able to pay ( Read more... )

Oh my god my weekend. If I told you about it you literally would not believe me. It sounds like the plot of a telenovela.

Here's a brief summary of the period between 4pm Friday and 2am Sunday:

Love triangle
Drama
Breakup (not mine)
Tears
Screaming match
Midnight move out
Unwelcome house guests who abandoned their children at Mom's house with no warning
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Wow, I'm still shaking. I was sitting in my room about an hour ago, right next to the window, when I heard a strange noise, rather like someone was walking around in the yard. Then I heard another, much louder noise. My first thought (and words) were something like "Shit! Move!" because some part of my brain recognized it as the sound of a tree ( Read more... )

So, today I received a bill in the mail from Pomona Valley Hospital, for the whole emergency room incident. It indicated that I owed rather a large amount of money on my hospital bill, as my insurance claim had been rejected. Of course, I was expecting this from the moment I looked at the envelope. Want to know why ( Read more... )