Jun 06, 2009 18:32
I woke up half way this morning in the middle of dreaming that the reason behind my contract delay was because I was only going to be teaching four classes instead of five next year. At first, this was good, then I realized that that would probably mean that they were going to cut my pay by 20%. So I had trouble getting all the way back asleep, and when I woke for real, I was half-convinced of the pay cut.
Then the mail came, and the assessor had refigured our assessed value of our house, which they started doing automatically last year. Our value is $100K less than last year. That means that, combined with last year, our house is worth about 50% of what we paid for it. Even with our big downpayment, we are officially underwater. The silver lining is that we'll be paying about $1000 less in property taxes this year.
Then I went to crochet group, and only 2 of the 7 who had RSVPed showed up. I was one of the two.
Then Lance and I went to the movie theater, hoping to finally see Star Trek, but it wasn't playing for another hour and a half. Up was playing in 40 minutes, though, so we bought tickets for that. But Up started at 4 PM, which is when matinee prices stop. Seriously.
Up was really fabulous, though I probably cried through about a third of the film. See it, but bring tissues. Some parts are really rough.
Now I have to grade papers for the rest of the night.