Decision Made

I paid it. Phone, with the same number, and Internet will be back on Thursday morning. Hallelujah.

With the extra money my friend loaned me, I stocked up on groceries, had a nice Mexican seafood dinner for Christmas, paid the balance of the rent, and turned on the phone and Internet. TV? We don't really need it. We can see nearly everything we want on the Internet, and I now know how to stream movies from my laptop to the TV, including DVDs. Heh.

And I still have $100- left over, and I got my first paycheck for the new gig in the mail on Saturday, the second one should be on its way, also. That will be half a month of rent. Woot.

So I'm feeling a bit better about things today. But honestly, if I didn't have a good, good friend who has a little extra money? We would be so fucked, seriously. I don't even want to think about it. I'll start paying him back in February because I found out last night there should be more work starting on Wednesday morning. *exhale*

My husband's unemployment ended yesterday. But at $53- a week, we won't really be missing it that much. He's applied for 26 teacher jobs since the 16th, but school is out until later this week or next week depending on the district.

I'm urging him to apply for anything and everything, even if it's just for a month, to bring in some cash. He's always had his mommy and daddy there to bail him out when he gets in trouble, but now the in-laws are having financial troubles of their own. But that sense of entitlement and enabling he's used to does not incite the proper urgency or importance of getting off his ass and doing something NOW. If he keeps this up....well, I'm almost to the breaking point.

But me? I'm a survivor. I know how to survive. But I can't do it for two people. And I won't.

Come on 2013--I refuse to believe she'll be worse than 2012.