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2003-08-29 - 4:13 p.m. I have an interview on Wednesday. With a recruiter ... but with an eye on a particular local job (which, by the way, has day one benefits - nice!). School for my little guy does not start until Thursday. I have no idea what I am going to do with him on Tuesday and Wednesday. My mother has school. Even Jenny has school. I have a month-end close, so I can't not be at work. And I have to get my son to the doctor's for a physical before they'll take him anyway. *sigh* And plans for Baltimore are cancelled. My father called me ast night asking about where I was going and how I could afford a trip and not pay him back part of what I owe him. I felt like a tool because he's right. I can't really afford the trip. I don't know if I'll tell him that I didn't go, but I will hand him a check when I pick up my son. And hopefully living so hand-to-mouth won't be an issue for very much longer. My ex-husband got his settlement for the car accident he had awhile back - is it almost 2 years ago now? Anyway, after the lawyers took their cut, it wound up being about $8,000. After much discussion and a letter with a court date on it (September 9th), he's sending $7,200 to the child support enforcement people (who will direct deposit it into my account - because I authorized that a few months ago). This will put him a month ahead - paying through October. By that time, he should be getting checks for his new job. Yes, that's right. New job. He's going to be working as a teacher's assistant in a public school ... helping out with computers, from what I understand. But then again, he could make being a sanitation worker sound like a computer job if he wanted to(and he would want to). Didn't want to say anything before this ... was a little worried that saying something would screw it up somehow. But he said that the check for $7,200 went in the blue post office box at 10am today. We'll see how long it takes to get to me. I thought for awhile about what I wanted to do with the money. Throw it all into savings and pretend I don't have it, pay off my father the $700 that I still owe him, tuition for schooling for me, some new clothes for both me and my son, pay off the rent through the end of the lease, downpayment on a new car ... possibilities are endless. What I've decided: Pay off the bank of DAD. Some new sneakers for my son for the new school year. Maybe a few clothing essentials for me (business wear mostly). Keep an emergency cash fund in a drawer at home somewhere. Throw the rest into savings. Apply to the local county college for the spring semester and do tuition then (and since work - yes even the potential new workplace) does reimbursement, I'd get it back and use that for the following semester, and the one after that and the one after that. Eventually transferring back into my old alma matter and finishing up a degree in something there. But this weekend. Still hanging out with some cool people. Fun stuff tonight. Chilling tomorrow and maybe a trip to Red Lobster or something (because of missing the good seafood that we were looking forward to in the inner harbor). Tomorrow night ... perhaps meeting up with the serviceman ... though there are no guarantees on that one. Sunday is delightfuly unplanned (unless I'll be helping Jenny move - which would be ok too). Monday I pick up my son from my parents' house. I can't wait. Might get my hair done today after work. Don't know yet. See ya!
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