Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Bills

I put the item bills in my calendar on paydays. Depressing.

Kids in college, kids in private school. Wife working to afford private school. Negative cash flow with the house, college, cars, etc. Should we pay for heat this winter?

The election will influence my income next year. Not that I'm going to make a lot of money, but the deductions under the Bush tax plan have been very good to us. Neither candidate seems likely to re-up those when they expire, and a Democratic Congress seems hell bent on "redistributing wealth."

I ain't got wealth, but I'm gonna get screwed.

Gotta pay the bills tonight, and wonder where next term's tuition is going to come from. About a year's worth disappeared in the stock market.

It's a good thing I'm a Christian. Because this too shall pass and I'll look back on life without a checkbook, stocks, or bills. Just an eternal relationship with Jesus and all his buddies, my sisters and brothers in Christ. I can be confident in that issue alone. No bill can take that away. Even if it's overdue.