Italy Next Year?
I was looking at Road Scholar's Independent Trip to Florence for next year, but you can also add an Independent Trip to Venice as well with a train trip. I want to go to Florence in Mom's honor, but I would really, really like to see Venice. So hmm. I emailed my boss and asked her if there would be better or worse times to travel next year because we're bringing on a bunch of libraries. I really want to take this trip. Bummer. They aren't syncing up the Florence and Venice trips next year. I'd have to do The Best of Italy: Rome, Florence, and Venice.
I was looking at when student loan payments resume, and it looks like this summer. I'm planning on sticking a bunch of money in a separate checking account and putting it on automatic payment. That way, I'll be certain to pay on time, which is necessary for loan forgiveness. I decided to get my student loans set up because the sooner that I pay enough for forgiveness, the sooner I can retire. So I applied for an income-based repayment plan and transferred some money to my Capital One account, which will be my student loan account. I'm also paying off some other debts.
Oh ugh. It's raining. I guess the grass won't get mowed today. The rain seems to be pouring off the gutters, so I need to get them cleaned sooner rather than later.
Zara is being a manic panic cat. Yeah, they're feeling at home.
My Italian teacher moved the lesson later, so I have time to nap and still study Italian. Awesome. I couldn't sleep very well, so I got up.
Oh great. We've got ants. I killed them but there's probably more where they came from. I guess that I need to clean the kitchen tonight.
Italian went well.
I'm looking at the Amazon Kindle Scribe that susandennis mentioned. I'm seriously considering it for programming books, but I'd like to trade my Kindle Fire for 20% off. The Kindle Fire, of course, is in a box in Urbana. Huh. I'm also pondering how much memory I should get. I have a ton of books on my Kindle Fire, but my Kindle Fire is only 16 GB. Okay, I bid on a used one on eBay, my favorite bargain-hunting place. I won it (64 GB with a cover).
Speaking of which, I got a Fitbit Sense 2 for $100 off on eBay. I like it but I'm still learning about the things that it can do. And the watch band doesn't fall off, which was the problem with the Charge 4.
Cantonese was really difficult. That shouldn't surprise me; it's the most difficult language for English speakers. My brain feels like it's going to explode. Hmm, I want to order some Dim Sum for tomorrow because we were talking about Dim Sum. Okay, I ordered Dim Sum for pickup tomorrow night.
I'm thinking of going to sleep and getting up early. After I feed the cats, that is. Zara is on my lap to remind me :)