…falling is easy
It’s getting back up that becomes the problem
Becomes the problem
If you don’t believe you can find a way out
You’ve become the problem
Become the problem
–Staind, Falling

Staind could not have said it better… Falling is easy, and getting back up is the problem.

I’m happy to say that the crunch at work is over. In the last three days I’ve put in almost 60 hours. It’s been Go to work -> Go home to bed -> Go to work.. And today we finally delivered the product to the customer. Thank god.

However, the budget couldn’t handle the strain, I blew it out last pay period, and I’ve already started a bumpy ride this period, and the new period just started today. The girls and I were right with going to the park for some free entertainment, and washing the Charger at the house, which is almost free. Then we went to dinner at the chinese buffet and picked up a DVD from the standard movie rental place and not my free redbox vending machine. Total overage just today alone was $36 for those two things, and out of a $200, that’s an 18% cut.

I can balance it out and make it work, the grandma brought over some food that she bought on the cheap and didn’t want, so I took it. And I think I can make that work for a couple weeks, with what I already had purchased for last period.

I went to pay the court costs on the ticket today, and that was a joke. Even though they advertise accepting credit card by phone, credit card by website, and two big Visa/MC/Discover stickers at their counter, they refused to take a credit card to pay (what they call) a partial fine. Partial, because if I don’t do the class, they’ll charge me the rest. I was dumbfounded. So I told em to extend it… I already paid all the bills for the period, and had no cash left over for it, so I couldn’t pay it. In hindsight, I could have taken cash out of the budget and put the period’s expenses on the credit card, but eh… so I have two more weeks to pay it.

And a completely unrelated convo with Oldest:

Me: Let’s go have tacos…
Oldest: I don’t like tacos!
Me: Why not? You like beef and cheese, right?
Oldest: Yeah, and I like that round bread…
Me: Tortillas?
Oldest: Yeah…
Me: So you like beef, cheese, and tortillas?
Oldest: Yeah…
Me: And you don’t like tacos?
Oldest: No!

Some peoples kids…

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