Skint

I was talking to a woman in bed last night...nah! Can't go on. I've been working on that line all day though. 

I was, however, tweeting with Rebecca and one of the topics covered was the benefits of blogging, especially to bipolar sufferers.  Rebecca made some valid points and we both vowed to write a post today. Hers can be found here. Check it out.

Now to my end of the bargain. Along with my classy opening sentence, I've also been trying to think of something to write about. Unfortunately, the thing that kept coming to mind was just how broke we are at the moment. I can't really avoid the subject and talk about anything else, even though talking about money is not the done thing and all that.

My wife and I are both off work at the moment, for entirely different reasons, and we are getting sporadic payments from social security and my work. Hopefully my wife's insurance will come to the party ASAP, but being in France means that things, especially paperwork, are never rushed. She's been off work, after an operation, for about 6 weeks now and still we wait...and accumulate missed payments etc. It's starting to get more than a little bit nerve-wracking; as if I didn't need more stress in my life (work, bipolar, strained relationship, bipolar...).

The Good Life

So, we live on the breadline. To be honest, it's a new experience really. Scary? Yes.  Exciting in a perverted sort of way. How can we save money? What can we live without? How am I going to organise the garden this year to get the most out of it? We're OK, don't get me wrong (touch wood the mortgage payment goes through). We have a cosy house (touch wood the mortgage payment goes through) and everything that we need. We just can't go crazy and buy things on a whim. That is not always easy for me because when I'm hypomanic I tend to have an overwhelming desire for some new gadget and am capable of making silly decisions.

There you have it. I feel as though I've bared my soul having spoken about money. But as Rebecca said, it feels good to have actually written about it. Now I just need to keep at this blogging.

Ciao.