I just found out that the move from Tier I Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) to Tier II EUC is not as seamless as the move from regular unemployment benefits to Tier I EUC. Long story short, I didn’t get $407 I was expecting this week. 

Good thing I spent my birthday money on these new tattoos yesterday!

Well now I just feel like an asshole for complaining. What business do I have spending money on frivolous things when I’m on unemployment and it’s true, I really don’t. For the past year I have spent any extra money I come into on bills or things for my son but I thought this one time it would be okay to treat myself. I was instructed by the bearer of the gift that it was for tattoos. Otherwise they would have spent the money ordering me parts for my bike. Yeah I just went to Omaha but the high price of gold and an old wedding band funded that tank of gas, two sushi rolls and some diet cokes. Yeah my water just got shut off and I’m terrible with money. Yeah I saved $10 a week for a few weeks to go to an amusement park. Yeah, yeah, I know…this is what I get. It’s what I deserve.