After reading through that last entry, I realized something.
It's absolutely amazing how much things can change in three month's time. Three months ago, I was geared up to buy a house - I was in pretty good shape financially, the only thing missing was a sizable down payment but I had that all figured out and would have been set within two month's time. Between then and now I had to turn to my old enemy, the credit card, to take care of some things around the house for The Mom. I didn't really want to, but it was an emergency and she didn't have the resources to handle it. Following that, I had to hit Mr. Credit Card again for a huge chunk of change for a horrendously miserable situation.
Credit-wise, I'm done as far as owning a home goes. My debt to income ratio is now too high for me to get a mortgage. Due to another aspect of the horrendously miserable situation, I'm back to living paycheck to paycheck - something I haven't had to do in quite awhile. Which is another nail in the coffin of me getting a house.
Yeah, I'm complaining. But I was so damn close to being in my own home that I think I'm entitled. And for you naysayers - yeah, I had to resort to credit card usage for both problems. Believe me, I didn't want to and I tried to find other options, but I had none.
In three months, I went from being on top of the world to having everything come crashing down on me.
Amazing.
Simply amazing.
