The Oldest Granddaughter in Mexico needs Money again, they have a hard time making ends meet on just her income and supporting her Two Younger Sisters, Working, going to College, paying now her own Tuition since she didn't get her Scholarship renewed. Her Mom will have some Work on Sunday, so will be able to send something, I'm Tapped Out with an increase in expenses of just about everything, so I can't help very much this time, will send something tho'. If I were doing better Selling at the Antique Mall I could probably send something they Need with no problems, but, our Economy is flatlining and possibly falling off a Cliff in a Freefall, I'm not Optimistic about it, I'm just doing the best I can with what I have and holding the Line.
The Man will be having his 2nd Heart Surgery on the 7th, which is only Four Days away in Real Time, but, by the time this Post Publishes, will have passed. This should Publish around or about the 8th. We're very Hopeful he pulls thru it as well as he did the 1st One done to implant a Stent in a blocked Artery, but, even that was complex for him and very risky, we know this one will be also. All Body Parts crossed, hoping for the Best while preparing for the Worst, you just never know how these things will play out? I have to try to pivot with whatever may happen and still stay above Water financially and emotionally. It's a delicate balance. So much of it beyond my Control so I have to adapt, pivot on the turn of a Dime, make a way.
When I went to pick up the Granddaughter from Work Today they had a Giant Halloween Mechanical Two-Headed Giant Rat for $7, with my Discount it cost me only $5... just hadda have it at that price even tho' the Mechanical Part probably doesn't function anymore, I don't Need it to. I'll keep it inside coz it is a Prop that would be inclement weather sensitive coz it's got Fur and a light Wooden Frame that could get damaged by Water I would suspect. The Heads, Feet, Tail and Scar on it's Body is a light Plastic, also could deteriorate in the Weather, so, I'm putting it inside to display. And it's large, you can see scale by Princess T holding it, it's the size of a fairly large Dog and pretty Scary looking to some people who are Freaked Out by it.
She's almost Saved up enuf for her 1st Vehicle Purchase tho' and that will give her more Options and autonomy to find Work anywhere so she's not reliant on me for her Transportation. I need her Work to be close for obvious reasons. She wants to get enuf of a Deal on a Car that she has Savings in place to pay for several Months worth of Insuring it too. The Monthly Jobs Number isn't looking good and is a serious concern of a lot of Americans, as is the State of the Economy. Doesn't matter if the Stock Market for AI Investors is doing well when most Americans aren't benefitting from that at all and it translates to more Bad News for Average Citizens.
Our Farmers are requiring Big Bailouts, they have Crops they can't Sell to anyone so they're Screwed... and we're also doing a 20 Billion Dollar Deal of Bailing Out Farmers from Argentina who are Selling their Soybeans to China becoz we can't... so American Farmers and American Taxpayers are being doubly screwed over by the Tariffs imposed, it's not Solving anything. It was Bad Policy before, its just Worse Policy now. And just enables the Bigger Grift of this Administration since when other Countries come begging for leniency in the Tariffs imposed they usually leave with Donnie Two Dolls owning a 10% Equity in their Business... so, he's still only interested in lining his own Pockets, not helping Americans or our inflating National Debt under his Leadership.
He spends and wastes Money more than almost anyone ever Historically speaking, which is why he Bankrupted his own Businesses so many times and is working on Bankrupting America. Perhaps even making the American Dollar worthless and collapsing it intentionally, so he can replace it with Crypto & Bitcoin... that he has a big stake in now and can do a lot of questionably shady shit thru the use of? Best way to erase the Debt is to erase the Currency owed... just sayin'. It would take a tectonic shift in the Global Financial System, but it's happened before in the 1920's when the Dollar replaced the Pound as the Global Reserve Currency... and again in the 1970's when we went off the Gold Standard. I'm just speculating on a lot of what could be the reasons for such apparent intentional Bad Decisions being made that otherwise make no Economic Sense whatsoever. And I smell a Giant Rat every time this Regime makes a Play, they're all on The Grift.
Speaking of Giant Rats talking out of both sides of the Mouth or Heads... winks... Below is the Pixs of mine and the Post Title Hook Topic. It's pretty gross and Princess T HATED it and didn't really wanna hold it too long. *LOL* Some of her Co-Workers were actually Scared of it. Above are my articulated Snake Earrings they had too. They had a matching Snake Bracelet the other day and I Passed on it and regret doing so now, coz someone else Scored it. I have kept Purchases down that aren't Essential, I think most people are, and those of us who are Feelin' it in Retail settings since we're Sellers too, know folks have pumped the brakes on spending. I haven't even dared check my Sales for the first Week of this Pay Period yet. Last Pay Period was so abysmal I barely got by without Owing the Mall, even with Selling Product and Working a Shift!!! When I go in to Stores I ask how they're doing and the response is the same everywhere, not great.
I did stock our Pantry and Freezers like I did to get thru Pandemic Shortages. Best Case Scenario it wasn't as necessary, but, I'll still have a supply that cost me less than it will later. Worst Case Scenario, if it's worse than expected I may not have stockpiled enuf? And prices will soar to where a lot of things won't be as affordable and are grossly inflated in price. Gas right now in Arizona has gone way up, almost to Four Bucks a Gallon... about $3.15 is apparently the National Average, we're always higher than the National Average. But some States like Cali are way higher than us. Our reliance of Cali Refineries is why our prices are higher in the West since we have stricter Fuel Standards.
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Happy Autumn... Dawn... The Bohemian
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