Well fuck!

Chris had an outstanding check to his former roommate which had been "out" and not cashed for a few weeks. He'd forgotten about it and suddenly it hit and now he's overdrawn just over $200 after NSF fees. I'm tossing over $175 to him for rent (yes, that's well less than half, but I get paid weekly and so next week I'll be buying groceries and gas. That's where I cover more on my side.

We have $925 in income on this and just over 1150 in "outstanding" checks/overdrafts. Yes, that's a $225 shortfall and then we are both tapped and strapped until next Wednesday when I get paid.

We know it was going to be a tight squeeze the first week, but we didn't expect to be crushed.

I'm almost wondering if it would have been cheaper for us to pay rent next week as the the late fees to the complex would have been much cheaper than having the rent check bounce (more fees to the bank and to the rental company) and having that happen on the *FIRST* month we are there.

I'm low on gas and after I put the $175 over to Chris, I'll have $10 for gas to get to/from work tomorrow, Friday and next Monday and Tuesday.

*screams* I just need to win about $350 in the lottery and then I could gracefully make it all slide through...

I took a bubble bath last night and now I'm broken out all over and itching like a fiend. I took benadryl and now it's a battle between scratching myself to death or falling asleep.

I'm ready to go home and just curl up in bed for a long while. I'm starting to stress out and it's not helping with this allergy reaction to the bubble bath. *sigh*