I'm poor because I planned poorly and did stupid on steroids when I was younger. I know this is my fault, and I'm attempting (with little success) to rectify the situation. The big problem I'm facing now is tracking my spending. I'm sure the pie hole is still the biggest hole in the budget. But for me to write a 'budget' then not track my actual spending to categories is only slightly less fictional than a congressional budget. Less fictional because unlike congress (both parties have their favorite 'charity' to be supported with borrowed money) I cannot, and do not send money that I do not have.
Thus some hard words are going to be exchanged again with my mother. Tonight I came in and she announced she is out of heating fuel (it is my responsibility [IDK exactly how that came about] to provide heating fuel) but I have no money because my motorized roller-skate broke and must be either replaced or fixed.
Part of the hard words we are going to have are going to be about her wanting to travel 50+ miles to church (and just guess who is supposed to take her there) if you guessed me, you got it in one. This will be an all day trip, 'cause she wants to see her grandchildren (I do understand that) and visit an evening service while in town. Now I can't shop for anything that needs to stay cool (not that I'm apt to anyway) or much other shopping, 'cause if my mom gets out of the car (Truck) she will be lost in the store and even ignore a page (can you page people any more?) so I of course worry about whether or not she has fallen, left the store, etc. while trying to find her. And because of COVID there aren't even benches to sit on, and my mom refuses to use a store 'motorized cart' to ride around on though I'll hear all about how hard it was for her to get around. Also because the AC doesn't work in the truck I don't want to leave her in the truck, which she refuses to understand.