Community Service, gotta love it! :)

Here I am again! I see my blog doesn't have much traffic. But it's more for me to get stuff out than anything, so who cares. I got 2 tickets in the last month for no insurance on my car. I know you are gasping! No Insurance! what the heck is wrong with me! Well, um lets see. I have no job, and I don't want my 18 year old walking home at midnight in south Irving. Which , both times was the reason. I know people who drive without insurance piss me off too. But with times so hard, I had to choose between priorities such as Rent, Electric, and food. Which would you choose? We could have lived without electric, which we had thought of, but I'm glad we didn't since this snow storm. Anyways , getting to the point, and surpassing my guilt of driving uninsured, I got 25 hours community service for first ticket. It was so easy I could have taken a nap and got it. Not a prob. Now we come to the second ticket. This is where they get mad and "stick it too you" so to speak. They wanted $650 smackaroos or 41 hours of community service. You know what I chose. This is so kool! They gave me the option to work at my favorite thrift store, YAY! I love it. It's the Disabled Americans Vets Thrift store. A percentage of all proceeds go to the D.A.V.'s . I worked there Saturday and go back on Monday. OMG they let me fill out an application, and they are watching me. Can you believe I might get a job out of this!? It only pays minimum wage $7.25, but a job! I have been looking for so long. And to work somewhere I love would be awesome. Lord help me, and help my back hold up! It's already killen me. I'm not sure if it's my degenerative disk disease or if it's because I just haven't worked in a long time. Hope it's the latter, and I'll get used to it. Anyways, Just had to get that off my chest. My aspirations are so low right now, I can't help but achieve them! Oh and let me add a WARNING about driving without insurance. Number 1, the first one is a slap on the wrist in Irving. But number 2 they sock it too ya! And I can't blame'm. I really think it's kool that they are lenient on the first offense. But I think they are little excessive or obsessive on the second. Although I know that the city of Dallas will take your car, which probably make life miserable. Anyways , first there's the $650 or 41 hours. Then you get a letter in the mail, to maintain insurance and an SR22 for Two years. Then you get another letter in the mail call a "Surcharge" letter. This kinda Irked me , and I think it's really unfair, but what can I do. The Surcharge letter states that you must send them $260 dollars a year for 3 years, and it really doesn't say why. Just that it's a surcharge. Though I can pay it out, $35 bucks a month. This is a little ridiculous. So lets look at this from my point of view. I have no job, can't pay car insurance, just drove those nights to insure my sons safety. Now i'm paying for 3 years. I have no money so charge me more money? That makes no since. OK lets look at the other side. My other son was run over at the crosswalk a few years back. He sustained no injuries, thank God. But he did have ambulance and hospital bills and a nasty scar on his hand. The guy was uninsured and fled the scene. I was so mad! So you see, I see the importance. There just so little money! Besides , that guy fled the scene! I would never hit a kid at a crosswalk and flee the scene, uninsured or not. That is a lack of character, not a lack of money. Ok I need to shut up this is entirely too long. Have a great day! And I hope you all achieve your aspirations, no matter how small they are. And happy Valentines day, oh and it's my wedding anniversary as well. LOL :)

layed off!

Whether I was layed off or fired, maybe not the same thing but same consequences. Except being fired, as I was, puts a bigger load on my shoulders. Its my fault. And I have to face the fact that my pride came before my children, and that just wont do. I have asked for forgiveness, but in my mind, for no amount money should I put up with abuse, imitimidation, or anything along those lines, in the work place. So my guilt wont go that deap, as I was being mistreated. So that said, we are so broke!!! Omg, here we are again. Everything we own is lost to the pawnshop. Food stamps were reduced because of my job, now We have to wait a month to get them back up. What do we do in the mean time. And where are the "emergency foodstamps" I hear so much about. GOOD NEWS! My husband landed a job, he starts on Tuesday! Question, where will the gas money come from? How will we pay for his perscriptions until his first check. He takes 5 perscriptions everyday, if he doesnt have them he will die point blank , end of story. I cant pawn this laptop , cuz its messed up and no one will take it. I cant get a title loan on my car, cuz I cant find my title. I pray and have faith we will make it. Please pray for us!! we are the Americans that need help! Sincerely, broke like a joke