They Took It All Away

My very first post here was about wage garnishment — the garnishment of my wages, that is.

I was told by my manager, “Of course, we’re not going to take it all at once!” And of course they did. I opened my paystub and the take home pay was $0. Budget that for bills, groceries, and even gas money. How could anyone have any rights to take one’s entire pay away???

The kids were about to start school and we needed to get school supplies, shoes and clothes for them. The car payment was due. So was the mortgage.

We made it through that bleak two-week period, but barely. I explained the circumstances to the kids (teens, really) and they were not happy but they understood. School supply shopping was transformed to “Mom, can I get this? It’s really cool!” to a bargain-hunting exercise. Personally, I think it did them good. The car and the house aren’t paid yet, however. It is too bad I am going to be paying late fees for those.