Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Money, money money,.... always sunny... in a rich man's world........

Good Evening!

It's been a lovely rainy day up here in Wattle Grove. So much so, that VBoys footy training was called off. He played his 1st game of the season last Saturday, & played really well. The team was successful on the day, defeating Southern Lakes 48 - 10!

Friday was interesting. I pottered around home for a while, then headed off to Newie after lunch to pick up GG on the way to Morrisett to pick up a 2nd hand washing machine that I had arranged to buy her. I wanted to buy a new Marriage Certificate (evidently, even though my old one has been ok so far, it is no longer "legal", & I need it for my nursing registration) & post a letter to the Nurses & Midwives Board of NSW, but silly me forgot that Friday was Newcastle Showday Holiday! To quote a very eloquent nurse that I know....plurgh! Anyway, GG & I waited in the wilds of Morrisett for over an hour for the seller to arrive home from work, then had a lovely drive back to Wickham to install the "new" beast. The tap leaked like a small creek, & I think that it needs a hose re-attatched on the bottom of the machine. At least, I hope that's all that the problem is...... Then GG & I parked near the Northern Star hotel to get some Indian for tea, & just as I was reversing into the carparking space, the engine rumbled, coughed, spluttered, then died. 1 NRMA call, yummy food & 40 minuts later, the NRMA saved the day with $15 worth of fuel that I had requested. The Nasty fuel gauge had intimated that there was still 74k's of fuel left in the tank........

I had such a slow & nothing weekend. It was brilliant! Even the 2 DVDs that we hired on Saturday evening didn't work.

Sunday evening, GG walked in through the back door in tears after her shift at the Mussie Service station around 11pm...... She hasn't worked much lately, I really had no idea which of her dilemmas had upset her so....... until she blurted out; "I don't want to go to uni anymore...."
I was relieved that this was her only issue... at least it's not too serious, & in all honesty, I could see it coming. She was worried that we would be disappointed.... There are more pressing areas in her life. Dominos haven't paid her, even though she has worked for them for over 3 weeks. A sum of money appeared in her bank account, & GG assumed that it was her belated wages. Until yesterday, that is, when she received a "please-pay-us-back-or-else" letter from GoLo requesting back the money that had had mistakenly paid her. She hasn't worked at GoLo for over 6 months. The letter was sent to someone named "ELOSIE" to an address that we haven't even lived at for almost 4 years. It is (un)lucky that she even received it. She doesn't have the money to pay it back. They suggested that she pay it back at $50 per week: she answered in the negative. She has only been paid around $120 each week over the last few weeks from her service station job, especially since Dominoes have been so lax in their paying her. Even $50 is not manageable. My only suggestion is that she works shifts to pay it off. She is insistent in her mistaken, naive belief that the mistake wasn't hers, so why should she? She will end up in court, & will lose: that's why she has to pay it back......
She has to find some work that pays, & soon........ This being self-sufficient thing is a myth. I have explained to my kids that I am unemployed in 3 weeks, & all my financial help dries up with my pending unemployment. I don't think that they believe me.........

And GG has her 20th birthday on Thursday. She is planning to go camping with friends.... but the weather looks abysmal! I'm not quite sure what they think they are going to sleep in/under... none of them has any camping gear......
And from her family, all she has received is a leaky washing machine.......

Sboy arrived home for a few days yesterday. Well that was the plan until he drove to Newie, then Sydney this morning........ He's enjoying himself, anyway ;0) He has no more shows scheduled until May, so he needs to watch his pennies vigilantly, too........ Hahahahah... he locked my keys in the boot of my car yesterday.... thank goodness for the NRMA... AGAIN! But at least this time, he used his membership, not mine.

God... I HATE money & all the trouble that goes with it......

I've done 2 days of community nursing, & I love it ;0) The pace is slower & care is more focussed on the individual, people are more receptive to treatment & care, & a nurse is much more able to build up a rapport & relationship with her clients. This rotation will be over way to soon..... I have really had my eyes opened up over the last 9 months: there are so many people out there who are sick, fighting illness, & have amazing spirits. But it's not just the patients that are important: it's the families & support networks too. Good Healthcare is a team effort folks!

ok... that's an update...of sorts......

Enjoy this delightful autumnal (yes...it's a word) weather folks ;0)

4 comments:

Myst_72 said...

Will her eventual pay from Domino's cover it?
I would step up the pressure on them for sure.
It's a hard situation for her to be in when she's not earning much.

But then 'rich' parents like us should be able to 'keep' our young people - yer right!

G
xx

Cyndy said...

One of her problems is that she is now friends with the "management...", and as such, feels that she shouldn't offend them.....

I'm afraid that I can't intervene in this one. She's going to have to sort it out herself. And I'm hoping that the Dominoes backpay will cover as much as possible. She hasn't even asked them what her payrate is.... *sigh*

Yer... we are rich, aren't we...?

Tania said...

Centrelink over paid me once, and I had a job and wasn't receiving benefits anymore, they got to the point of not bothering to ask for it back because they told me that it was costing them too much money to pursue me hahaha.
I can understand your daughter not wanting to offend them, but I did that with a job once, they still hadn't paid me after months, if she doesn't speak up, they wont hurry up, it's not effecting dominos not paying her :(
and re: the wedding blogs, I've stopped them because 1. god knows when we're getting married now and 2.I don't want my soon to be sis in-law in NY knowing I'm pregnant just yet, she's a bit umm.. yeah anyway :)

The Tall Red Head said...

I hate money! Even the Rudd money doesn't go very far when you have bills and kids and everything else that goes with them.

Work is sounding good for you at the moment anyway. Hopefully you pick something up quickly and have some full-time stuff pop up.

xx