So I told my mom that I would come see her this past Friday. Hubby was getting paid and I had a check on the way, so for once I should have had enough money for the gas. But wouldn’t you know it, things just didn’t quite go as planned.

Hubby got paid alright, but they took out a bigger bite in taxes than we had figured. And as for my check, it didn’t materialize. It was due from a client I’ve worked for about eight months now, and they’ve always paid on schedule. I’m not sure what the deal is, but I guess I’ll be contacting them to find out.

Anyway, that amounted to not having enough to pay the mortgage payment and Hubby’s truck payment. The mortgage comes first, so I’ve got that ready to send. And since there wasn’t enough to pay the truck payment anyway, I figured I might as well keep my word to Mom. Pumpkin and I hadn’t seen her all summer, so I went on up there and let her spend the weekend as planned, then Hubby and I picked her up today.

I still haven’t gotten to pay any money on my laptop. I hope he doesn’t sell it to someone else. It’s brand spanking new, and I’m getting a killer deal on it, so I definitely don’t want to lose it. I might have to buy some software that I need to do my work for it, but I definitely won’t have to buy memory for a while because it has tons of it. Hopefully he will hang onto it for me until we can get our finances straightened out.

One good thing: Hubby will be getting three paychecks this month instead of two. So maybe, just maybe, things will not be so bleak by the end of the month.