A Reason Under the Sun

to me, there's nothing to look forward to right now......until I get my check.

If I get it this Friday or next week with Monday being the earliest, then my lifestyle will instantly change. I'll be back to the way that I used to be before this recession took place.

See, before the economy started to go downhill like around late March or April of 2008, I was basically living a wealthy-ish lifestyle. I always had cash, I was working at a fantastic retail store, I was seeing this gorgeous Chinese girl, my pops was single, my mom had two whips, I was always buying shoes and other stuff from Amazon or eBay, Britney Spears would be doing something crazy everyday and I was transitioning from 35mm film photography to digital photography. That was the way I used to live.

But then things sarted to slowly drift off financially and I had to cut back on stuff. Now after over a year of misery and long-suffering, I think I finally lost what I found. I managed to get by by doing things on the side. Stuff like helping one of my friends watch Nickelodeon and DVDs with her son and getting $5 to $20 for a day. Or just roaming the internet for labor jobs like helping move stuff, which I only did once and got $70 for it. Then I had to sell my first-gen Macbook for $500 which was the most I ever gotten during these rough times this past year. Unfortunately that cash was gone within a week. The only good thing I did with a portion of that $500 was that I was greeted by a poor Hispanic couple when I was filling up my car at the gas station in Granada Hills. I offered them to buy them lunch at a McDonalds near my house. So I gave them a ride and I didn't just give them 5 bucks and drop them off, I went inside the restaraunt with them and I bought them 2 large grilled Chicken sandwich meals which was like $10. I even impressed some girl in line while I was ordering. If I was under 18, I'd score with her.

Once I HOPEFULLY get paid this month, and I will, I'm going to pick up where I left off. Got bills to pay, got fines to take care of, and I there are sneakers I need to buy. I emphasize "need" because these shoes aer avaliable for a limited time. Also, I got to take some people out to dinners and to the original In-N-Out in Baldwin Park, so that I can check out the In-N-Out store and get some stuff there. In other words, I'm gonna be out of the house more and I'm gonna enjoy myself. Walter Lee Younger should've set a budget list with his family and mother before they got their Insurance check instead of investing in some bar. I miss reading that story in the 10th grade just like I miss my old lifestyle.

Oh yeah, my brother turns 17 tomorrow. He's already growing and being more mature then ever. May God bless him for another year.