Monday I told all the kids to go to school before leaving for my first day at work. It took Columbus until 2 o'clock to even leave for school. After I got home, I couldn't get anyone but Thanksgiving to do his homework. I did however have a break through with Halloween and she is now talking. I had horrible news at work today. I found out that I now have a garnishment on my wages. They are going to take 75% of my wages to pay Pawpaw's debts. I really don't think it is quite fair but they said that doing so would keep the IRS from taking the house.
Tuesday: Today I heard that the dump has a free salvage day on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I had to force myself overcome my aversion to being outside to go down and get anything. I got an old chair that we set in the basement for now. I think perhaps that is the first thing I need to overcome is my aversion to being outdoors. I am doing good to go to and from work without adding extra trips outside to my regime. I tried encouraging the kids to do their homework again. I think Columbus actually got his completed. I dont even think July 4th started hers.
Wednesday dawned early with a warning from the bills collectors that the bills were due. $191. We only have $153. I was very worried as I did not think after garnishments that I would have enough left to pay the bills but I got a $3 raise. I was thrilled about that but it ended up after garnishment I was still shy $1 of what I needed to pay the bills. I stayed up all night worrying about what to do.
Thursday I went to work the next morning only to have the repo man show up while I was gone. He took our couch and an old lamp we had on the dresser downstairs. Then to top it off he took the trash can out of our kitchen. The boss gave me a book to read called "a Gift of Life." I also got a promotion to Bed Pan Cleaner. I found out that they take the garnishment out of my bonuses too. I decided to try and cheer the family up by grabbing something from the dump but it was late by the time I got off and the only thing they had was a toybox. On a bright note Columbus actually did his homework without being reminded or asked too. He is making a B right now in school.
Friday was pretty unremarkable until just after 11:00 We set the kitchen on fire. And that just started the string of disasters that haunted the weekend. Insurance only paid a mere 169 - not enough to replace the stove. Heck it wasnt even enough to replace the counter beside the stove that caught fire too. I guess we will be eating cold cereal for a while. After the stove incident the sink broke. I repaired it only to come upstairs to find my hot headed brother in a tizzy over the toilet which is clogged again. I had to lay down for a nap before I tackled that as I had been up all night between the fire and the sink. When I woke up I found out someone had broken the tub as well. Water was spraying everywhere. It was just a good thing I did not have to go to work.
Saturday I spent all day fixing things and cleaning up. I did three loads of laundry as well as fix the sink, toilet, tub and TV which broke in the middle of the day.
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