A Real Idiot
I did something yesterday.
I added up all my bills for the month
And found myself four hundred dollars short.
My chest tightened as I re-worked the numbers.
Again and again I went over them,
Each time, the same sad digits came up.
My heart sank, gut burned with fear.
What was I to do? Who could I ask for help?
I was sick with the knowledge, wearing dread like a
Heavy winter coat on a warm summer day.
How did I get myself into a mess?
How do people live like this?
Hours later it hit me-
I get paid twice by the first, not once.
Ah relief washed over me.
Yet the sick fear and dread stayed.
How could I have been so stupid?
Why did I put myself through that?
Fear really is like a little death....
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Comments: 46
Once I wrote my check to the gas and electric company for the balance in my check book instead of the amount of my bill. Of course, that made the other checks I wrote that night bounce. The utility company refused to return my money and insisted that crediting my account was fair enough. The bank had a little more sympathy for my ignorance and waived their fees on the bounced checks.
I didn't have to pay another gas and electric bill for a long time.
I used to write all by bills at once, and where the stamp goes I put the date to mail them.
Several years ago I grabbed too many and accidently paid my house payment too soon. Of course it bounced. What surprised me is the check was dated for the 1st of the month, and the bank cashed it anyway. I have not written bills early since!
Sandy, that would be horrible to have happen.
TB, if you post date a check, they do not have to hold it. There are other liabilities to the company if they "accept" a post dated check that is not in their favor. So most companies will ignore the date & cash it.
It's the times we are living it. Full of many things to fear, if we let our thoughts go there.
Don't. In the end, it worked out OK. Usually does.
But should you slip again, write another great verse like this one.
It takes courage for me to tell you all about the times I fail.
Or the mistakes I make.
Or the mistakes I make.
I like a person who can not only laugh at herself but invite others to laugh with her. And, as you can see, when you have the courage to do so, others will almost always tell you they've done the same and we can all laugh at ourselves together.
I find that bearing the pain of my mistakes helps me so much. So you see, I've made plenty of them.
Don't like to, but I face the embarrassment of it--and just grow!
Welcome to the club.
I think that was my most embarassing moment!
Good luck to you and your wife with college costs this year.
A new bill will always find you.
Great last line. I'm glad you figured out it was just a mistake in figuring and not a real shortall of money.
glad things were ok
Bless you my friend...