Money Money Money

 Well it's another goal in 2023.  I'd like to have a little more of it in my bank account.

Would I like a million dollars in my bank account?  Of course.  Right now, not sweating so much these days would be nice when money is concerned.

My neighbor using our appliances has thrown my budget into a tail spin.  It was manageable since I had just paid off the 2500 that I had for medical.  It kind of made me hesitate on other purchases or made me use Klarna or Afterpay which was really stupid when I think about it.  Just stupid.

I wasn't excelling in this category and now I feel like I have a foot on my neck. I have a spare set of locks that I got from Amazon because I may have to put another lock on our power in the basement.  I'm not really sure. It seemed like the electricity was off for December with us not using air.  I strongly suspect that my neighbor is growing weed.  We found out from my cousin that when her dad (rest in hell, he was an awful person) used to take care of his friends weed plants, he had to use some type of electricity to dry them.  Maybe my mind is wandering to crazyville, but I'm wondering if he's doing that in the middle of the night. I get up and I hear noises and I wonder what are you doing?  Now that we locked him out of using our appliances.

I can't afford to have people using me.  It's not in my budget.

I have been asked if I need a therapist when I have broken down in tears about more medical tests needed.  I don't need a shrink, I need a break, or in this case, a cop?  I don't know.  

This blog post would go on about 80 pages about all the ones who used me to pay for stuff before.  

I came across a video on how someone made a $1000 a month flipping stuff from Dollar Tree to eBay.  Well that got my attention and it got me watching more videos.  It got me to the Dollar Trees in my neighborhood.  With Christmas looming, I thought maybe I could make a few extra dollars.  

I kind of thought maybe this was a bad idea like a week after Thanksgiving and I only made $6 from my Dollar Tree flips.  I didn't expect a grand from my haul, but it just seemed like a bad bad really bad idea.  

Then I got about a few sales before Christmas and the after Christmas sales hit.  I thought for 50 cents, maybe I can stash this stuff aside and put it back in a few months?  

I started using my old shoe salesperson skills and started putting some of the stuff that I had as a package.  I just sold a package of Crayola products like various packets of Crayons, paint sets and coloring books.  It really would be nice if that person paid. I heart eBay, sigh. I put together a set of kids puzzles that I had picked up and made it a set along with one featuring flash cards and coloring books with Disney characters.  I can use my creativity in a different way.

I have to try this!  I just can't deal with this up and down anymore.  I did get rid of some Christmas potholders I got from Dollar General and some glitter eye liner.  It's not break the bank material and I think it's safe to say I won't go over the $600 threshold that Congress talked about taxing people.  Screw you, Congress.  I know it's on hold but regardless, if it can help me make some extra money with medical, it helps.  

This last week, I spent $25 to see any doctor, then a prescription for less than $10 and then having to buy $20 worth of cough medicine that was probably due to someone growing a weed forest in the downstairs.

I need to have less expensive people around.  I need to do better.  It's not my neighbors fault that I'm in this mess, it's my fault at the end of the day.  I just hope I can do better this year.

And hope that neighbor takes a train to Potville and get out of our lives.