Christmas present to myself!
So that CD of the Kopit/Yeston Phantom that I orderd again several weeks ago arrived today! Better yet, I still have the money to pay for it! Woohoo!
I had hoped that I would be working, and therefore expecting pay-cheques, by the time the order came in, so that I wouldn't have to feel guilty about buying it. But of course that didn't work out. It does look like I have the job, that's no longer the problem. But because the damned woman has played telephone and email tag with me every step of the freaken way, my ability to actually start the job has been delayed by weeks! She first called me to tell me about the position back in either late September or early October, and she only *just* sent me the forms and packages that I need to register for it last Friday! Plus, she was supposed to have phoned me on Monday to discuss some final details. But she still hasn't! So I probably won't get my first pay-cheque until after Christmas, which really bums! I was really counting on that job, partly so that I could rush out and buy more Phantom tickets before they all sell out, and partly so that I wouldn't have to wait until my Christmas disability cheque comes in and do all my Christmas shopping at the last minute. Oh well. At least if I can get working within the next week or so I'll get pay-cheques starting in January, which will make that month a lot easier than it would be if I had to get through just on my Christmas disability cheque. Mom told me though that one of the newspapers may have accessible work-stations in their subscription sales phoneroom, so I'm going to check that out. Hopefully I can get it lined up for when the contract that I'm waiting on now runs out. I know I won't want to go back to being broke once I've had a taste of earning my own money, especially with Phantom in town!
Anyway, Mom's suggested that I put the Kopit/Yeston Phantom CD under the Christmas tree as a present from her and myself to me, and I think I'll do that. The discipline of having to wait until Christmas day to listen to it will help me not feel so guilty about buying it when we're so tight for Christmas money. It'll help me feel less like I'm taking a self-indulgence out of the Christmas fund. Getting that damned job up and going and being able to expect a pay-cheque would help too though! Grrr!
I had hoped that I would be working, and therefore expecting pay-cheques, by the time the order came in, so that I wouldn't have to feel guilty about buying it. But of course that didn't work out. It does look like I have the job, that's no longer the problem. But because the damned woman has played telephone and email tag with me every step of the freaken way, my ability to actually start the job has been delayed by weeks! She first called me to tell me about the position back in either late September or early October, and she only *just* sent me the forms and packages that I need to register for it last Friday! Plus, she was supposed to have phoned me on Monday to discuss some final details. But she still hasn't! So I probably won't get my first pay-cheque until after Christmas, which really bums! I was really counting on that job, partly so that I could rush out and buy more Phantom tickets before they all sell out, and partly so that I wouldn't have to wait until my Christmas disability cheque comes in and do all my Christmas shopping at the last minute. Oh well. At least if I can get working within the next week or so I'll get pay-cheques starting in January, which will make that month a lot easier than it would be if I had to get through just on my Christmas disability cheque. Mom told me though that one of the newspapers may have accessible work-stations in their subscription sales phoneroom, so I'm going to check that out. Hopefully I can get it lined up for when the contract that I'm waiting on now runs out. I know I won't want to go back to being broke once I've had a taste of earning my own money, especially with Phantom in town!
Anyway, Mom's suggested that I put the Kopit/Yeston Phantom CD under the Christmas tree as a present from her and myself to me, and I think I'll do that. The discipline of having to wait until Christmas day to listen to it will help me not feel so guilty about buying it when we're so tight for Christmas money. It'll help me feel less like I'm taking a self-indulgence out of the Christmas fund. Getting that damned job up and going and being able to expect a pay-cheque would help too though! Grrr!