I will be so glad when Thursday hits and I can officially change the calendar in my classroom to December. Though fall (my favorite season) is in full swing and the temperature is slowly cooling off, I must say November has not been the best month for me. It’s been full of a lot of ups and downs and financial strains and stressors. And I don’t get stressed. So for me to admit I was stressed, that is saying a lot.
Let’s recap:
My brother’s car had something wrong with it where it wouldn’t start which translated to us having to use my car for the entire month of October. The ENTIRE month of October. I work 30 minutes away. He works 45 minutes away. Do you know how many miles were put on that thing?
I digress.
But, finally he got things situated and got a new car early this month. I was so happy. Susan and I were finally going to reconnect. I wasn’t going to have to stretch my gas budget to accommodate my brother anymore.
I celebrated the return of Susan too early. I walked out the door heading to work on Monday morning when suddenly I realized, I had a flat tire.
A flat tire that couldn’t be plugged mind you. So then I had to use my spare. Which translates to = Now I have to buy a new tire because I don’t have a spare should something else happen to my car.
Add a new tire to the list of things I need to buy.
Then my laptop screen starts to break, and bend, and the insides start to rattle more than usual and Oscar just operates slower and slower than usual which makes me believe the hard drive is crashing faster than I expected it to.
So add a new computer to the already insane list of things I need to buy.
If that wasn’t icing on the cake, I was summoned to Kentucky for my dad’s 1st pastoral appreciation. I didn’t really want to go. Not because I didn’t want to be there to support my dad, but because I wanted to go there during Thanksgiving when I had a few more days off from work and wouldn’t have to take any off.
But Mom wouldn’t budge on that, so off, Jordan, Bentley and I went to Kentucky.
A vacation in the middle of the month should have been nice right? WRONG.
A crazy deer decides to hop a median in Nashville and ram into my car. MY car. The one I’M making payments on. Did I mention I was in another state?
I cried. Oh I cried. I sat in the backseat, held my little nephews hand, and I cried.
Damages totaled in the ballpark of $7,000.
That’s equal to 7 months of bills for me. It hurt my heart. But insurance is covering so I can’t complain.
But I do have to cover the money for my own deductible and cost to rent a car. I had to break down and ask my parents for help with that. My bank account dried up when I had to drive to Kentucky.
So currently I am without transportation and very much broke. I’ll be glad when it’s December. I’m ready to start a fresh month.
