Cheque In, Cheque Out!

Yahoo! It's that time of the month again. Yup, all the hard work for the month before finally pays off. You get your pay cheque. Ahh, glorious, really. It's about time too, as the funds are trickling to a standstill.

Alas, the pay cheque in your hands do not count for money until it is banked in. And what a hassle THAT is, especially when it's not a "local cheque", I believe that's the correct term for it. So, it takes 2-3 BUSINESS days to clear, that means, it won't get done on a Saturday, and it DEFINITELY won't get done on a Sunday.

So you wait. And wait..... While your ever depleting wallet feels lighter and lighter and almost non-existent, except for maybe a few flies waiting to come out, like how they so poetically put it in the comic strips. And finally, your bank account has some figures in it.

Ahh..... the sight of digits have never been so fascinating! The zeros are finally in FRONT of the decimal point instead of behind it. Nice! So what do you do? Well, there's that nagging bill that's way past it's due date, credit card bill, phone bill, internet bill, satellite TV bill, electricity bill, water bill, hornbill..... Oh wait, I didn't purchase any pets lately. There you have it, BILLS! Ugh! Which is why you should NEVER call your kids "Bill", there are too many of those already!

But there's always hope after the bills, for it is now time to indulge in things that you could not bear looking at in the last days of the month prior to the pay cheque. A Greatest Hits CD you've been wanting to purchase, a pair of boot-cut jeans, a nice top to go with it, all-you-can-eat buffets and by the time you're done with all that, you've realised that it's not even the middle of the month yet!

That's when you start holding back again, counting every penny for every single thing and before you know it, you're back to the same position you were at last month. And you wonder why there's not enough funds. And so, the cycle begins again, as you wait for the day when another pay cheque arrives. Sigh, it's all Bill's fault, I tell ya!