My mom just emailed me the email she sent Grace/NBTSC asking where to send her $50 donation for the scholarship fund. My mum's been so stressed about money lately - they're moving in a couple months and haven't sold our house, haven't found a house in Walla Walla, and she hasn't found a job over there yet, either. This makes me cry. My heart feels ( Read more... )

I just made $12.86 my first time busking! I was out there (just west of Market On Yates) for about 1.5 hours...

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I just finished updating my money record and there's ~200 dollars missing - unaccounted for. So not cool! I'm not worried about it - I'm 99% sure it's just me forgetting to record things or recording them wrong. But it upsets me anyhow.

::pout::

Does Newt want to spend $47 to see Ani Difranco?

Yes, I think she does.

:/

I got paid yesterday. It's my first pay check from this job, but it's actually not a pay check: just a stack of 20s and one 100.

Now I have more money than I came here with in the first place.

What this means: money won't be the deciding factor of when I leave; I don't have to wait 'til I move back home to start saving for the Portland house.Yay

Two catastrophes in the past week: one worth $500, one worth $41. The $500 one was taken care of completely by chance and luck. The $41 one I paid for but, by that point, I was just glad I wasn’t paying $500 - and Vanesa was super nice to me about it. Now, though, I’m worried: I think I’ve used up my luck, so I’ve got to play it safe and not make ( Read more... )