Excerpts from a Diary

Dead Broke

This has to be the worst part of taking any new job. If you don't plan it correctly, the time and space between paychecks can seem endless. I am on my second week without a paycheck and I am broke.

The kind of broke that drives you to stand in front of the cupboard and contemplate eating that can of beets left over from the food drive last year. Or to peer desperately into the refridgerator and second guess the expiration date on the milk cartoon.

The other day I hand vienna sausages and rice.

Yes, I said it, PUBLICLY. SAUSAGES AND RICE!!! And I would do it again...probably tonight. I can't wait for that first paycheck...I will be the life saver and still after I completely pay off all the debt that I have accumulated in the past two weeks I will have to eat crackers and butter for the next two weeks. I guess it will be worth it in the end.

posted by Onika @ 7:54 PM