Today....I woke up. And I was ready for yet another awesome day. In my mind I was happy, and my kids were going to have an amazing day.
Alas, it was not to be.
Today I woke up to zero dollars in my bank account. For anyone who knows my situation, I have been off of work for a little while, trying to rebalance myself. And also to help my son with a routine.
So back to the day from HELL.
I woke up at 0700 hours to get my son ready for school. My bank account was still zero even after the 1,00,000 times I refreshed the page on the internet. I was astonished. What do I do? I called my workplace Health and Safety, and spoke to someone there, and she contacted the City Finance department. They called her back and told her that I had been overpaid, and that they took my pay check as repayment. MY ENTIRE PAYCHECK. I thought to myself, this isnt right.... how can they do this? I don't have any recourse??
So, I called the Finance Department and spoke to the Manager, and she stated again that it was an error that they paid me what they did and they had to recoup their money. Are you serious??? I said all of my pay check, what am I supposed to be living on? She kept fumbling for answers and all I could think about was how am I supposed to pick up my therapy dog for my son in two weeks with no paycheck. CMON, this is insane. Iwon't lie I wanted to punch her face in.
The health and Safety woman called me back again in the afternoon and she said that the City wasn't willing to even give me a partial payment for my paycheck to help me out. That they even said as well that they tried to contact me via phone and that the information they had was not correct. They tried to warn me of this happening. Totally annoying.
I couldn't even breathe, let alone talk on the phone to anyone from crying so much. I was so angry, and all I could think about was, how am I going to pay rent???
And then, the phone call from Jake's school came.
OH my goodness. What else.
Jake had decided today to go into full Nelson meltdown mode, and kick and punch and scream, and swear at everyone. He thought he forgot his hat at home, but i had put it in his backpack.....OMG.
He then got mad about the iPad becuase he wanted it and it was school learning time, and they had to take it away. MELTDOWN.
He then got taken to the Quiet Room, a 10X10 room with one window and nothing in it, and screeamed and yelled and cussed and swore at the teachers, and also gave them the infamous MIDDLE finger. I was absolutely furious! As if the day couldn't get any worse.
It did.
I walked to Leighton's school, to go and pick her up, and she came running out of the school crying. Her and her friend Lily said that the class bully Jazmine decided to punch Leighton in the chest, and Leighton pushed her back to stop a fight. Im standing there, in the school yard, ready to rumble with this bully, and felt like a 10 year old all over again. How dare she? My poor daughter, shes crying, and her face is all red and blotchy. So, we waited for the busses to clear out, and spoke to the VP, and told her what happened. She was shocked. I said don't be, we've been dealing with this for the entire school year.
Me and my mini me walked home, and she asked me if we had any money. I said not to worry about it and how did you know? She said, she over heard my conversation this morning with my work, and she was worried that all of a sudden we would get kicked out of our house, and we couldn't go and get Aramis now. She started to cry again, and almost made me cry, but I held it together, because I just kept thinking I want to go home and sleep the day away. This had to be the worst day ever.
We got home, and the kids went outside to play. Jake came running in, and said "Momma! Come here quick!!! I have a surprise for you!!" I went to the front door, and Jake said "close your eyes", so I did. He handed me a Toonie, and said we went to Miss Anne's house and told her we didn;t have any money so she gave us this for your coffee, cuz we know you'll need it in the morning to help you."
And it was in that moment, I knew. I had been strong for my kids thinking that they needed me to be superwoman, and they were the strong and wise ones that we all needed. My new found Toonie is sitting on my side table, and that coffee tomorrow will be the best damn cup of coffee from McDonalds I can ever imagine because my kids bought it for me.
As for my paycheck, I'm still penniless as they say, but I'm pretty sure I will have it sorted out by the end of Monday coming. My daughter said that she was worried and I told her not to be. That the Creator/God was testing us to see how strong and wise and resourceful we can be. She smiled and said, then maybe we should pray for the lottery tomorrow.
OMG, she kills me :)
Momma Bear
Alas, it was not to be.
Today I woke up to zero dollars in my bank account. For anyone who knows my situation, I have been off of work for a little while, trying to rebalance myself. And also to help my son with a routine.
So back to the day from HELL.
I woke up at 0700 hours to get my son ready for school. My bank account was still zero even after the 1,00,000 times I refreshed the page on the internet. I was astonished. What do I do? I called my workplace Health and Safety, and spoke to someone there, and she contacted the City Finance department. They called her back and told her that I had been overpaid, and that they took my pay check as repayment. MY ENTIRE PAYCHECK. I thought to myself, this isnt right.... how can they do this? I don't have any recourse??
So, I called the Finance Department and spoke to the Manager, and she stated again that it was an error that they paid me what they did and they had to recoup their money. Are you serious??? I said all of my pay check, what am I supposed to be living on? She kept fumbling for answers and all I could think about was how am I supposed to pick up my therapy dog for my son in two weeks with no paycheck. CMON, this is insane. Iwon't lie I wanted to punch her face in.
The health and Safety woman called me back again in the afternoon and she said that the City wasn't willing to even give me a partial payment for my paycheck to help me out. That they even said as well that they tried to contact me via phone and that the information they had was not correct. They tried to warn me of this happening. Totally annoying.
I couldn't even breathe, let alone talk on the phone to anyone from crying so much. I was so angry, and all I could think about was, how am I going to pay rent???
And then, the phone call from Jake's school came.
OH my goodness. What else.
Jake had decided today to go into full Nelson meltdown mode, and kick and punch and scream, and swear at everyone. He thought he forgot his hat at home, but i had put it in his backpack.....OMG.
He then got mad about the iPad becuase he wanted it and it was school learning time, and they had to take it away. MELTDOWN.
He then got taken to the Quiet Room, a 10X10 room with one window and nothing in it, and screeamed and yelled and cussed and swore at the teachers, and also gave them the infamous MIDDLE finger. I was absolutely furious! As if the day couldn't get any worse.
It did.
I walked to Leighton's school, to go and pick her up, and she came running out of the school crying. Her and her friend Lily said that the class bully Jazmine decided to punch Leighton in the chest, and Leighton pushed her back to stop a fight. Im standing there, in the school yard, ready to rumble with this bully, and felt like a 10 year old all over again. How dare she? My poor daughter, shes crying, and her face is all red and blotchy. So, we waited for the busses to clear out, and spoke to the VP, and told her what happened. She was shocked. I said don't be, we've been dealing with this for the entire school year.
Me and my mini me walked home, and she asked me if we had any money. I said not to worry about it and how did you know? She said, she over heard my conversation this morning with my work, and she was worried that all of a sudden we would get kicked out of our house, and we couldn't go and get Aramis now. She started to cry again, and almost made me cry, but I held it together, because I just kept thinking I want to go home and sleep the day away. This had to be the worst day ever.
We got home, and the kids went outside to play. Jake came running in, and said "Momma! Come here quick!!! I have a surprise for you!!" I went to the front door, and Jake said "close your eyes", so I did. He handed me a Toonie, and said we went to Miss Anne's house and told her we didn;t have any money so she gave us this for your coffee, cuz we know you'll need it in the morning to help you."
And it was in that moment, I knew. I had been strong for my kids thinking that they needed me to be superwoman, and they were the strong and wise ones that we all needed. My new found Toonie is sitting on my side table, and that coffee tomorrow will be the best damn cup of coffee from McDonalds I can ever imagine because my kids bought it for me.
As for my paycheck, I'm still penniless as they say, but I'm pretty sure I will have it sorted out by the end of Monday coming. My daughter said that she was worried and I told her not to be. That the Creator/God was testing us to see how strong and wise and resourceful we can be. She smiled and said, then maybe we should pray for the lottery tomorrow.
OMG, she kills me :)
Momma Bear
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