Money-It's a Drag

Blah. Money. Ptooey. I transferred $2,000 out of our savings account to pay for my and my husband's summer classes. I thought it would be more than enough when combined with my checking account balance-wrong! I suppose it would have been if the mechanic hadn't called yesterday to say my car was finally ready after over a month in the shop. Once I paid the $500 insurance deductible, I was short on money for the classes. I only had enough to pay for my husband's and two of mine. I still need to come up with the money for my third class (which we're taking together) before next Thursday. It should be doable if I don't spend anything before then, but being this close to broke stresses me out. Enough so that I bought a scratch-off ticket from the sketchy liquor store down the street. I only won a dollar.

The good news is that I get to put my student loan into deferred payment status once the semester starts. The other good news is that I'm finally prioritizing my life over money. I screwed up my college career from the beginning by letting my initial enrollment decision be based on money-this must be part of my proving to the universe that I've learned my lesson. It should also help me stick with the classes to completion. I'll be much more averse to throwing my money down the toilet than I was with scholarship money from a school I hated. Maybe it's time to stop being like *this* and be more like the real little engine that could. My problem has never been that I don't try, I just always give up.

I can stick with it, I can stick with it, I can stick with it.