$1.37

$3,188.97

The former was the teaser.

The latter was my final paycheck.

It will be in the bank account tomorrow. This amount covers February rent, March rent, and all of the bills left in February. With the buck thirty-seven, after all those payments are made, our bank account will have 78 more cents in it than it does at this moment. (AKA enough for the basic necessities for the next couple of weeks).

Sense. Of. Humor.

Here are the extended ironies that make all of this more entertaining.

This money is only enough to cover rent and expenses. It is not enough to cover a cut-and-run bail-out move back home. (I've been contemplating that the last few days.)

This check was by no means guaranteed. I knew I'd receive a final settlement around this time, but there was the real possibility that I would OWE the company money for repairs on the truck (I've heard enough stories of that happening).

This settlement was not expected until next week. If it had not come this week, the bills due by Friday would not have been paid.

In my mind, I'd been hoping against hope that, at the outside, the check might amount to $3k.

And, finally, LITERALLY just now, as I finished the last sentence, my inbox showed a message for a call-back TODAY before 5pm...wait for it...for a PAYING JOB!

Woot.