The Umpteenth Journal Attempt (Version III)

Car maintenance is expensive. I won’t go into details, but I just got paid last Friday and just about all of my paycheck just went into repairs. No accidents or anything, just accumulation of usage over the years. This car is nine years old, so it was time for whatever the mechanics are doing to it at the moment anyway. The only way to prevent what has happened was to not use the car at all, I suppose. But what would be the point of having a car, then?

So some adjustments have to be made until it’s payday again next month. Before I was bringing my own breakfast to work, today I brought lunch. The office has catering, but I don’t like the food and usually hold off until dinner for the big pig-out. That’s just for starters; I’m sure I’ll be cutting down on a lot of things, at least for the next 28 days.

I guess that’s a good thing, because it’ll mean I’ll be more used to putting some more away, something which I’ve always meant to do but…well, let’s just say it hasn’t been easy. Not for a lack of trying, but somehow there’s always some damn thing that comes up.

I’m currently trying to figure out what’s going wrong. Do I spend too much, do I not make enough money or is this city just too expensive? The first two can be rectified, the third is beyond my power. So I guess I’ll cut down on spending, and get an additional means of income. Now what else can a guy like me do? I’ve got to admit that my skills are limited, and the big bucks usually mean doing some mind-numbing, skull-crushing menial job. Or prostitution. Hmmm…

Anyway, it would’ve been nice to have Xzibit or the Indonesian version show up at my door to PIMP MY RIDE! I wouldn’t mind him laughing at the fact that the car’s been handling like a bajaj the past few days, as long as I could get it fixed for free. But no corny paint jobs, please.

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