Financial Farce

Money is the root of all evil they say... Well I can't agree more. Personal finances is something I've struggled with all my life. When I first started my paper route when I was 11, things were simple. I was 11, lived with my parents, and my only expenses were video games and a new bike. Once you threw vehicles and gas money into the equation, things got a little hairy. Factor a girlfriend and college into the equation after that and things start to come unhinged. Credit cards and graduating from college and joining the real world, shit.

Well, here I am out of college with a full time job making enough money in a year for anyone to live comfortably on. So where's all my money? So why can't I do simple addition at the end of the month to add rent + water + gas? This is beyond me. And what do I have to show for my time in the workforce for the past 3 years? A bank account that looks similar to the one I had 3 years ago... AAARRRGGGHHH!

Enter my wife. My-oh-my, is she ever a wonderful woman. I couldn't have asked for more. Not only do I know now that the checkbook is balanced, but I know that things are being taken care of and she's straightening out my ways. Its like a big pressure that has lifted off my chest and I'm able to breathe. I'd like to say I don't know what I'd do without her but the fact is I know what I'd do, I'd keep digging the proverbial hole.

People say you learn something new every day and I can't agree more. I learn new things that make me love that little lady more and more, EVERY SINGLE DAY!