What do I have to do to get some money in my hands?

You know what I love about this world?

There's absolutely no shortage of people who want to take your money, but precious few who want to give it to you, even when it's rightfully yours. The pinnacle of human creativity is the million and one ways that people devise to get out of giving you anything.

I'm going out of my mind trying to get together some amount of money to give to the landlord for this month's rent. I don't think we're going to break even on that.

We applied for unemployment benefits. No can do--because we left voluntarily. And they waited almost a month to tell us.

Then I put several things on eBay. Notably, I successfully sold my Nikon D80 camera body for just over $500. The winning bidder immediately sent me my payment via PayPal. Great. Only PayPal won't let me get it until they have proof that the camera was shipped and delivered and the bidder gives me a positive feedback, or 21 days without incident, whichever comes first. So far the only money I've actually received is $50. For my beloved Hammond M-111, which (including the Leslie connector) kit I invested about $250 in. My Leslie, which I paid over $800 for alost 10 years ago, is languishing at $305 with 1 day left--$150 short of my reserve price. Cherie was right. Either I paid too much to buy these items, or I'm getting screwed.

We were hired for our new jobs last Tuesday. We don't start training until Monday. I can't expect my first paycheck until at least two weeks after that.

Meanwhile the bills keep on coming.