i love how GST cheques have the magical ability to show up just when you need them. or you find them hidden in drawers in your bedroom ten days before you get paid and suddenly things don’t seem so bad. or maybe that’s just me… working part-time and going to school hasn’t really allowed for me to live luxuriously or save a ton of money for “the future”. and apartment fires and owing my damn university over $600 didn’t help matters either.
so on june 7th i made a plea to the universe, through my twitter account. “i need a money miracle”, i said, “yesterday”. the universe responded. i had saved up about $550 of the $640 i needed to pay back my school, but a short pay period at the end of may resulted in my desperate need to take back about $100 of that. then — miracle, here — my boss e-mailed me to tell me that i worked over 90 hours for this pay period. i couldn’t believe it. i mean, i know i go in almost every day. but it’s still just part-time. 90 hours? that in itself is a miracle. all my problems were solved. i’d be able to pay carleton that last little bit of money and register for the fourth-year classes that will enable me to be done with school forever.
when i left my apartment for work, i checked the mail. ontario HST cheque. seriously. hundred bucks. just sitting there. in my mailbox. and suddenly i don’t need any of my own money to pay my school. i can pay it all with these stupid cheques. income tax, hst, gst, whatever. i don’t care. it’ll be paid. money miracle, man. money miracle! not to mention that i’ve finally put in enough hours at work to try and get myself back on track.
so…
thanks, twitter. i know that somehow, you had a hand in all of this. you gave me my money miracle right when i asked. i know you couldn’t make it happen “yesterday”, as i’d requested, but that’s okay. you waited a day. so whatever. no big deal. you still came through for me. i don’t credit crappy tax benefits or my own desire to spend every waking moment at the office. i credit you, twitter! thanks, buddy!
you’re the best!!
