Money Issues

I really need to get a new job. The two I have now just are not cutting it. I have three days to payday for my primary job, and about $40 in the bank. I am at the point of trying to figure out creative ways to get veggies into dinner as I am running very low on available food to eat in the house. I am not quite at the point of saying the katsup my kid dumps on any kind of flesh that I serve is his vegetable for the day, but I am getting close. I will admit that cooking is one of my least favorite things to do, but when I do it, I try to give him protein, starch and veggies/fruits. Sometimes, when I am close to pay day and running low on food, that means apple slices, sometimes tomato sauce. Tonight I made a salad. Plain and simple, and he refused to eat it. Its hard enough to put a decent meal together, and he complains that he is ALWAYS hungry. It is very frustrating that when I DO make dinner, he won't eat half of it, especially to healthiest part. And he doesn't comprehend the idea of budgeting and not having spare money for tasty ice cream treats. He just gets annoyed when I tell him no, and refuses to eat his damn salad!

I would really like to have a job where I earn enough money to pay the bills, buy enough food and have some fun. I do not live an extravegant life-style. I don't think this is too much to ask. Is it? Being a single parent is hard. I make a respectable salary, but have to work a second job waitressing to pay for the extras. I hate the feeling I have a few days before I get paid from the full-time job - the feeling that I am sinking into a pit of debt and that I can't possibly get through another month like this. Yet, somehow, I do. I have had this feeling for the last year or two, and I keep plugging along. I guess it is because I really have no choice. I realized I needed some extra funds - so I got a second job.

I just wish that my work ethic was passed on to my kid. He refuses to get a job, despite the fact that he wants ice cream on a regular basis, that he has taken up smoking. He has such an unrealistic viewpoint. he thinks in this crappy economy that he can wait to look for a summer job until summer gets here. He thinks he is going to buy a car before he has a job. He needs a serious wake up call.