First I leave work early thinking school starts today and it is not until next week so I lost 2 hours. And to top it off it is a class I kept saying I wanted to drop and not attend tonight, I guess we should always follow our gut.

I was able to add $1 to my challange and $1 towards my car account because I did not buy breakfast or lunch today
Ne challenge total $3963.55

And next I got some good news, my uncle heard from our family and every one is fine with little or no damage from hurricane Dean. Now we just have to keep our fingers crossed for those in Mexico, the storm is now a category 5

Well the storm just barely missed Jamaica and last I heard (around 9am) there were no fatalities, which is great. However, we have not heard from anyone

Even though I am happy, here in south FL we won't see this storm (hopefully, anything can happen) I am sadden because my parents are from Jamaica and we have a lot of family there who is about to face this storm. I am really worried. We are talking about a category 5 storm, if any one remembers Andrew was a 4 as well as Katrina. So we know what these storms can do and with all the mountains in Jamaica which can cause a ton of mud slides
oh dear

I finally went to the movies today and used my free passes, I also took my nephew and it was great. We saw "The Bourne Ultimatum" I can't tell the last time I went to a movie, but I am glad we went.
The only money spent was on his luch, I opted out and decided to eat at home

Today was a great day, not too busy not too slow...just right. I also did not eat out for breakfast, lunch or dinner
I added $2.87 to my challenge bringing my total to $3893.09

Only thing is, my nephew seems to be really battling depression, so I have two free movie passes and we are going to the movies tommorrow.

I have fought with depression, I told my sister I think he is more depressed than schizophrenic but of course I am not an MD I just hope he gets out of this stage/phase or what ever it is

I don't know why I do it, but I hate lending money, especially to my sister. Since I am off tomorrow, from my part time gig a friend asked me to go to a comic show which was $35. I think I spoke to soon when I said yes, because now I do not want to go nor pay the $35; but anyhow I called my sister up to collect the $50 she owes (3 weeks later) and she rushed me off the phone ( I figured she would). The week when she was suppose to pay me back she says to me "oh I forgot to give B (my BIL) your check", since then another 2 weeks has past. She has a bad habbit of not paying when she says she is. In any event I am going to have to take this money from my EF account to pay my friend tomorrow for my ticket

I called my friend today because I have not heard from her in a while (she is the one who's philosophy is if she wants is she is going to get it, because you only live once) Any how, one of her daughters went out of town with her sister for a family reunion so when I asked how come the other or herself did not go she bit my head off and stated "NO BODY HAS ANY MONEY" well I thought if you quit buying what you want because you deserve it, you would have money. Any how she is buying a new house because she wants it and the other has not sold yet and I think that is more of her fustration than anything else. I said to her make sure your contract has a contingency stating your house have to sell first she said she didn't need, looks like she will. Now she is complaining the whole time that she is "broke as a joke" but now she has applied for a new position in which she will be making if she gets the job and I am sure she will, $50k a year...and you know what her plans are a new BMW 525. Now the only reason why she has not gotten the car yet was because she was waiting on closing on her house (mind you she used a cc to pay for some fee she needed to pay). The whole thing is crazy. Some times I think how do they do it and I am living at home struggling and they have everything and then I remember they're in debt and I am not

Well he seems to be doing much better, he is going back to work tomorrow and will be starting school for his GED. He has a learning disability and when he graduated he did not receive a actual diploma so he has decided to give school a try (this was really depressing him) so I am really excited and happy for him at the same time

I have good news all around, my nephew came home today. He said he was doing much better and wanted to start work on Monday, I told my sister to go ahead and let him (try not to baby him) so I am happy; he's also not hearing the voices which is great

My brother paid me the $500 + an extra $30 so I was happy with that.

I added $100 to my challenge/home account $50.00 to my car account (for payments) and $20.00 to the principal on my auto loan and paid on my misc stuff like the cc in which I had dental work done

So today was a great day

I have not been posting or reading blogs like I normally do; I have been so busy. I did however upped my challenge this week by adding my weekly deposit of $25
new total $3352.86, I also upped my car account. The goal with m car account is to save a $1000 and once I do that (while earning interest) send it directly to the bank in order to try and pay off early

In regards to my nephew he is doing a little better he's still hearing voices but not seeing the faces so hopefully after a while he won't hear a thing. He's on Haladol which causes a lot of complications and I told my sister to speak with his MD in regards to changing it to something else, even though it is the less expensive it causes a ton of other problems

I have my second test today (health law) I think I will be ok, the last one I got a 91 so I am striving for a 100 this time around

I have great news, my sister saw my nephew today and before she could get in the door the guard told her he was soooo much better. I am soooo happy, tomorrow before work I will go and see him. Monday, he will wil re-evaluated to determine if he can come home or not. Even told my sister that he was glad that he went, which is a good hing because now he recognizes that something was wrong.

My neice made a valid point, she said he was going to be alright because he heard voices that only told him good things and not things to steal or kill; which made sense to me

It is so nice to have a support group and that is what I like about this site. On my way to work I cried pratically all morning for my nephew and right before I was leaving I got a sense of relief. Next I spoke to my sister who said he was doing much better, so a special thanks is do to every one who kept him in their prayers, it's not over bu at least we are making progress

The more and more I think about my nephew the more and more I get depressed. All my life basically I battled depression so I know or some what have an idea what he is going through. He did state today that he was very depressed because he wanted to go to college and felt like he couldn't. Also the nurse told my sister today that he is facing the first stages of schizophrenia. I did some research which states the actual onset in males are 18-25 my nephew is 19. They think that he may have been facing these troubles all along and what ever he took triggered it. I am asking any one here who believes in God to pray for him so that he may pull through this. I am praying that it is the drug he took and once it is out of his system he will be back to normal. Just thinking about it puts me in tears. Please keep him in your prayers
Poor kid he ever gave any trouble and he tries he really deos but he also says it is hard for him to concentrate

Well I saw my nephew today, I can't tell if he looks better or worst. But I took a book that I thought was easy for him to read and a Bible. Unfortunately I wasn't even thinking when I bought him a journal with a button, you can't have buttons in a mental institute because people are known to swollow them. I hope he can pull through this, his blood was drawn and we will know what he had took or what was in his system. Poor kid, thank you all for your thoughts...it is really appreciated

What a day from Hell, I had to leave work only after about 3.5 hours because my mom was watching over my nephew who tried some sort of drug with a friend and began hallucinating. My sister would not answer her phone at work so I kept calling her cell phone she would pick up but not say a word and then hang up, finally I said to her I am taking M to South County ( mental institute ) and she needed to come (he is her son).

What the Hell are these kids thinking? I am so annoyed with him, because he never gave any trouble and now he is doing this stupid crap. Now I know he has a learning disability and he reads on a 6 grade level I think and because of that coupled with being picked on in school he has low self esteem. And why is it that people do not teach their kids that making fun of is the same as bulling and can cause a ton of problems

I am very blessed, I know some times I complain but there is always some out there with bigger problems. One of our patient's will have to have her leg amputated; she is one of the nicest people I know. She has cancer, two small children and a lazy husband. We've al decided to order a Honeybaked dinner which will last a couple of days, since she will not be able to work or move around. I feel really bad and because the cancer has spread the amputation will be really high up. I will definately keep her in my prayers

My brother called to borrow $500 he never borrows money; I find that to be strange. I hope everything is ok, I know he will pay me back but I just find it very strange that he would be borrowing money.

Next update, my friend whose kid's father (looser, sorry) died earlier this month, she will now get an extra $475 a month. So I suggested to her to sock away the money since she was not use to getting it anyway and was told I am going to be living it up, and once I buy my new house I plan quitting my job. Qoute unqoute. Did she forget like everything else prices go up and $475 is not a lot of money. Now she is the same one who was buying what she wanted when she wanted and ended up almost loosing it and had to get a part tme job. I just don't understand people, I am so afraid to spend money these days it's scary

Well it is true my mom friend whose sister died the other day, died from an overdose. Unfortuantely she has a small child. Apparently she has been on drugs for a while, it is really scary.
This is the second person I know who has died from an overdose in just 1 week

Was all I could say. This couple that my mom worked for, for years; the husband's sister was found dead in a hotel room. She was missing for a few days, I think once again it was drugs. I was told by a co-worker that she was the biggest pot head and when I last saw her I thought she looked like Hell; but she was the nicest person

What is it about these drugs that has such a hold on these people, it is crazy

Friday night my mom was in so much pain, her knee was swollen and she could hardly walk. So Saturday we decided to go to a walk in clinic thinking it will be quicker than the ER...how wrong we were. We were there from 10am until 12:30 before she was acutally called to the back to see the doctor. Then once in the back another hour before we actually saw the doctor. Total hours at the clinic 4 hours, I guess in the long run it was better than the ER. The last time I went I was there for 6 hours
Mom has Osteoarthritis in here knees so we will be trying therapy

My sister's kid is not doing well, he is a smart kid but always seems to have himself in some sort of trouble. He called up my sister and stated he did not have anything to eat so I sent him the $20 for food in which I intended to give as an offering to the church ( hope I am forgiven) I just wish he would move back home and go to college or find a half way decent job, he's a smart kid but he's headed down the wrong track

My dad is to have cataract surgery but I do not think he will (he's 70). I did however mention that he should get a second opinion but I don't know if he will. At that age you are stuck in your ways, he said the doctor told him that he would only operate on one eye and that the other was to far gone. I am hoping he will I would hate for him to go blind

well you all have heard the bad news about my car, but my dad was feeling bad for me and gave me $20 to do something nice for myself. That was really nice of him, so I ate out today and did not match this amount but I added $15 to my challenge home account brining my total to $1909.06 I have not met my $1000 goal this month, I am short $90.94 but anything can happen between here and Saturday

I am in my room alseep when I hear my mom cry out it sound like she was sayig my uncle died in a car accident thank God that was not true.

He was in a really bad car accident and totaled his car however he walked away with out a scratch.

He was taking a family friend to the airport and a tracker trailor hit a car in the north bound lane on I-95 causing that person to loose control and end up in the south bound lane (my uncle's lane) hitting him head on. It is amazing because accidents like that on I-95 are usually deadly. I am just happy he was not hurt. Now one of the passengers in the car with him has two broken fingers but that to me is minimal

You all know I had this friend who wastes money and we had a big argument a while ago. Anyhow I ran into a mutual friend who said that she is still at it. She is planning a trip to Jamaica and wants her ex to pay for the kid's ticket because she can not afford it. But I am thinking if you can barely pay for your own ticket then maybe you can not afford to go. I wish she would really get her act together, I mean don't get me wrong we all make mistakes and Lord knows I have but when you have children I think some things you can do with out. Now she is upset with her ex because he tells her that is why he pays her child support and he will not buy the ticket. I agree that child support should be spent on the kid not a trip to Jamaica that you obviously can not afford or a new Lexus truck that you can not afford

I have a friend who is currently looking for a BMW. Anyhow she realizes that she can not afford $600 a month on the 5 series ( the one she wants) and now is considering a lease because her payments will be much less and she could afford it with the option to buy. I said to her if you can not afford to buy then it is not affordable if you have to lease. I am I wrong; she thinks this is just a great idea. I have tried explaining to her even people who are financially set tend to not lease statistically

You know I never knew what it was like to have a EF. Now I am trying soooo hard to build one up. Today was payday and I would have had an even $1400 but I had to lend my brother (the one who never borrows) $200. My nephew his youngest son went to jail on Friday and he needed money for bail and an attorney. Now my brother has been having problems with this kid before his mother died and now it seems like he is simply out of control. If it were me I would leave him there. Any how the point is we all need a little cushion because you never know what will happen.

Well my brother sent my nephew down for a few days and he will be turning 4 next week so of course he made a suggestion to my mom that we have a little something for him, and of course I am always the one ending up spending the most. I do not want to talk about how much was spent it was less than $100 but more than enough. We had pizza and a cake and then I had to buy two gifts one from my mom and one from me along with batteries. But my mom said eveything went well because I had to go to work

I am not in a relationship right now (would like to be but oh well) as the day progessed my co-workers came into my office/room with two huge packages for me. I thought who in the world would be sending me a Valentine's...well my God daughter. I got a two, two dozen roses and a large and I do mean very large bath and body set It has a bath brush, rock, candle, lotion, shower gel, body wash, soap, spray and a ton of other stuff. I know this was well over $100 but I enjoyed it, I had a beautiful surprise. It shows that her parent's really appreciate the little things that I do for her

I am like so shock with the availability of things to children. My sister's friend's kid who is bad as a dickens was just arrested and he had a bullet proof vest. I mean how in the devil would or could he obtain a bullet proof vest. He is not in the military or with the police. Anyhow here I am looking for an article from the late 50s early 60s and can't find a thing, but he is able to obtain a bullet proof vest. Unbelievable