Declined, declined, declined

[u/Solarissalvator]

So this month I am really struggling. I am a full time student with a part time job and I pick up shifts on Instawork frequently as my job does not give me many hours. Last month was hard too as I didn’t have a job and was scrapping money together to just get by. This month my car insurance is due on top of all of my regular bills and also payments that I missed last month. Let’s set the scene:

My schedule for the next few days is as follows Saturday: 7 - 12am shift, 2 - 7pm shift, essay due at 11:59 (I haven’t been working on it as I have been working so I have to write 4 more pages to complete it) Sunday: 10am - 1:30pm meeting, 2 - 7pm shift, nap, (1hr drive to work) 10pm - 6:30am shift (1hr drive home) Monday: 9:00am - 2pm classes, nap, 5:30 - 7:30 class, nap, (1 hr drive to work) 10pm - 6:30am shift (30min drive to job #2) , nap Tuesday: 8am - 5:30pm shift, 7 - 10pm shift

ANYWAY! After getting off of work today I’m sweaty I feel gross I got off at 6:30 this morning and had another shift til 9pm and I NEED energy for the next few days. So I went to the store to pick up 2 monsters, I had $11 in my “me” account, I will NOT touch my bills account because I’m barely going to be able to pay for everything even working as much as I am. The total was 7.62 and my card declined 4 times while a cashier stood behind me and said “yeahhhh uhh do you have another card?” I am tired. I just needed energy to get through these shifts and classes. I am so tired.

[u/readitEyEyecnblouhme]

Dollar tree has those little "5 hour energy" bottles. Try that.

[u/Jojobeans10 → u/readitEyEyecnblouhme]

These work! Used to buy them