Why do I do this?

I must say that I start a blog and then get to posting something stupid.  Usually dealing with money or stupid people.  Then within two months I slide into doing nothing with it and then finally deleting it because I think "Why did I do this?".  Maybe I should start back up again and start telling some of the stupid, weird or odd things that happen in my daily life.  That would be a little more interesting to write about.  And maybe it will make a little more interesting read.

Stupid People

I will never claim to be brilliant by any means and I know that there are things in this world  that I will never understand.  I am aware that there are many people who are smarter than me and can understand things I don't.  What I don't understand are people who have at least graduated high school, who don't have the common sense God gave little chickens (Dexter reference if you get it).

Over the years, I've seen friends, co-workers and neighbors come and go from my life.  There has been many of them that either engaged me intellectually or have driven me nuts by their stupidity.  Why is it that when I want the ones who make me think and use my brain, seem to disappear from my life?  Leaving the less stimulating, self centered, OCD, narcissistic twats - why?

How do I find those people who can challenge me on an intellectual level?

We've all had them, stupid people who don't know that they are - stupid.

Am I surviving?

It's been some time since I've posted anything.  Maybe it's time to actually something about what's going on in my life and about my finances.

After six months of doing nothing with it, the car is still sitting in the parking lot, not moving and not doing anything but rust away.  Is still worth the hassle to have it towed to the shop to be fixed?  No, it's still a piece of junk that I haven't bothered doing anything with.  The worse part of it is that I'm still paying for car insurance every month and the damn thing still isn't drivable.

Guess what's worse?  Six months of insurance money flushed down the toilet on a hunk of junk. And I'm no where close to solving what to do with the damn car.

Unfortunately, my Dad still seems to think that it can be fixed, even with my urging him to hear me say "it's not worth it".  I knew it last September the car and it wasn't worth the $1700 repair job that he paid for.  Only to have it "break-down" two weeks later and cost me $1500 (money, I didn't have to begin with).  That was the biggest hint that it wasn't worth it to begin with.  That's $3000 that could have gone into a new car.

Eventually, something needs to be done.  I hope I get something done about it very soon.  I would be thrilled beyond belief to be putting the "extra" money towards the line of credit.  If I don't do it soon, I'll be kicking myself for spending money on insurance for a broken car.

Thinking about a broken car

So far my year has been better than last.  No major dings to my finances and debts are being paid. Right now, I'm adjusting to the fact that I don't have a working vehicle.  A car that sits in the parking lot and doesn't move because I don't have the money to fix it. And there's definitely no extra money to pay for a new car.  As of late I still don't know what I'm going to do with  a broken down piece of junk.  I'd love to just have it towed away as scrap metal and not worry about it.  Which isn't a bad idea since I wouldn't continue paying car insurance for it.  However, if I do "buy" another car, I'll need to have the insurance in place for whatever I buy.  Here I am between a rock and a hard place about what to do with it.

As for my finances, the line of credit is slowly going down with each pay.  It helps that I don't need to buy gas for the car.  Not to mention that with the car, I could have easily hopped into it and went shopping whenever I felt like it.  So, I'm saving money better.  On the other hand it suck when I need to go grocery shopping and need a lot of food and other household items.  The local transit was set up for people to go grocery shopping.

I can't complain though, I'm getting use to taking the bus to where I need to go.  I actually get to see some of the city that I never get to look at while driving.   I do miss having a vehicle to hop into and go where and when I want too.  Unfortunately, that's the biggest problem to overcome this year, finding the means to get a new car.  It's a long shot to win the lottery,  last night's Lotto Max was up to $55 million and nobody won.  Next week, it's up to $60 million and I'll play again, hoping that I win enough money to get me out of debt.  That's going to be a long shot for anyone but it doesn't hurt to try.