get caught up on my bills

I never have money. My bills are behind. I don’t have enough to get them caught up. Between me and my husband we make way too much money to be constantly broke. I’m definitely not doing something right.

Most of the bills are current. There is one defaulted credit card that I need to make payment arrangements. Of course to offer monthly payments I need to know how much I can afford. I better figure it out quick before they are finished trying to be helpful.

So he paid a few bills that day. And he hasn’t done much since. He’s worse at this than I am. So today I sorted through all the mail for the past week or so. It was just a big pile of stuff on the other end of the dining room table.

I made a pile for bills. I created a stack of magazines. I had a bag for items that need to be shredded and a waste basket for the generic junk mail. Then I took all the bills and put them in a pouch. I carried them to the library with me today. I intended to make a list of the bills. But I didn’t get to it.

The intention is to make a list of the bills. Then take inventory of the available money and decide what gets paid when. It’s not that hard, it’s just bleak and neither of us wants to get that stressed out. Tuition is due at the end of the week, most of the bills are behind. And we have no clue what we’re going to do. I’ll figure it out, I guess.

My husband started stressing out about the bills. I threw up my hands and told him that I can’t take care of everyone and everything. It’s time for him to take them back. I’ve been in charge of the bills for almost a year now because I didn’t like the way he was doing them. But I’m no better.

But man, it feels good to have that off my shoulders. Truly, I have enough. What with work, school and a drinking habit. Who has time for much else????

He feels better too. At least now, he said, he knows what the picture is. (Happy to oblige.)