I'm just going to give up making any more money ever, because I suck at it.

I was so incredibly tempted yesterday to do something against the rules at work and do a nice deed for a customer. I was speaking with this old woman who was absolutely frazzled because she disenrolled last month since she couldn't afford prescription coverage anymore, but we accidentally sent her a bill for this month and next month, and she was so worried because she only gets $400 a month of Social Security and couldn't afford it, so I told her not to worry because we did show that she was disenrolled and so she could just throw the bill away. And since she was a bit freaked, I said, "So you can throw it away, go relax and sit down with some tea and a good book --"

At which point she told me she didn't have any tea because she couldn't afford it.

If it weren't for the fact that I could easily get fired for it, I totally would have taken down her address and sent her a care package filled with all kinds of tea. She was such a sweetie, and the tea comment just made my heart break a little. This fucking country, I swear to God.

(Of course, I say that even though after paying my car payment and phone bill, buying food, putting some gas in my car and paying to copyright Heroine Addiction, I am officially tapped out until my next payday, which is ... oh, next Friday. Sometimes I just really genuinely hate my fucking life, damn it.)

I AM A GOLDEN GOD.

I got a 4.0!

Motherfucker.

Nothing to kill the mood of getting a 4.0 your first semester back at college than coming home to check the ATM at your bank only to discover that your checking account contains absolutely nothing, even though the bank's phone line has been telling you it's $30 since yesterday, when you only have a third of a tank of gas in your car and you don't get paid for a week.

... remember in high school when you got your report card and your parents would toss a few bucks your way for any A's you got? God, I miss that.

*grumbles while trying to think of where to get gas money this week*