vacation

[communtycard]

my work environment is sometimes pretty cool. usually it's a mass of unrelenting stress combined with fevered activity. it's boring activity, but it's constant and time consuming. so, it comes as a surprise when my boss came and talked with me today telling me that he would like me to go take a vacation. i get two weeks a year with pay, but

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[skreidle]

Man, I just need a job that lets me have $5000 to spare on a vacation.

[communtycard]

i live by myself, haven't bought my own lunch in seven months and i don't spend enough time at home to buy anything. my expenses are food, books, cat toys, bills and rent. the only entertainment i consume are fifteen bucks for warcraft, seventeen bucks for netflix and about twenty bucks a month for that one afternoon i get off to go watch a movie. i've worked every day for eight months with less than five days i didn't go into the office.

it's amazing how much money you end up saving by not having a life.

[skreidle]

That sounds a lot like when I was single, living with Nathan for $650/mo rent (utils incl.), no car payment, and my bills were student loans and a few credit cards; everything auto-debited or auto-mailed, and plenty to spare.

Now, it's mortgage, two car payments, same student loans, consolidation loan for the credit cards, all utilities, cell phones, WoW, food/supplies for dogs/cats/parrots/poultry/ferrets, etc., etc...

[communtycard]

yeah, work takes care of some of the life stuff. like, i can use the at work gym and they give me a cell phone and yadda yadda. i only graduated from law school less than a year ago, so i'm in my student loan grace period and besides which i'm locked in at a super low rate (until like four years from now) and i would end up losing money tax wise if i paid it off before hand. i do save a lot of money...a freakishly large amount of money and it seemed like a good time to spend a little for myself.

i also don't have a car and have no intention of buying a car. or a house for that matter.

[skreidle]

Sigh, I say.

I went to Australia for three months with a previous job, racked up $7K in per diem alone, and paid off the brand new Powerbook I bought before leaving. :]

We used to have gym memberships, but never used 'em. Work provides a cell phone, and previously (for years) okayed personal use, but recently changed that policy, so I had to get my own personal phone; I should've consolidated my student loans years before I did, so I'm locked in at something like 7 or 8%.

Also, no car isn't an option for my current job, and certainly not for where we currently live. :)