It's Getting Hard Here

Hey Doll-face,

I've been busy again.  All of those trips back home and the hot summer heat have taken their toll on our bank account.  For the first time since Michael and I were left in the house we don't have enough money to pay the bills.  We're closing out my savings account and having to ask Mike to pay rent a week early to pay all my student loans and the mortgage.  We're a little bit stressed out here.

I thought about shutting down the Netflix but they are going to bill me for this month anyway so it wouldn't have helped.  By next month hopefully we will have dropped at least one of the inactive phones from the Verizon plan, which will drop that bill lower.  Also this is technically a three pay check month for me.. sadly that last check comes to late to pay this months bills, or we would be in the gold.

We got confident that Jon was going to be moving in, and then we had those two trips back home.. and the vet bills were big.. (we won't be able to afford the animals monthly flea treatments until after I get paid on the 29th) We fell flat on our butts. Jon can't afford to move in until probably next month...

We are also having to sit and wait to find out if Michael gets OPT or has to go back to school.  He doesn't want to go back but his monthly income that would come out of him being a grad student and teaching is too much to pass at this point, especially with us being as poor as we are right now.

We're still gonna go ahead and blame it all on you though, cause the electric bill is still higher than normal from you being here and falling asleep with the tv, your laptop, and half the lights on../staying up all night. By the time we get the next one we won't have that excuse anymore.  The time you spent here will be out of the rotation. (Boo, we're losing a scapegoat.)

I'm sorry it's been all bad lately.. hopefully once we get all these bills paid (or at least get the early rent from Mike so we physically have the money) things will start to look up.  Hopefully.

We'll see.

Take care of yourself.  Be kind to your sister.  We miss you.