One very good point in my life is a gift from my beloved grandmother who passed a few years ago. Her estate has been settled and I have a trust fund which has a 20 year hold on it.I am able to collect the dividend checks every 3 months which total around $1500.00. Not a lot of money but an extra $500.00 I basically figure into my budget plan each month. $100 of it has to go to a lifetime perscription each month.(Panic Attacks....wonder why, huh?) The local schools usually call about 4 days a week for substituting, and I make a small but irregular income babysitting my new grandson just about every free minute I have.My daughter leaves at 5:00pm at night and usually is not home until 4:00pm in the morning....breakfast with co-workers after work! Then she needs her 8 hours sleep. Now that school has started I can't be there during the day so the babysitting income will mostly go to a girl who comes in.This is actually a small blessing as she will have to learn to pay up each week..not like with dear mom. Another blessing is that "Jack" is just about the best baby one could ask for. He lives by a schedule you can count on (thank you very much) and is just about the happiest baby ever! It's been hard to juggle everyone's demands on my time. I've indulged everyone's whims too much trying to help! My main concerns are income and savings. It will be hard but I need to work, pay my own expenses, and still keep house, cook and help babysit when possible. Needless to say, the house won't be spotless and dinners won't be from scratch every night and darling daughter will have to come home straight from work and be available to take over the care of her her son at a more reasonable time.

I'm going to list my expenses tomorrow according to priority and figure money on a sliding scale to pay the husband figure for "household" expenses ect.. Bought a new bottle of Rapid Release Tylenol today and hid it in my desk. I'm sure I'll need it.