You want to know why I'm happy? Because sometimes things do work out, and sometimes things come around, and don't just go around.

Last night, I got back from a celebratory pint, a relaxing indulgence after a hard week of work. I find a message under my door. I won't go into details, but it's from the people who are letting my room out to me, and basically sayd "You owe us money. Pay up, or we'll find someone else for the room".

I have no money to pay them. That's not to say I have none at all. My two brothers owe me £300 each, I'm waiting on £2,000 of Student Loans payments, but I have nothing available, and they want £680.

With poverty almost certain, I make my way into town to buy some cut-price food, and check my bank on the off-chance that either one of my bros, or the Student Loans Company have paid into my account. I get on the bus into town and fumble through my pockets for the bus ticket

It's not there

I turn to the driver "How much into town?"

"£1.80"

I look in my wallet. There's not £1.80 there. I apologise and go to get off the bus

"Don't worry about it"

"Huh?"

"Just get on, mate, it's OK"

He let me on for free. He didn't have to, but he did, and I'm damn grateful. That made me feel a little better.

So I'm walking through town. Sure enough, my account's still empty. Under my breath, I curse my brothers. I curse them because when they asked for money, I gave it to them, no questions asked. I paid my money into their accounts about 15 minutes after I found out they needed it.

Now I need money, and I'm still waiting for them to pay me back, and have been for months. I'm in financial straits becase I bailed them out of theirs, and they haven't repaid my money, let alone repaid the favour.

I go and buy 4 pizzas from the supermarket for 80p a piece. At least that's not going to make too huge a dent on my unstable finances. Of course, I'm already screwed with the rent.

I walk back. It's about 50 minutes uphill, but I can't afford to shell out for the bus. I get back and fire up my computer. I type "credit cards" into the search engine.

Then I get a call on my phone

"Hey there"

"Hey Bro"

"Martin, how are you, man?"

"Not bad. Listen, I'm sorry I haven't paid you that cash I owe you. I got my loan payments in the other day, but the bank was shut when I went to transfer it"

"That's OK man, don't worry about it..."

"Well, I've got loads now, so I'll pay you on Monday"

"You've got loads? Bro, just on the off-chance, can you spare me some?"

"Shoot"

"Well.... how much do you have to spare?"

"How much do you need"

"Errr... well... I kinda need 680 quid right now. I know you owe me 300, but I need a bit more to pay rent... I don't suppose you could lend me a little bit..."

"Why, how much do you have?"

"I got 20 quid in my account. I owe my housemates 340 at the oment, and another 340 on the 1st of March"

"So you need... what, like another 400 quid. Well, you'll need some for living costs as well"

"Yeah, any chance you could lend me a bit"

"500 quid OK?"

"You can afford that?"

"Well, I think so. there's no point leaving it sitting around in my account when you need it"

"Bro... thanks so much man"

"Hey, you did the same for me, don't worry about it"

And that's it. Problem solved. I can pay these people off, I have some spending money, I don't need to take out a credit card, or a loan or whatever. This massive problem is gone, just like that. It feels fucking incredible.

They say you reap what you sow, but I'm still always amazed every time harvest comes around.