Rough patch

I'm afraid that a rough patch of time is coming my way soon. I feel like my car could go about any time. I have to pay 370$ in traffic tickets (from 2 months ago). My car is still not legalized, because we haven't had the money to put it in the shop. I'm worried about getting denied the disability. My wife is having a really tough time right now. She can't sleep and she is up all night almost every night. Things just aren't looking too great right now. The job is still going well and I'm getting used to the hours. School lunches just ended for the summer as well, so I don't have to worry about that for another 3 months. The store was extremely humid yesterday though, and that is a bad sign of days to come. The store is like an oven during the summer apparently. It has a revolving door of problems that I keep having to put band aids on, because I don't have the tools to fix and the handyman is pretty much worthless. The store is old and honestly, I don't know how you could permanently fix anything. My only hope and chance really is to increase sales so much that I can demand some things be bought. But, that takes time. For now I just have to do what I can.

My boss understands and she applauds the job I've done so far. So, that's good at least. I just replaced a tire on my car. The tire wasn't flat but the tread was pretty worn down, but just on the outside of the tire. My front tire rubs pretty bad when going over 40 mph. I took it to Midas and they blamed it on a bubbly tire, but even after I got that replaced it still had the problem. I didn't take it back, cuz I figure they don't know what the hell their talking about. I now believe that Car Mechanics should be a required course in High school. Something that actually helps you in life, as opposed to what X equals in an equation. I love math, but come on. I use simple math daily and I'm guessing that's all anyone else does. Maybe 20% of the population does higher than that for their jobs. Yet algebra and higher maths are required in most high schools. i dunno.

My car has lasted longer than it should have, really. I put it through hell with the jobs I've had and the miles I've driven. I should've been smarter with my money, obviously. There's another class I could've benefited from; money management. What's the next 6 months going to be like if my wife gets denied and can't find some sort of monthly income? I'm a bit scared, honestly.