venting

So... until now, my posts have been happy. But I am a real person, and I live in the same mid-recession america as everyone else. I personally have had no personal problems recently. I babysit for a wonderful family on the weekends, and i clean a house every friday. I am fortunate to work for families who have not been affected by the recession. But, others have.

My sister got fired from her job today. So, people automatically assume it is because of the economy and that she is just part of 'cutbacks' or something. Uh... no... I seriously feel she brought this on herself. She missed a whole week of work last month... is always late, and complains about everything. It really pisses me off because this is the 2nd time in 1 year she has been fired. She thinks just because she makes salary that she can just take advantage of not having a set 40 hour week. She makes good money for what she does (like over 45k per year), and she is only 25 with no college degree.

So, most ppl would thing that that is alot of money for someone. Not for her, she is somehow always broke. She asks me, who makes maybe 1/100th of what she does for money all the time. She wants 5 bucks for cirarettes, or 20 bucks for gas like a week after she gets paid. I really do not get how someone cannot have a budget, and live above their means. I cant even imagine how its gunna be next week when she has no money for anything. I just lie to her and say i dont have any money... because she will get mad if i just say no, and i dont want to fight.

And my poor mom, bless her soul, tries to fix my sister. She has given her over 10-12k in the past 4-5 years which she will probably never get back. Its like the 'bank of mom'. I guess i have too much pride to ask for money from people (other than the occasional dollar or something if i'm short, but never a significant amount). I have always been great with money, and you know what? I am a lot less stressed because of it. I feel bad that David has to live in a house with a stressed out mom, and now an unemployed mom who will be even more stressed in the upcoming days. I pray that she finds a job that she can keep, and that it is closer than her last job (it took her over an hour sometimes to drive 25 miles home-- traffic in the oc SUCKS!). And please pray for me, i really hate being mad, but it happens and i hate bottling my feelings up, thats y i made a BLOG!!!

Off to bed now... i have capri tomorrow while shannon goes off to a job interview... and then off to the recruiters office to try to get matt signed up for the navy... then off to school for my night class... busy day.

god bless