Right. It may not be IMMEDIATE, but it's still coming, I think. Lots of ppl going to lose their jobs, I fear; and around here? It's mostly construction/factory work - and those are both really unsteady, right now. And these gas prices won't last forever..EVERYTHING'S gonna go up.

I just want to have some sort of backup and preparedness...and I KNOW that my family will have needs, and want to be ready for that. I am SO glad to be the ONLY sibling NOT to have moved back in with my mother, at one point or another. Being self-sufficient helps *slight sarcasm*, too. Hope to God I never have to eat those words.

I am poor; I came UP poor..and, for once in my life? I'm really glad. I live small and can land on my feet. ;)