well finished my last work day of the week

I am going to get called in to help sometime this week though

but I do get the extra time I do off from my normal schedule

right now i'm comfortable with 37 hours each 2 weeks or each paycheck

it's enough to get some money each check and it doesn't hurt my ssi check too bad

once I start going over 37 my ssi takes a big hit

I have $5 in cash rn that I need to stretch until payday which is wednesday or thursday

but I have 3 full packs of cigs and I have a lot of food at home

so i'm good i'll make it

my paycheck should be around 370

and I owe 315 to court costs

I'm thinking about spending the 315 on court costs

but that'll put me down to $75 for 2 weeks

I've done it before but I don't like it

I like spending the $10 it takes to get a good meal

either a torta, chicken fried steak, hamburger steak, hot wings, taco bell, steak.    .     all the good things I get for $10 a meal lol

today I ate a piece of pizza then I made some rice with butter sugar and salt as little snack

I have some bread and bologna and a ton of can goods

I owe 315 +1020 = 1335

I can pay about $700 a month if I basically just eat bologna sandwiches and ramen noodles

when I'm doing this and saving/spending money for my supervision my mom helps me a little with food

she bought me the pizza last night it was the slices and sticks pizza and some philly cheesesteak bites

I liked it

But i'm just like if I don't spend all my money and live cheap

I can just enjoy my money and get good food and pay it off just a little slower

which I'm leaning towards now so I can eat something besides bologna and ramen

I just feel so much better when I can eat food I consider good

usually when I get my paycheck I have a cheat day when I get my ssi check I have a cheat day when I get ebt I have a cheat day on the days I work I like to eat good the day before I go back to work I like to eat good

I have several days in the month I like to do something a little special just so I enjoy everything more

but in reality, I owe 1335 but I can only pay 315 +180 so 495

if I make $850 this month i'll get that paid easy and still have money left over

It's getting hard to plan and predict

I'm just wanting to get off the bologna and ramen so I'll probably not pay instantly

or wait for my paycheck after this one coming up and then I can plan better

but as planned it is looking like definitely by january i'll have everything paid

remember I can only have 180 over paid for supervision

so while I do owe 1020 I can only pay 180 once then i'm capped at 60 a month

so if I pay the 180 for december i'll only be able to pay 60 a month until I am done

so what does that mean for how much money I need each month

december 180

jan 60

feb 60

march 60

april 60

and so on, meaning I really only need 60

just to repeat myself I only need to pay or only can pay 60 a month

so I only need 60 a month but I want to save all the money I need to pay so I don't have to worry about it

but I do want to order some flower as soon as possible

so If I can save up say $800 i'll probably spend the 800 on flower

and just resave up the supervision funds

what it is looking like is

I have $5 now

i'll get $370 and be at $375 on thursday

i'll pay $315 to court costs and be at $60 this $60 has to last 2 weeks which is a major pain

the reason it would be a pain is because thanks giving is coming up and i'll want to do something special on thanksgiving

so this makes me think I need to put $300 to the side and just do my best to conserve maybe dipping into the 300 for thanksgiving or cigs

but after thanksgiving as long as I don't spend over 100 out of the 300

I can have plenty on my next check to pay the court costs and have plenty for supervision

lets say I have $375

then I spend $20 on cigs twice so $335

then I put $300 to the side

leaves me with $35

lets buy 2 bags of cat food and a box of kitty litter that's about $25

so now i'm down to $10

so now let's dip $50 into the $300

so now I have $250 saved and I have $60

I need to make this $60 last about a week, that is easy

now to the next scenario

I have $250 saved

I get $370 now I have $620

40 to cigs 25 to cats now I have $555

drop $315 on court costs now I have $240 that's enough to spend the 180 on supervision

which puts me at 60 but i'll get a little from ssi too about 50

so $110 to last 2 weeks 

continuing

now it is december 4th I have $110

supervision is paid as much over as I can 180

court costs is paid off

I have to make it 7 days with $110, easy

now it is the first paycheck in december I have $480

don't need to pay court costs and still have half a month until I need to pay that $60 for supervision

$480 for 14 days, easy

hardest part is remembering I need 20$ for a week and a half of cigs and $25 once every 2 weeks for cats

but lets just take some out of the 480 about 50 so 430

add the second check in december and ssi $900

what I owe for supervison is $840   i'll have $900 but that's if I don't spend any money on food

I am going to spend money on food

and I am going to spend what I have saved for supervison

considering the most I can spend is $60 a month so I would be foolish to have the $840 saved and live poor knowing i'll make the money back quicker than it is due

maybe set of a limit of 200 or 300 and make sure the savings doesn't dip under that

but the full $840 and living poor is a hard pill to swallow and completely unnecessary

save for 3 or 4 months sure but saving for the entire 14 months just doesn't make sense

unless I had the fear of losing my job and needing the money but having no easy way to get the money

I don't think i'm going to lose my job

my manager likes the way I work and I try to work hard and get everything done and I usually do

so my conclusion after walking myself through this entire process

get my check

buy whatever food I want, I never go too crazy unless it's fajita meat night which I also get tablitas to go with it and never get out of the store paying under $40 lol

wait until the second check in november

pay off court costs and my normal 60 to supervision for december

in december eat whatever I want

save up at least 300 for supervision

january pay the 180 or before january if I have a second appointment in december whichever not that important

then at some point in january place my first order

considering the first thing the government does not do is ban thca when the government shut down is over

which I surely hope they have more important issues than thca when it does reopen which could be any day

probably before 2 months from now

but 2 months from now is looking like the exact time i'll have enough paid to be comfortable and have enough money to place my order

Who's excited for febuary amirite?!?!? It's a full month! with only 28 days ! hallelujah ! I need a break lol

at about 455 days remaining, 15 months 

no urges to smoke or drink and that is only because I smoke cigarettes all day long, but it works

455 days sounds like a lot but when I consider 3 months is 90 days it seems like it isn't a lot

if 3 months is 90 days that's close to 100 days

so using that logic

i'm 450 so that's like 3 months 6 months 9 months 10 11, 11 months lol

Trying every method in the book to cut corners and make time faster using math and simulatities

besides just ignoring time and letting the days pass on their own

not paying anything else in november

paying normal 60 and paying off court costs in december

saving saving saving

january pay off the 180 and definitely place my first order

as time passes and we keep going through the months keep at least 200 to 300 or more saved for supervision

place about 1 order a month from january to january

once we get a few more months deep say march or april I'll finally have some better posts involving what I am actually ordering and not just court costs this supervision that

court costs and supervision will be done and in the past

we're going to be looking at all the cool stuff i'm ordering

still planning on getting about 15-20 pounds

still planning on getting all the equipment I need

definitely want to get shoes and clothes

just gotta make it to january then it gets good

2 months