oh SHIT!!!
No I didn't write that wiki page and yes it was a joke.
So I'm usually pretty good with money, but in the last 8 weeks I've had:
A 1600 dollar bill to rewire my apartment in England after it nearly killed my renters.
A 2335 dollar bill from ER because I caught CA-MRSA
A 500 dollar copay for shop repairs on my car insurance while the insurance company claims it off the other guy who drove into me.
All this after I'd just laid down 3 months worth of car insurance, a deposit to my landlord / roommate in LA, a deposit on my health insurance and a deposit on my car - about another 3 grand.
And then to top it off, my interest-free overdraft on my student account finally expired and they forgot to tell me and hit me with a 600 dollar bill in fees, and a check for 1800 bucks I was expecting hasn't turned up.
Safe to say I'm pretty broke, scared and depressed right now. I've never had such a run of bad luck in my entire life! I feel like I did when I first moved back to NYC, except more frightened.
And the reason I'm working for free on the Obama campaign when none of my cards work and I'm absolutely fucking terrified I might have to declare bankruptcy? The number of good, hard working people I've met in this town who had to foreclose on their mortgage or struggle to make the health insurance every week and fight with companies to get them to pay hospital bills.
I know that makes me dumb in many ways, but sometimes when you spend every goddamn minute worrying about you and your bank account you have to stop and look at the bigger picture. Financially this last 8 weeks has brought me to the brink, but what can I do?
Weep and then phonebank voters. We spent all day shunting water around Colorado in preparation for Get-Out-The-Vote. This experience is amazing.
And after Obama gets elected, well, then I need to earn some fucking money. Anyone got a job for me?!!
So I'm usually pretty good with money, but in the last 8 weeks I've had:
A 1600 dollar bill to rewire my apartment in England after it nearly killed my renters.
A 2335 dollar bill from ER because I caught CA-MRSA
A 500 dollar copay for shop repairs on my car insurance while the insurance company claims it off the other guy who drove into me.
All this after I'd just laid down 3 months worth of car insurance, a deposit to my landlord / roommate in LA, a deposit on my health insurance and a deposit on my car - about another 3 grand.
And then to top it off, my interest-free overdraft on my student account finally expired and they forgot to tell me and hit me with a 600 dollar bill in fees, and a check for 1800 bucks I was expecting hasn't turned up.
Safe to say I'm pretty broke, scared and depressed right now. I've never had such a run of bad luck in my entire life! I feel like I did when I first moved back to NYC, except more frightened.
And the reason I'm working for free on the Obama campaign when none of my cards work and I'm absolutely fucking terrified I might have to declare bankruptcy? The number of good, hard working people I've met in this town who had to foreclose on their mortgage or struggle to make the health insurance every week and fight with companies to get them to pay hospital bills.
I know that makes me dumb in many ways, but sometimes when you spend every goddamn minute worrying about you and your bank account you have to stop and look at the bigger picture. Financially this last 8 weeks has brought me to the brink, but what can I do?
Weep and then phonebank voters. We spent all day shunting water around Colorado in preparation for Get-Out-The-Vote. This experience is amazing.
And after Obama gets elected, well, then I need to earn some fucking money. Anyone got a job for me?!!
MIMI IN NY | 7:53 PM |
