I HATE paying the bills. It gives me a burst of negative energy that makes it difficult for me to be civil. It’s not ME being a total meanie – it’s the bills that are MAKING me be a total meanie. With an ‘ie’ and not a ‘y’. I should know better than to try to come up with a budget on my daughter’s birthday. So I officially am putting this away (just as soon as I make one vital money transfer that will keep us afloat for an additional week). Oh how I long for the days when I could feel as if $10 in my account meant I was free an clear instead of living in this weird mire that makes me think $200 isn’t enough to cover the spending I’ve forgotten about.