will dance for groceries...

(originally posted 1/16/2007)
will dance for groceries...
i sure hope my baby comes out cute, or i will be forced to sell it on the black market to stay afloat...
at the risk of sounding boring and cliché: when it rains, it pours - and i am drenched and without galoshes or a slicker. wearing a white shirt. and non-waterproof mascara. carrying a purse made of tissue paper. okay, you get the idea...
just since friday we have come across an ungodly number of problems and each of them have several dollar signs behind them. we have done a pretty good job of storing up some cash for a (ahem...) rainy day, but this latest series of events threatens to suck all of it up. why, why, why! WHY?
because i am tired of thinking about all of it i'll give you the super cliffs notes version of my/our problems: traffic ticket, we're being sued (sort of), somebody close to us passed, our ac went out, and we might have sold my car which means we need to buy a new one. really, any one of these things would be upsetting by itself, but together, they are a source of moderate panic. i am losing sleep over the drama and the money and it isn't helping my pregnant psyche.
so, what are you going to do, cayc?
well, i am coming up with a creative list of ways to cut back and bring in extra money:
1. cyphen gas2. cut and sell my hair3. anyone want to sponsor this blog?4. dance erotically for groceries5. eat grass, twigs6. live by candle light7. beg8. steal garden animals, gnomes and sell them on ebay9. make handmade valentines with felt and glitter*10. hamburger helper11. make mix tapes12. sell my story to lifetime or lifetime movie network13. two words: preggo webcam**
*i heard this comedian say that glitter is the herpes of craft supplies. once you use it, you can never get rid of it.
**like anyone would want to watch me sleep, eat, vomit and scratch my belly
i figure i can do a few of these and make it work, right? hell, i have a kid on the way; I am going to have to get craftier than this i'm sure...