Hey look...I'm alive
Still kicking and breathing. Work has started to get overly frustrating because we've become a lot busier. Not just because of the holidays, Tia's next door has shut down also. That first day that they were officially closed, our Monday lunch rush seemed more like a Friday lunch. Tuesday was worse. I finally got my first night bar shift. More of those would be nice. I like being a bartender. Lately, I haven't walked out of one of those shifts with less than $50 in my own tips and I get another $20 in tipouts from the other servers. Making that in five hours is nice. For once, I'll actually have rent without having to take any money out of my account.
I finally got foodstamps too. That is one of the best things to have. It has helped so much and I only got a $100 for the first month since I started after the scheduled pay date. It's been nice to not have to spend extra cash on making sure the kids and myself have food. And I've been able to get things that I wouldn't normally get because I wasn't able to spend the extra money. My bills won't have to suffer because I'm finally able to pay them fully instead of skating by and only paying a little more than half every month.
I had a nice Christmas. The best gift I got was $200 from my Dad, which I turned around and spent on the kids' Christmas gifts.
Another big help has been Brandon living with me again. Because of him, I now have this lovely desktop in order to get online again. Soon I should be able to save up enough money and get myself a new car stereo to replace the one that was stolen out of my car. I hate having to drive around and not be able to listen to music. I miss my music. If anything, I can spend my tax return on that. Hopefully I'll be getting a good amount. It'll help a lot with getting back on top of things and have money in savings again. I really want to be able to take the kids on vacation next summer.
Still single. There was a short time when I did have a boyfriend again but that ended suddenly. Okay, I stopped talking to the guy. He kept pissing me off. He was completely self-absorbed and didn't take any consideration for the fact that I am family-oriented. He would always call and want me to drop everything in order to go and spend time with him. Not going to make that mistake again anytime soon. Maybe I'm just too used to the idea of being single. Sure there are times when I wish I wasn't and I could be in a relationship with a decent person, but the only people I seem to have any inkling of a interest in are people that I cannot be with for one reason or another.
Okay, that's enough for now. I have to go and get the laundry out of the laundry room and back in here before it gets too much later.
Final note: Never become accident prone while at work. I hurt myself too much today. First slammed the back of my hand under a half door frame and cut it. Then I got careless with a knife while cutting fruit and sliced the top of one of my fingers. To top it all off, I fell on my ass while trying to walk away from the dish area on top of ice. Slightly bruised my palm trying to catch myself.
And to end this (hey, I haven't been on here in awhile)...gay men are fun. Especially the one I work with. He seems to have taken a liking to me. I think it's because we find the same people attractive. Plus, he's nice to look at.
Okay, I'm done for now.
I finally got foodstamps too. That is one of the best things to have. It has helped so much and I only got a $100 for the first month since I started after the scheduled pay date. It's been nice to not have to spend extra cash on making sure the kids and myself have food. And I've been able to get things that I wouldn't normally get because I wasn't able to spend the extra money. My bills won't have to suffer because I'm finally able to pay them fully instead of skating by and only paying a little more than half every month.
I had a nice Christmas. The best gift I got was $200 from my Dad, which I turned around and spent on the kids' Christmas gifts.
Another big help has been Brandon living with me again. Because of him, I now have this lovely desktop in order to get online again. Soon I should be able to save up enough money and get myself a new car stereo to replace the one that was stolen out of my car. I hate having to drive around and not be able to listen to music. I miss my music. If anything, I can spend my tax return on that. Hopefully I'll be getting a good amount. It'll help a lot with getting back on top of things and have money in savings again. I really want to be able to take the kids on vacation next summer.
Still single. There was a short time when I did have a boyfriend again but that ended suddenly. Okay, I stopped talking to the guy. He kept pissing me off. He was completely self-absorbed and didn't take any consideration for the fact that I am family-oriented. He would always call and want me to drop everything in order to go and spend time with him. Not going to make that mistake again anytime soon. Maybe I'm just too used to the idea of being single. Sure there are times when I wish I wasn't and I could be in a relationship with a decent person, but the only people I seem to have any inkling of a interest in are people that I cannot be with for one reason or another.
Okay, that's enough for now. I have to go and get the laundry out of the laundry room and back in here before it gets too much later.
Final note: Never become accident prone while at work. I hurt myself too much today. First slammed the back of my hand under a half door frame and cut it. Then I got careless with a knife while cutting fruit and sliced the top of one of my fingers. To top it all off, I fell on my ass while trying to walk away from the dish area on top of ice. Slightly bruised my palm trying to catch myself.
And to end this (hey, I haven't been on here in awhile)...gay men are fun. Especially the one I work with. He seems to have taken a liking to me. I think it's because we find the same people attractive. Plus, he's nice to look at.
Okay, I'm done for now.