The only good thing about working so much lately is that when I am working, I am not spending money. Not that I spend so much money while not working, but it's a given that when I am home, there are certain expenses. Movie rentals, gas to and from wherever I may be, random splurges from random shopping urges whereupon I come home miraculously with new DVDs I never intended to buy...

I have worked an intense amount recently and as this week progresses, it shall only get worse. The few moments I have had the energy to get online, I wind up chatting about the details of my days or thoughts, so I just have not felt the urge to spill it all out here.

Last night was great, but possibly the worst. Monday is usually the end of my workweek before I get a two day break, meaning Tuesday and Wednesday are my version of the weekend. By Monday, I am usually quite manic and my body is physically depleted. Yesterday, I was scheduled two hours early, which I was fine with, because I figured it would boost my income for the night by at least 20 bucks. While that is not a huge amount, the difference between leaving with 50 bucks and 70 bucks really is larger than it sounds. 70 bucks is a good night, while 50 is mediocore, in my book.

Well, I came in early and wound up being fairly busy in those two hours before the night shift actually started, so woo! 60 extra bucks. The manager, however, chose to put me in one of the closing sections. I had mixed feelings about it. I WANTED to do it and I am incredibly happy he did it, but my feet were already starting to throb around 6pm, so lasting until 230am was going to be rough.

Well, I managed, as I had no choice. The wonderful thing about being fairly busy all day, though, is that you stop caring about how badly your body hurts when you realize how much money you are going to go home with. You become instantly happy and gracious towards all your customers, even the most annoying ones. One customer took to calling me "Happy," because I was so cheery. The manager on duty even commented that I was overly perky that day. I walked out with 180 dollars after tipping out 20. That's the equivalent to what I make working three or four shitty shifts. That was half of my goal for the entire week and I still have 7 days before my next break, including one double shift.

I need the money badly, so I really cannot complain, especially since I picked up two of those shifts. I need to get ahead of my bills, instead of being RIGHT on top of them. If only they would have me close more often, like once a week, I would not really have to worry as much. Now that I will have one extra bill a month, I need to stay ahead even more than before.

When driving me to work yesterday, my mom told me that through a stroke of luck, a friend of hers was able to find me a nice clunker of a car. At the friend price of what he paid for it, they got the 2000 car for 700 dollars. So, she bought it for me. Of course, this helps her out too, so it wasn't a COMPLETE act of altruism, but hot damn! I have a car now. Of my very own. She doesn't think I am that excited about it, but I think more that I just haven't quite realized yet that I have my own car, since I have not seen it yet. We got the insurance today and hopefully, we will pick it up tomorrow.

I love my mom so much and I really need to tell her that more often. I think she sometimes feels that I am ungrateful, but I am not. We just have never had a very touchy-feely relationship and haven't ever been super expressive of our feelings. Yes, I get crabby with her sometimes when perhaps I shouldn't, but how can a person NOT be grateful for all the things she is trying to do for me? She just bought me a car, for cod's sake! She is helping me pay off my entire credit card mess! Those are rather huge deals. Saying thank you is easily done, but it doesn't seem like enough to me.

I really am excited about it. I am. The more I think about it, the more excited I am. But until the keys are actually in my hand, I don't think I will feel the true excitement. Heh. I just hope it isn't hideous:-)

Apparently, my mom and I are both having pretty good money weeks. Her website was down for a couple weeks, but when she finally got it back online, she realized that there were over a thousand dollars were of orders waiting for her to run through. She and a friend have also had great luck at the casinos lately. Actually, more him than her, but he felt he should share the wealth, so he gifted her some money. I think he felt she was partly responsible for his winnings. He even gave me a hundred dollars after a particualrly good night.

If I can continue making money this week, then I can probably not only buy a computer by the end of the month, but also have sme left over for the next month's rent.

Ok, so no one cares about my finances. I am thinking out loud at this point. I guess I just need to update for the sake of doing it right now until I think of something better to write about.