I’m Getting a Payday Loan

Moving, has it’s financial set-backs

The way I see it, I've earned it. I moved to North Dakota about two years ago. I've moved more than 20 times, and every time it has been a financial set-back. So I expected it. This time, I managed to get a job – granted, a low-paying one – within a few days. But just 16 months later I was laid off. I have a doctorate degree and tons of work experience, but it took me more than six months to find another low-paying job. Still, I made it. And I made it just in time. Real estate taxes are due this week.

I live hand-to-mouth, so it's not saying much to say that I did not incur any debt while I was unemployed. But I did manage to stay in the black. The fun stuff I do is free. I don't spend any money on entertainment. I don't even spend money on the new "necessaries" like television and internet or cell phone service. So I made it through unemployment with my mortgage current and without any of my utilities being cut off. But I made it by the skin of my teeth, and now I'm feeling the effects.

I can pay my real estate taxes, almost to the dollar, with the pay check I'll get today. But I have no financial cushion and all my utility payments are due. Toward the end of my unemployment, I was having to push all my utility payments – gas, electric, phone, water and trash — to the absolute deadline, and now they're all one payment behind and it won't be long before I start getting cut-off notices. ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "I'm Getting a Payday Loan"