Disclaimer: I haven’t done any research on this. But this morning, on the radio, I heard about a planned redesign for the $5 bill. In addition to some other changes, they are making one of the numerals bigger and darker - purple, actually. This is explicitly for people with visual impairments. This is a good idea, but what about blind people? As in, people who cannot see a 5 no matter how big and purple you make it? In Canada, there is Braille on money! Sure, blind people in America can use an embosser to mark their cash, and I hear the grain is different on different denominations, but why are we making some concessions to a disability instead of solving the problem?

I am stressed out right now because I have no money. I mailed $2600 worth of checks to my bank a couple of weeks ago, and they still haven’t shown up. They were mailed to an old address, but they still should have gotten there by now. There was a return address label on the envelope, so if they couldn’t be delivered they should have come back. They all had “For Deposit Only” on the back, along with my bank name and account number. I just don’t understand where they are. I’ve borrowed $2500 from A over the past couple of weeks because I have no money. I’ve overdrawn my account twice ($18 fee each time) which is something I’ve never done before. Maybe this school thing isn’t all it’s cracked up to be if I have no money. I’m trying not to touch my other account, because it’s for school tuition, but I owe A so much and it’s going to take a while to make it up. I worked last week, my office is closed next week, and I’m going to work the first week of January but then we are going to Los Angeles and then I go back to school. It’s just not enough. I could cry.