How do people do this??

[mockingbirdq]

Had to let Fox cry it out tonight for the first time ever. He's teething badly and he's been really clingy since he was sick earlier this week. I'm feeling guilty but tired and about to go to bed myself.

We're having major money troubles :( I knew that we really couldn't afford last week's trip to Dallas, but dh threw a fit when I told him so - so I shut up and figured we'd manage somehow.

So our electric bill is somehow $70 higher than last months (WTF - we had it turned OFF for a week when we were out of town??) and some unexpected medical expenses have come up (we had to stockpile some prescriptions since dh is dropping me off his insurance - otherwise it will triple this month)

Basically we're $150 in the hole. And our families are all having their own financial difficulties (MIL and FIL are both out of work and my folks are disabled w/o savings), so we're on our own. Did I mention our meager savings are completely gone after having to get a car to replace our dead one? Roomie leaving did not help either...

Guess I'll have to find a way to go back to work part time now, but I can only work Tuesdays, Thursday and weekends since those are the only days my parents could babysit...Maybe I can take care of someone else's kids along with my baby and not have to leave him at all. I refuse to crawl back to the b*stard company that let me go because I was pregnant. Anyway, we don't think dh will have a position there much longer himself...

Sometimes being a grown up REALLY sucks :(

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[godess-jessie.livejournal.com]

And also, some apparemtn around your mom is free, I know it would suck ti move, but I do beleave they are abour 200-300 dollars cheaper then what your paying now. Just Ideas comeing to me.

[mockingbirdq.livejournal.com]

We wouldn't mind moving but our savings are completely wiped and we can't even afford a deposit for a cheaper place right now. The rent there would be exactly $200 cheaper, but we'd have to pay new pet deposits and everything - so it just isn't worth it. OUr utilities run about the same except for paying water...

Could you really help babysit if I found something during those times? I wouldn't be able to pay much but I'm not sure what to do right now and daycare would wipe out what little I'll make. I'm calling around today to see if anything is open....call me sometime...

[godess-jessie.livejournal.com]

I'll call tomorrow you tomorrow. Pay me what you can and if at the moment its nothing, I understand, you can just treat me to dinner when things get better. ^_^