We're In the Money (Oh, no we're not)

What a lovely feeling on payday to actually see the fruits of your labor, the thing that you have been working hard for all month, that fabled paycheck, that will enable you to provide for your family. Or at least it would, if the bank, the government, and 20 different organizations didn't take half of it on the very day you receive it in your account. Partly, this is just a one time thing for me, considering how I have had this job for a month, and was unemplyed the month before I got it. Im paying off two months worth of bills, overdraft fees, and various other things. I realize that on some level this is my fault, seeing as how I let my bank get that way and so forth. In my own defense, though, I know I would not have been able to survive without the gas and other things bought on my debit card while no actual money was in my account.

Anyways, while this whole thing was very upsetting initially ("You mean I have to wait ANOTHER month before I can buy/do anything!?!?") I am still proud that I pushed hard, waited it out and broke the wall of having no money for nothin' for two months. Even moreso, I know deep in my heart that this month will be cake compared to next semester, when I am living with mom, earning oodles of money, and Kylie is living at home. Those months will be the hardest, because I won't have my love to lean on (at least as much). Ain't no sunshine when she's gone.