Diary for Elizium for the sleepless souls!!!

Eli_2-2

Well after reading a few other peoples diarys I thought I would do my own, so maybe I wont lose the plot!
And can let of steam! I drink too much, im losing my rag at work with customers, i've got too much workload, and when my daughter turns round to me and asks why im sat there rocking whilst watching tv I know i've got to do something!!!!

So I will start with my SOA ( a rough guide because im still waiting for TC)

MONTHLY BILLS
Rent 625.00
Council tax 55.00
Water 30.00
Electric 50.00
Gas 36.00
BT 14.00 (these 4 are high because bills where in my name only and when ex left i got landed with them, so it includes arrears and keeping up with now)
TV licence 11.00
AOL 15.00 (was 20, haggled with them)
Car ins 47.00 (yeah get rid of the car, not yet, dont know where im going to be living do I)
Contacts 15.00 expensive cus there torics
House ins 14.00
Mobile Just cancelled contract that was 25.00, so now pay as you go, least when your single you aint got no one to text and waste your money :rotfl:

WEEKLY
I take home roughly 160 (I work 30 hours a week)
get 40.00 from ex maintenance
HB 30.00 tho this will surely stop when I get my tac credits thro
TC roughly 50.00

Now as all of this will stand apart from rent as that will change when I move, I work out ive got roughly 350.00 month for rent, erm 2 bed house for 350.00 dont think so!!!
Its not cheap here, cheapest 2 bed is 535.00 even !!!!e flats are 500.00 month, west country for you, everyone moves here!!!!

Oh and school hols coming up, so got to find 75 week for childcare!!!
TC have said thats ok, I can work out how much it will cost me for hols thro the year then devided it by 52 weeks to get result, but still got to find 75.00 when scholls break in a month.
I WANT TO WORK!!!! why am I not being helped, should I just sit on my !!!!!!, have lots of kids by 5 diff dads and let goverment pay!!!
Soooooooo peeved, so bloody naffed off with trying to do right thing and get now where!!!

chevalier

With regard to the school holidays, have a look around your local council web sites. There are often schemes running that give discounts if you are financially disadvantaged. Also could your parents ( and your ex's parents if you still are talking) look after your child for one day a week over the holidays for free (or for a small present to say thank you at the end of the holidays). Could he go and play at a school friends house for the odd day, with you paying the other parent back by having their child back at a weekend (or whenever you don't work)

Also is there anything you can sell on Ebay/Amazon that would help you fund childcare through the holidays?

Best of luck