Worried...Alot

[Misty_Morning]

I have been more than worried about the economic climate.

In the last couple of weeks I have had incurred $1400 in unexpectant bills. And I am just getting by. But I am better off than alot of folks.

I just got off the phone with my boss.

I asked her to take $100 off my salary each month and give it to a coworker whose husband just got laid off today. They are expecting their first child and have recently bought a foreclosed house that is their first home.

It may be just be a drop in the bucket...but it is a drop.


I wish I could do more.






Also....I wish that my job is secure. I think it is....but only time will tell.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

You're a modern saint.

 

[damppanties]

I am actually doing better than I thought I would. But then I always think like a pessimist and mostly it turns out better. Anyway, better than I thought is...I will not have as much debt as I thought when I finish school.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I am actually doing better than I thought I would. But then I always think like a pessimist and mostly it turns out better. Anyway, better than I thought is...I will not have as much debt as I thought when I finish school.

This is good. I find it horrifying to see how far in the hole so many young people are before they even get a good start on life. The student loan business is a scandal!

 

[impressive]

I am working at one job or another from the time my eyes open in the morning until I collapse at night, and I am living beyond my means, supporting an entire household--and then some--while I watch my savings dwindle.

When I am unable to make the kids' education IRA deposits, I'll be looking for yet another job to take even more of my time & energy.

 

[RunningJib]

Random Acts of Kindness

I have been more than worried about the economic climate.

In the last couple of weeks I have had incurred $1400 in unexpectant bills. And I am just getting by. But I am better off than alot of folks.

I just got off the phone with my boss.

I asked her to take $100 off my salary each month and give it to a coworker whose husband just got laid off today. They are expecting their first child and have recently bought a foreclosed house that is their first home.

It may be just be a drop in the bucket...but it is a drop.


I wish I could do more.






Also....I wish that my job is secure. I think it is....but only time will tell.

I've been dealing with various stress via random acts of kindness. I've given chocolates to a co-worker. An mp3 player to an friend of my wife. As well as a couple of days of my vacation to a second co-worker who has had to take time off work to be with her ill father.

Each time, I've really enjoyed it. I shutter to think that if I didn't do these random acts of what I might do.

 

[jomar]

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In the last couple of weeks I have had incurred $1400 in unexpectant bills. And I am just getting by. But I am better off than alot of folks.

I just got off the phone with my boss.

I asked her to take $100 off my salary each month and give it to a coworker whose husband just got laid off today. They are expecting their first child and have recently bought a foreclosed house that is their first home.

It may be just be a drop in the bucket...but it is a drop.

I wish I could do more.

Also....I wish that my job is secure. I think it is....but only time will tell.

You are walking the walk.

 

[jomar]

I am working at one job or another from the time my eyes open in the morning until I collapse at night, and I am living beyond my means, supporting an entire household--and then some--while I watch my savings dwindle.

When I am unable to make the kids' education IRA deposits, I'll be looking for yet another job to take even more of my time & energy.

What's an education IRA deposit?

 

[driphoney]

This is good. I find it horrifying to see how far in the hole so many young people are before they even get a good start on life. The student loan business is a scandal!

I think of it as the university tuition scandal. $15,000+ for a year at a state university?

 

[Misty_Morning]

edited...

ya ain't worth the effort.

 

[TE999]

I have been more than worried about the economic climate.

In the last couple of weeks I have had incurred $1400 in unexpectant bills. And I am just getting by. But I am better off than alot of folks.

I just got off the phone with my boss.

I asked her to take $100 off my salary each month and give it to a coworker whose husband just got laid off today. They are expecting their first child and have recently bought a foreclosed house that is their first home.

It may be just be a drop in the bucket...but it is a drop.


I wish I could do more.






Also....I wish that my job is secure. I think it is....but only time will tell.

What a kind and generous thing to do, Misty. You're an inspiration to all of us who like to make a difference in some way or another.

 

[Edward Teach]

I am working at one job or another from the time my eyes open in the morning until I collapse at night, and I am living beyond my means, supporting an entire household--and then some--while I watch my savings dwindle.

When I am unable to make the kids' education IRA deposits, I'll be looking for yet another job to take even more of my time & energy.

I understand.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I recently read a book that scares the beejeezus out of me. The author explains how we got here, from Kennedy's administration till now. He published the book in January 2008, predicted exactly what happened, and paints a frightening scenario for America in the near future.

The bottomline is: Every administration pushed the problem into the future, every administration allowed thieves to rob social security and pension funds, and every administration let the thieves make the laws and rules that got us to where we are. But it gets worse, we're now stealing every dime the Chinese have, and they are pissed.

America is broke and the party's over.

 

[KarennaC]

Misty, what a wonderful thing for you to do.

I'm a single parent. For most of the time since my separation and subsequent divorce, I haven't received child support (received it for about 8 months out of the 20 since the divorce became final, which happened 10 months after I left him, only because they took it directly from his unemployment). So I've been trying to support my kids on a teacher's aide pay. Getting more than one job wasn't an option; no child care, and both my kids need me around at least some of the time because one has anxiety/depression and the other has Asperger's Syndrome. Fortunately, my grandmother's house was vacant, with most of the utilities still being paid from her bank account (she's in a nursing home), and my parents let my kids and me live here with a very minimal rent.

When the economy crashed, it really didn't affect me much at first. I was used to making do with little income; even when I was married, my ex spent most of the money that came into the household, so I've always had to scrimp, save, and sometimes beg to cover basic bills and expenses. But then, three weeks ago, my older daughter went into crisis because of a medication she was put on, and I was given the choice of not being there for her or resigning from my job. Needless to say, I resigned. No income at all sucks big-time, but my kids are more important than any job.

So now I'm supporting two kids on nothing. Well, not completely. I did have a little bit in savings; I arranged to put off my biggest bills for a couple months; and my boyfriend is helping out. My parents told me not to worry about even the minimal rent; the house has been sold so they'll get some of the money from that even though most of it will go to my grandmother's nursing home. My daughters and I are moving in with my boyfriend next month, after they get out of school and after I get done duking it out with their father in court. (For some reason, the man who's been under a restraining order for a year and a half for threatening to kill our older daughter seems to think the court will give him custody of her because he doesn't want me to take her with me when I move.)

The move is a big expense, though we've met our security deposit and first month's rent. Still have to establish utilities and somehow purchase the furniture we haven't been able to scavenge (with permission) from my grandmother's house. The court junk is a big expense because I realized I needed a lawyer and Legal Aid informed me they don't do custody cases. I'm moving 2 states away so there isn't any point in looking for a job here in Maine, but I can't start a new job in Massachusetts till after the move.

Impressive, I admire you for trying to keep your kids' college funds up to date. My kids don't even have college funds; there was never enough money left over when my ex got done decimating our bank accounts each payday to set up college funds, and I haven't had the ability to do it since I left him. They'll get to college somehow, but right now I have no idea how.

Yeah, financially things are pretty suckish right now. Sorry for the vent.

 

[NoJo]

I asked her to take $100 off my salary each month and give it to a coworker whose husband just got laid off today. They are expecting their first child and have recently bought a foreclosed house that is their first home.

It may be just be a drop in the bucket...but it is a drop.


I wish I could do more.

I love people like you, you give me hope for humanity

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Misty will learn that no good deed goes unpunished.

 

[Madmax77_1977]

that was a very nice think to do, Misty.

As for me I've been lucky so far, I haven't felt any direct effects of the crisis and nobody in my immediate environment has been laid off (*knocks on wood*)