Wait.. what?

I wake up this morning by a call from my mother. This isn't uncommon, but today was different for some reason. See, I'm taking a vacation in just over a week, and I'm real excited to do so. There is this pay advance option at the place where I work, and I've done it once or twice before on occasion, and it wasn't any problem. So like any other day, I fill out the necessary forms and wait for either my boss and the office manager to get around to signing it and then I'll get the money and everything will be set.

Well, apparently, it wasn't okay this time for some reason. Back to the phone call. It startles me to hear that my mother is on the verge of tears, and I haven't a clue why. She keeps asking me questions about the dollar amount of how much I was asking for, and other questions. I wanted to know what was wrong. Then it dawns on me. Neither of them signed the request I did, and now my mother is trying to figure out how to get me the money. Doing that makes my heart sink, and tears do form in my eyes. As much as I love my mother, she doesn't make enough to spare that amount of money without being hindered badly in the process. I feel real bad, and I haven't an idea what to do.

It's just.. strange to see that my boss is more than wiling to fork over 1600$ to Molly for a macbook laptop without blinking an eye, even though she already has a computer. Various computers, actually. Granted, Molly is his daughter, I just.. I wasn't even asking for very much, compared to that. Either way, I guess I'll survive. Just makes me look at the people I work with in a different light.