Have you ever washed your bill money in the laundry?
Oh man, last night I went out and did some shopping for necessities we needed. I stuck back 2 checks to cover our new rental increase that was due on the 10th of November. I got the notice on Friday (November 9th) in the mail. NO other warning that our rent was going up and they wanted it paid on the 10th or we will be evicted. (I am not scared of their threats..I have never been late, nor did I know about our price increase).
Well I put the two checks for transportation expenses that I had received from St jude in my back pocket for safe keeping. I thought when I got home that I had pulled it out of my pocket. In my cleaning frenzy last night, I washed both checks inside my pants. At 3am this morning, I am laying in bed and it dawns on me the stupid thing that I have done. Did I wash the checks to pay the bills? YES, YES, I MOST CERTAINLY DID. I went to the washing machine and pulled out the clothes that I had worn earlier that day....in my back pocket, were two very unusable checks, water-logged and in several unusable pieces.
Normally, I would have panicked and not been able to sleep. What am I thinking with natural panic mode? Is that going to help? No, It will not help things. I will end up with a head ache and still have the 2 washed and unusable checks in my possession. So, Monday I will call the hospital and see if they can reissue the checks to me since they were not cashed. But it does not help the situation that I need the $74.00 for my rent increase and the fact that they wanted it like yesterday. I spent all the money we had except some money for Gas to get us to the hospital twice this week and about $30.00 bucks for groceries. I know it will take a few days to remake and issue the checks.
Well let's look on the bright side of things. What can they really do to me? I got the washed up checks as proof of my total stupidity. I was responsible. I saved back the money for the bill that I just found out was due on Friday, its not like I had any warning to pay the bill in advance, so no one can say, you didn't think ahead and you should have already paid the bill. The other thing is that I do have a full tank of gas. So atleast I can make it to the hospital Tuesday to get his counts checked. I guess I can call up housing and give them a bleeding heart excuse and tell them I am a complete idiot and see if that will give me an extension. I do not want to call up my grandmother and ask her to bail me out of my hole and loan me the money, because she will just gripe at me for being irresponsible...even though I wasn't irresponsible, just forgot to pull it out of my jeans. For one, I am on pain medicine from surgery that I just had last Thursday and my brain is not working so well. I can't be expected to run efficiently 24/7. I had just had a hell of a night with my son's blood situation. I had spent most of the day cleaning (which is why I took the pain pill that made me absent minded, so I could manage some pain while I cleaned the house).
Well I put the two checks for transportation expenses that I had received from St jude in my back pocket for safe keeping. I thought when I got home that I had pulled it out of my pocket. In my cleaning frenzy last night, I washed both checks inside my pants. At 3am this morning, I am laying in bed and it dawns on me the stupid thing that I have done. Did I wash the checks to pay the bills? YES, YES, I MOST CERTAINLY DID. I went to the washing machine and pulled out the clothes that I had worn earlier that day....in my back pocket, were two very unusable checks, water-logged and in several unusable pieces.
Normally, I would have panicked and not been able to sleep. What am I thinking with natural panic mode? Is that going to help? No, It will not help things. I will end up with a head ache and still have the 2 washed and unusable checks in my possession. So, Monday I will call the hospital and see if they can reissue the checks to me since they were not cashed. But it does not help the situation that I need the $74.00 for my rent increase and the fact that they wanted it like yesterday. I spent all the money we had except some money for Gas to get us to the hospital twice this week and about $30.00 bucks for groceries. I know it will take a few days to remake and issue the checks.
Well let's look on the bright side of things. What can they really do to me? I got the washed up checks as proof of my total stupidity. I was responsible. I saved back the money for the bill that I just found out was due on Friday, its not like I had any warning to pay the bill in advance, so no one can say, you didn't think ahead and you should have already paid the bill. The other thing is that I do have a full tank of gas. So atleast I can make it to the hospital Tuesday to get his counts checked. I guess I can call up housing and give them a bleeding heart excuse and tell them I am a complete idiot and see if that will give me an extension. I do not want to call up my grandmother and ask her to bail me out of my hole and loan me the money, because she will just gripe at me for being irresponsible...even though I wasn't irresponsible, just forgot to pull it out of my jeans. For one, I am on pain medicine from surgery that I just had last Thursday and my brain is not working so well. I can't be expected to run efficiently 24/7. I had just had a hell of a night with my son's blood situation. I had spent most of the day cleaning (which is why I took the pain pill that made me absent minded, so I could manage some pain while I cleaned the house).