Viv called me this afternoon. Her car broke down (just stopped running) and she didn't know what to do. In order to skip a bunch of details I'll probably never get right, I'll sum it up. She called her ma, who arranged for a tow truck to take the car to the dealer (I think her ma works for one?), and she's arranged to get Viv a loaner car. Before the tow truck showed up, I went to see if it was something simple. My coworker went too, since it was on his way home and we were leaving at the same time. We couldn't figure it out, other than finding a blown fuse which, when replaced, just blew out again & didn't do anything to fix it. (I was hoping we could fix it cheap & save her some money - no luck.)
So now, car is at the dealer, where they'll probably end up charging her a ton of money she doesn't have (not getting enough hours at her new job) in order to get it going again. This is probably shitty of me, but I have this sinking feeling that she's going to screw me out of money again. She still hasn't paid me a dime for this car (owes me $1650), and whatever they charge for the repairs will either be on credit, or taken as a payroll deduction out of her checks until it's paid off, which will likely take a few/several months. Even when she does start paying for the car (if she does, that is), it'll take another 8+ months to pay it off (based on what she can afford to pay per month).
Maybe I'm a dick, but it's going to be next summer before it's paid for, and I hadn't counted on that. I was going to use the money from that car to pay for parts for the Dodge. Yeah, I know I have money, and yeah, I know she doesn't, being a single mother and working a shit job, but she is where she is today because of the choices she made, not through any fault/responsibility of mine. I could have been an ass & not helped her to get away from an emotionally manipulative, unstable boyfriend by selling the car to someone else, but as it was within my ability to help, I decided I should. Maybe I shouldn't even have gotten involved and let them work their own issues out!?
Fuck it, I'm getting too far afield here. I'm an ass, it's good that I helped, and if I have to write off another debt she owes me, so be it. That'll teach me to get involved in other peoples' lives...
Oh yeah - to top it off, my ankle is getting worse. I tweaked it Mon or Wed this week, and I thought it was getting better, but I'm having trouble walking around right now. I even took half a pain pill tonight, didn't help in the least. It's bad enough that I felt I had to skip my workout tonight, and will probably have to take the rest of the weekend off as well. If I'm out of commission for any length of time because of this, I'm going to be very annoyed. (very annoyed = fucking pissed off!)
Oh, and GRJ still owes me $200. Why the fuck am I so free with my money? Oh, I know, it's because they have nobody else to help them, and I'm a good guy. Or a sucker who's being used. I can't tell which.
I'm going to stop now, before I go off on another tangent.
12:25 a.m. - 2015-08-15
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