tightening up
Mister Ant’s mother and I both chipped in to get him a videocamera for his birthday. Yay! He is so happy with his gift. But I put it on my credit card and the end of the month is coming, so I gotta pay it. I also have to pay my other credit card too - the one that my toll paying service charges when I travel, which is what I did last weekend. Also, I need to pay my cell phone bill, next month’s car payment, this month’s share of the household expenses, and oh yeah, I want to put some money in my IRA and in my My Own Home savings account.
Everything I just mentioned takes priority over my shopping trip with Sistah Beginner tomorrow. She is contemplating a move - she was accepted into an affordable housing program which she was just plucked off of the months-long waiting list to receive, but it would require finding new day care for her son, skipping out on the last four months of her lease, putting down about a thousand dollars down payment for the new place (she’s currently $400 short), moving expenses, and May’s rent. By the end of this month. And if she could afford to not go shopping with me tomorrow she would, but she has to go to work in suitable clothes that fit, and the baby she’s expecting is stretching her out. Her issues make mine look miniscule in comparison. Let’s all pray for Sis, please. I am actually thinking about financially helping her along the way if necessary if she decides to make this much needed move to a larger apartment with a lower rent. It’s something she and her children need. I see how hard she is trying - how seriously she is taking all of this. If she needs my help, she can have what I can afford to give.
But whether or not I help her out, I’m going to have to be really tight with my money in the coming weeks. That will be on my mind as I’m out at the mall with her, being tempted by all those things. Let’s see my attempt to squeeze through the weekend…
