The Pursuit

There are always turbulent times in every person's life. Most of the time I remain fairly calm when the weather is stormy, but when financial issues are unresolved I lose my cool. Currently I am waiting to hear if I will be hired by a cosmetics company to manage one of their very lucrative accounts downtown. This will be the first job that pays me more than I need to get by. I am hoping that it works out. Not only will it allow me to be challenged by what I do, but I will also have the chance to afford living on my own, and pay down some of my bills. The other issue that is really getting under my skin is the incessant chase after money on my part with others in my life. I pay all the bills for a household of 4. Every month I have to run after 3 roommates to pay me for their portion of the expenses. On top of that, I have to front the money in the interim, making my budgeting very tight until I hunt down the cash from the other 3 contributors. I am very careful with my money, but I cannot say the same for those around me. A friend of mine has me do some work for him from time to time, and I can say that it is a rare occasion that he remembers to pay me without a reminder. Tonight I had talked to him about giving me the cash, and he promised he would get it to me this evening. When I got home it was not there. I called him (yet again) to ask when he could get me the money, and he said maybe tomorrow. Initially he was adamant that I finish the work in a few days, and now I have finished on time but still been waiting for almost 2 weeks for my pay. I think at this point, with waiting for the job offer to be extended to me, I cannot take on any additional projects. If I have to chase my next job, and my 3 roommates, there is no room left to need to chase after others as well. The whole situation is making me unbelievably stressed out. What I can control has to be kept in check.