i am not poor. i don't starve. i'm staying afloat in my sea of student loans. i just started making much more per hour when i switched jobs, but somehow i'm still scraping by from paycheck to paycheck. this is rather frustrating, and while i am well aware that i'm better off than the majority of the world's population, it can overwhelm me fairly easily. and NOW... i have to buy a car because the one i was driving quit working. this is the car that belongs to my daddy, which i was driving because the car i actually own broke and now my sister's driving it. what. a. mess.
however...
despite all of this, after saving for months (and with the help of five other contributors), i managed to buy my brilliant Daddy a bigass flatscreen television and blu ray player for Christmas. we watched Despicable Me on it before i came back home. it was such a joy to give, and i loved the surprise on his face. i got to spoil him a tiny bit, and it was a tiny attempt to repay him for being such an incredible father to me and my sisters all these years.
its this kind of joy that keeps me going. God provides.
Aww. thats cute. My parents bought one of those last christmas, too!! Their other tv was from the year I was born, so they were due an upgrade!!! By the way, I loved Despicable Me! I'm glad you have a lovely family moment for Christmas. *HUG!*
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