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Well, the good news is, I love my job- everyone in the office save one is great, I only answer to my boss, I am no longer the lowest rung on the office ladder (a first) and everything I've done is interesting. I still don't want to go to law school (much to Dad's chagrin), but this job will certainly do while I get my grad school applications together and pay for my wedding.
So now the balls have started rolling. Sean and I are apartment-hunting in earnest; we decided we would rent for a year and save up for a bigger down payment and the wedding, which we refuse to let the parents pay for. We could buy, but it would make things tight the first year or so... which is when we need things NOT to be tight. So renting it is. I really, really like an apartment we looked at yesterday, but it is a) more than my parents mortgage on a huge house and b) has an electric stove. Which drives me NUTS. Still, it is a gorgeous apartment, is ten minutes max from my work, about twenty minutes max from Sean's work, in walking distance from Borders, and has ten-foot ceilings. But there are about five more we want to look at, so hopefully we can get these awesome things plus gas and cheaperness somewhere else. Promove helped a lot.
Also car-shopping has been occuring. Dad wants me in a new car in four weeks, when he starts working days again instead of nights, so he can have the Corrolla. I'm 99% sure I'll get a Matrix, the only question is what year. He has been hazy as to how much he is helping out with the car but really, really wants me to have side airbags. Side airbags come standard on NEW Matrix-es (Matrices?), but those are like $19K and there is no way I'm paying $500 a month in car (since I'm off the insurance when I get a car). So there will be talk over Easter roast today as to whether parental help extends only to co-signing the first six months so I get low interest (HONESTLY, my credit union doesn't count my student loans as an open line of credit since I could defer them so long, so my puny credit card qualifies me for 8.7%- I'd rather walk) or actually extends into down-payment territory. I also haven't even gotten a graduation present- I intended to ask for a really nice chaise for my library, but a car would be more practical if less permanent. I'm really, really hoping I find a used one around with the side airbags (which used to be an optional feature)- those are about $5K less. It also turns out that a Pontiac Vibe is literally the same car, all the way down to the speedometer (except for the hideous Pontiac grill), but I need to look into how they are different.
So hopefully I will be out of the house and driving around in my own car soon... the 2 1/2 hour per-day commute is killing me! No wonder Sean has been bitching for six months, and he has flex time.
So now the balls have started rolling. Sean and I are apartment-hunting in earnest; we decided we would rent for a year and save up for a bigger down payment and the wedding, which we refuse to let the parents pay for. We could buy, but it would make things tight the first year or so... which is when we need things NOT to be tight. So renting it is. I really, really like an apartment we looked at yesterday, but it is a) more than my parents mortgage on a huge house and b) has an electric stove. Which drives me NUTS. Still, it is a gorgeous apartment, is ten minutes max from my work, about twenty minutes max from Sean's work, in walking distance from Borders, and has ten-foot ceilings. But there are about five more we want to look at, so hopefully we can get these awesome things plus gas and cheaperness somewhere else. Promove helped a lot.
Also car-shopping has been occuring. Dad wants me in a new car in four weeks, when he starts working days again instead of nights, so he can have the Corrolla. I'm 99% sure I'll get a Matrix, the only question is what year. He has been hazy as to how much he is helping out with the car but really, really wants me to have side airbags. Side airbags come standard on NEW Matrix-es (Matrices?), but those are like $19K and there is no way I'm paying $500 a month in car (since I'm off the insurance when I get a car). So there will be talk over Easter roast today as to whether parental help extends only to co-signing the first six months so I get low interest (HONESTLY, my credit union doesn't count my student loans as an open line of credit since I could defer them so long, so my puny credit card qualifies me for 8.7%- I'd rather walk) or actually extends into down-payment territory. I also haven't even gotten a graduation present- I intended to ask for a really nice chaise for my library, but a car would be more practical if less permanent. I'm really, really hoping I find a used one around with the side airbags (which used to be an optional feature)- those are about $5K less. It also turns out that a Pontiac Vibe is literally the same car, all the way down to the speedometer (except for the hideous Pontiac grill), but I need to look into how they are different.
So hopefully I will be out of the house and driving around in my own car soon... the 2 1/2 hour per-day commute is killing me! No wonder Sean has been bitching for six months, and he has flex time.