You know you're poor when...

A couple of nights ago, Kayli was hungry and of course I was bailing out of making dinner. She put a couple of Totino pizzas in the oven. Yes, I have a family of six - and yes, I am counting two totino pizzas as dinner. I cut the pizza each into 6 pieces. Me, Lauren, and Madi Mae each had two pieces. I gave Kayli and Jeff three pieces each. We sat down to eat and all of a sudden Madi Mae asked me if I would cut her last piece in half "Cause I am still hungry and want some more pizza". I asked her if one big piece and two little pieces was more than two big pieces. "Of course mom - cause now I have three pieces like Kayli and dad". Oh how I wish that was true.

The story gets better. Today, I ran to the bank to deposit my paycheck. Madi Mae asked if she could bring all of her coins and change them into dollars. She ended up having $5.41 worth of change. We went up to the teller and she gave Madi Mae a $5 bill and then .41 cents. She seemed extremely disappointed to change ALL of her money in for a $5 bill. I tried to convince her that it was just like have 500 pennies and it seemed to work a little. We ended up going to 7-11 to get a drink and she wanted to buy herself a Slurpee. Now this is where it gets good - She got rich just by buying a small Slurpee because she got 4 $1 bills - Yes, lets count them 1 - 2 - 3 - $4. Now that is alot of money. The 7-11 lady gave her tons more money than the lady at the bank. I wish that is really how life truly works.