July 16, 2004

Another Day in Paradise?

You know what would be nice? Other than winning the lottery.....
It would be nice if I had a clue about posting links on this site. I guess I'll learn or maybe somebody kind would tell me how to do it. Keep in mind I have no concept of HTML and things of that nature. I'm a whiz at cutting and pasting though.
Now on to my daily whine.
Did I mention I'm broke? Oh I'm sure I did, more than a few times.
I would love to just make a list page of all the things I need to pay...or fix...or just handle in general. Alas...I haven't a clue how to do that.
Today's two big deals are my...oh wait make that three....my homeowners insurance, I need $650.00 to get it reinstated, my car insurance, another $190.00, and that stinkin electric bill ($295.00). Oh and today is payday. YIPEE you say..oh yeah right..My check should be about $550.00. You see how this covers those lovely bills? Actually I was doing well until I had to take my daughter to the doctor a few months back. At the time I thought she was still on the state's insurance plan for poor kids. Guess I missed the notice for renewal. DUH! So I had to pay the doc. some of the bill and I still owe them $150.00. They informed me that they won't be seeing her anymore due to non-payment. WHAT? When I can send them the money I will be sending a letter begging them to allow us to still come in once the insurance is back in force. I mean really,
I informed them of our financial situation so they shouldn't have been such weenies about it. I know it is the billing department and not the doctor so I'm not upset with the services. Plus, how do I explain to a 7 year old that because we're too poor to pay the bill right now, her doctor doesn't want to see her anymore. Hopefully they will understand.
Anyhow that is today's lovely situation.
I have two days off so I'll be attempting to clean parts of the house, get minimal groceries and find a way to have a birthday party for my child that won't cost money. We would have it at a park but it is about 102 degrees here.
Anyhow I'm off to try to get some dishes done before my wonderful child wakes up.

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