more money woes....

i don't know if buying my ticket to london was a good thing after all.
i had a business about 2 years ago. i kept telling nys (new york state) that i didn't have any employees but they still charged me unemployment insurance. fast forward. i owe $1300 for insurance for employees i never had. nys doesn't care.
around the same time, i was on unemployment myself. (how ironic)
the government took out federal taxes but not state and i owe $1100 in taxes on UNEMPLOYMENT benefits that i received.

so................
how about i got a letter in the mail that my wages are going to be garnished for these 2 tax warrants.
i already get $125 taken out in taxes every check. (i get paid per week) + health insurance which is $40 + now $120 for this tax shit + $169 for my student loans every month + rent + utilities + general upkeep (hair, nails, etc) + food.

at the same time, i'm trying to self-publish a book and go to europe.

i'm gonna have start selling something other than books and makeup!

they never said it would be easy
but does it have to be this freakin hard????

honestly, i'm glad i bought my ticket.
even i spent $1000 on the taxes, it still wouldn't be enough.

i'm going to be living off of franks and beans to be able to afford food and such.

#stress.

Scary

I vow to post at least 2 -3 times per week.

I wasn't blogging as much because my life has really been uneventful. I need to make some events happen.

Soooo...I've been a little under the weather this week. I went to the grocery store yesterday and I bought some soup, Theraflu and orange juice. When I checked my balance later on in the day, I was in the negative the amount of money the groceries cost...which was funny because I had more than enough in my account.

I called Chase.
"Oh, Department of Taxation and Finance (IRS) seized the funds in your account because you owe $1027 in taxes.
:-O

Many things ran through my mind...oh my God..my account is frozen. My check is being direct deposited. I'll have no money....

"I won't know more until tomorrow. Call back, ma'am"

I hung up and was a little more than worried. Why the eff would they do this around Christmas time?

Backstory:
Last year, I was on Unemployment. The nice folks at UI did not take out federal taxes even though I opted to have taxes taken out. Apparently, they only take out state and not federal taxes. Oh...the idocy. So.....I ended up owing $900 in taxes. Wouldn't common sense say that if someone is on unemployment benefits, they can't afford to pay $900 in taxes immediately? No. No? Ok. Here's where I effed up at....I pushed it in the back of my mind.

We're in a recession...the federal government is not playing with its money. So, I will call them tomorrow and get a payment plan poppin.

In the meantime, my direct deposit should be available to me as my account is not frozen...
What's messing me up is that...my account is overdrawn, a payment to my gas company was rejected and my phone bill is coming out + i have gifts to buy...i will have little money to work with this week. Crayyyyy....