Money? What's That?
When I worked in Boston, I got paid every two weeks. Which was out of the ordinary at the time, because most people were paid every week on Thursday or Friday. Since I was living with my parents and had no special expenses, there was no problem. I remember my mother every Saturday, putting aside money to pay bills if there were any that week, go shopping, and to deposit in the savings account. It was a simple matter to make the money last to the next paycheck, perhaps a little worried on the last day, searching for a lost coin for the bus, but the accounting was pretty straightforward. In Spain practically everyone is paid monthly. Accounting becomes imaginative. At the beginning of the month you are paid one lump sum. It's beautiful to see all that money at once. You start thinking of all you want to buy. It only lasts a half second before you stop. Because now you can pay off the bills that aren't automatically paid through the bank. And what you owe from the end of the mon...