Jody

Jody is such a thorn in my side this week... she never calls just to talk. She called me at work on Saturday night to whine about her job and her bills... She's in debt up to her eyeballs & part of it is to a couple of those paycheck advance places. She, of all people, should know better. So she whines, "Well, when you don't have any money and no groceries, what else are you supposed to do?" My reply? "Call me." Me & Rob will never want for food. We may not have any cash, but we always have groceries. Anytime we are strapped for cash and can't make it to my next payday, all we have to do is go to his parents & they will slip us $20 or $40 or let us raid the pantry. They are always dropping canned goods & cereal & stuff off. Bottled water, etc. So I went & bought her beans & rice & I've got some frozen dinners that Rob won't eat & I don't have time to try & cook in our low-powered microwave. I looked at microwaves, but even in Wally world (where, as a Union member, I shouldn't even be shopping there, but where else can you get cheap-ass stuff at 4am?) microwaves are still over $30... anyway... Bonnie Springs really hurt Jody's feelings. She's kind of stuck though - she can't just quit because the minute she turns in her two-week notice they will evict her. She can't scrape together deposits for an apartment. I doubt if Terry will put her, Brad & the animals up for any length of time, and Jody probably doesn't want to put up w/the continual lectures & reprimands & judgmental crap from Terry anyway. So she's looking for part-time work to try & pay off her monumental bills so she can scrape together said deposits... and trying to find some kind of part-time job that will let her work on her schedule because of only having one car? Good luck with that... I don't know. I have no advice for her, but I can take her some rice & beans & Ramen.

All I know is this: She can't stay here.