We're going to make it.

[december_solstice]

One of us if finally gonna have somewhat steady/reliable income coming in. Things have been tough. Things have been rough. But, I know we're going to make it.

Right now, I just want to focus on the positive. My husband got a job.
Small victories. We finally made copies of the keys for our new locks.

What am I thankful for today?
I have food in the fridge. I can cook healthy meals tomorrow and for the rest of the week. I have detergent to wash a few of Thomas's shirts in the tub tomorrow. I am able bodied to do the chores that must be done.

Next week I vowed that I'd finally get my ID.

I hate the fact that I put a lot of these things off. In a way, it's kind of pathetic that I justify saving the $20-25 dollars it takes to commute there and purchase an ID, because there are better more useful ways to apply that 25 dollars.

It's why I never go anywhere (on the train), to be frank. It's expensive to leave the neighborhood. Living is expensive. Surviving is too.

Comments

[outerspace-bae.livejournal.com]

It does cost money to go places. When you're pinching pennies, EVERY penny counts. It was actually the cost of transportation that motivated me to take online classes and attempt to work from home. It cost nearly $150 a month to commute. Between my husband and I, that's like $300 bucks a month just on transportation. And, of course, the money we spend on food while we're out.

[ringlat.livejournal.com]

I can't really afford to commute to school either, it's about $3 per bus trip, but I can walk to/from town in an hour or so and if I'm willing to arrive at school before it even opens then I can get a ride there from my wife's parents. But when I was doing that kind of thing I started skipping school a lot and was feeling bad about how it cost money every day. Now I take online classes but THAT means that I only leave the house to walk to the grocery store, so I don't even go into town once a month anymore....