So after two whole weeks of honest work, I finally made my first paycheck! $192.08 of cold hard, computerized cash. Granted that is a horrible paycheck. I make $5.20 an hour working summer hire on a military base in a foreign country. I am 16, so of course I am not going to get a good job. But even for $2 below minimum wage, I can say that I have a job.

Working isn't always the most fun thing in the world, but at least you get money. I used to have to ask my mom for money to go out with friends, or pay for a date. I racked up over $200 dollars in debt in 9 months. So it's good thatI can finally buy what I want to buy, without having to ask for money. I can go out and have fun without worrying about how much I spend.

Now, I am not spending it all as fast as I make it. No, i put half of it into the bank for colledge (a CD that can't be touched until I turn 1 and half of whats left to my mom to pay back that $200 I owe her. And I have to save my last two paychecks for 22% in federal taxes.

So I won't be making a lot this summer, but at least I get something right?