I am so stressed right now... I feel overwhelmed and exhausted. I woke up to a notification from my bank that I had $0.00 in my checking account. I had to scramble and beg to get enough funds to hold me over until I get paid on Thursday. Why is it so ****ing hard for me to make ends meet? I don't spend money on luxuries, I keep a budget spreadsheet that I update constantly, I make $17/hour full-time. I should not have to beg my family for money. Denver is so ****ing expensive these days and my insurance is a ****ing joke. Over $200 a month. Unfortunately, I need insurance for my meds if for nothing else. I have a lot of shoulder pain, have had it for a week and a half and I've been applying hot, moist compresses as the doc recommended, and it isn't helping. He also suggested I take NSAIDs but as soon as I did I started getting really bad heartburn, so I switched to Tylenol instead. Still not helping. My 10-month-old kitten is lovely and I wouldn't give her up for the world, but she is biting me. A LOT. I keep telling her "NO!" and she still does it. I called the vet to ask what they would suggest I do to discourage her, and they said I should spray her with cold water or flick her on the nose when she does that. I've opted for the spray technique, as I know their noses are quite sensitive and they rely on their olfactory senses a lot. She's mad at me now for having done it. Oh well LOL. She's clearly in her teenage phase right now haha. Work has been god-awful-- one of our automation machines broke down last night, so all those prescriptions had to be filled by hand. It sucked. And today I'm at a station where the equipment is broken. I can hardly contain my excitement. Sorry, I just really needed to get all this off my chest. It's giving me a massive headache.