The check issued to me bounced today. I almost collapsed while hanging on to my cellphone like a lifeline. Yes, like a —-

l i f e l i n e . . .

I have actually seen this coming… Last month, the tenant of my condo in Manila had told my broker to inform me not to deposit the check issued last month since her account has insufficient funds. D a r n. The lease was one week late. And now, it has happened again…

I am flabbergasted, disappointed, annoyed and irked that the money I was expecting to use for this month is not here. I remembered thanking God for my new tenant who actually signed a one-year least contract with us and has issued one-year worth of lease with 12 post-dated checks. I was happy because it has more or less guaranteed that my children and I will have some income since my darling husband has denied us support. (now that is another entry) More or less… More like less since this has happened last month and again this month.

I feel so hopeless because I am here and the tenant and my unit is in Manila. Hopelessness is a feeling I dread. The immediate effect of economics on myself and the children as soon as we reached Manila after I had decided to leave my husband abroad was devastating. I have learned little by little and sometimes, I think, the hard way, to manage the little money we get for the lease of our family home.

At any rate, the bank has informed my tenant, the check issuer, that her check bounced. She promised to send the rent via Western Union today so this is really a wait and see situation. I am not in a good mood, and the waiting is killing me.

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