~It's a Good Morning~

I cannot speak for the day just yet, seeing how it's 3:30 in the morning, but its a good morning! Any morning that I wake up on a couch, in a sleeping bag, and my muscles aren't so sore that I want to cry, is a good day! Today was also the first day I went into the fridge to pull out an egg and didn't count to make sure there were 3 eggs per day set aside for him (which usually meant we got none). We ate some of his eggs over the weekend and he flipped out and told us not to eat anymore because he needed them. So yeah, guilt free breakfast - good day! 


Also, after my happy post yesterday, alllll of my small bill collectors came after me at once! 


These are random small bills he refused to pay and the straggling bills from the neighbor's pit biting my daughter over a year ago and her father refusing to help pay for it because I let her go out to play - yeah that. Anyway, well now his partial CS will go towards paying that off. Strange how that worked out,isn't it? 


On top of that, I was informed that I'm getting some back pay today which will be more than enough to get these creditors off my back for a while and still put gasoline in the car. The oil change however???? I'm sure it'll happen, I don't go far so its not urgent (yet). 

Unfortunately, where I believed I owed $380, the second creditor informed me that I still owe $860 and given my urgent need for savings and the fact that both of those bills long ago went into collections, I just don't see a pay off in their futures. But, at least I can make the back payments and get caught up! 


I'm happy :) I'm still in shock and I have moments of fighting back tears and sometimes I lose that fight, but I'm happy. I'm happy to see that my daughter and I are being taken  care of. The signs are small, but they are there. I am starting to believe that with a little extra work on my part, we are going to be okay. 


I did find an apartment that costs half what our goal apartment costs. It's a back up plan but definitely not going on the goal list. A roof is a roof I suppose but it didn't sound very organized or structured or well maintained or any place I'd choose to live. It's just an option B. 


As for option A - After all the creditors are paid and some money is set back for gasoline or milk, I have $205 towards the goal. I start back to work today and am going to check on a third outside the house job today, fingers crossed! 


Cute thing my girl did. I treated her yesterday with a Cadbury egg (yes they are already out! and I can't resist them), only I gave it to her after explaining how we really needed to streeeeeetch the groceries as far as they'll go. I opened the freezer today to find half of a Cadbury egg. I think the message got through, but dang she's got more will power than me! I think my Cadbury egg was gone in under 5 seconds :) 


That's all for this morning, hoping the afternoon goes well also!