Tightening My Belt

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March is going to be a hard month on my finances. It's my car. I need to reorganize my finances again for the second month in a row. And now there will be more money coming out for my car. My brakes went out on the way to the pool this morning. At the same intersection, I had my spinout at a couple of weeks ago, a car came out from behind a snowbank and I stamped on the brakes only to have them go to the floor. Going slow, I got to the pool. Someone at the pool gave me a ride home, which is a good thing. I'm not driving and being a road hazard. I also knew my friend down the hall would come through for me, but I didn't know how until I asked her to take me to the hospital before her own appointment for the dentist. She had already canceled her dental appointment, and handed me the key to her car and told me to take it to the hospital. They're also plowing the parking lot after the six inches we got yesterday. This has been a hard month for my car. It's been one situation after another. I looked at my insurance renewal and found I do have emergency road service, so I can get it towed. I just won't be getting it towed today. Payday isn't until either tomorrow or Sunday and since has been the case in the past when the third falls on a weekend, I get paid before, which would be tomorrow. After my bills are paid, the rest will go to the car. I hope I'm left with enough for food. I'm going to need to cancel my hair appointment again. I already planned to change my diet for March. Eggs three times a day and fruit. I figured out the cost for 5 boxes of eggs and 8 bags of fruit. It's less than $100. If animals can eat the same thing every day, so can I. I'll also need to let my membership go for the YWCA. It's due on the 22nd. I'll pay it in April, and only be away from the pool for a couple of weeks at the most. The good thing, when I get this car taken care of, tuneup, brakes, and registration, I won't need anything more for the car until I need to get oil again, and that's not due yet. I'll probably get new windshield wipers. The car is typically in good condition. Until this month, I haven't had anything wrong with it. I might not be able to get the car out of the Y parking lot before Monday. We'll see. In the meantime, I'm without a car. But my friend is letting me use hers. We're also taking her car to the circus on Saturday. As for the hospital, I know you have questions about, it's my eight-week appointment for my colitis medication. Nothing to worry about. I'm fine. I need to be there by 9 AM. That's my morning and my day so far. I praise God for good friends and helpful people. How is your day? I hope it's much better than mine, but mine is good. It's just another bump in the road of life and nothing that can't be taken care of with help. Thanks for reading. Car under snow taken a while ago, but it could have been yesterday.