Early Morning
A good thing I got out of bed and "jacked-in" this morning, otherwise I would have missed the email from my sister offering my super cheap flights home in March. So my details are winging their way to her right now. I also got to have a brief chat on Skype with my mum. Which makes for an unusual start to the day.
There are many things to do today, but so far I haven't left my bed for longer than it takes to put the kettle on and the rice in the cooker.
1) Go to the City Office and tell them I'm allowed to stay one more year, and that I have a new passport number.
2) Go to Lawson, on the other side of town, and buy a ticket to see Rage Against the Machine in Tokyo next Feb.
3) Build up the bravery to withdraw 9000yen from my account to pay for above ticket.
And all this on top of going to work.
I hate fucking money. Lately I don't seem to have any by the end of the month. I even sat down and analysed my rather anal accounting sheets for the past year, and cannot account for it. (I even made a bloody bar chart so I could see it visually). My spending is no greater lately. And what really annoys me is that worrying about money has suddenly made me quite miserable, which leads to me getting upset about stuff I shouldn't. I haven't got upset over anything since... Blodin died, and that at least was something to get upset about. I think I'm getting rather obsessive about it. Every time I spend money (like 100 yen (or 50p) for a bottle of water) I wince. I allowed myself a night out last night and it came to more than I was expecting. It was the first thing I thought about when I woke up this morning. And of course, I get obsessed with things I need, like a cushion for my new-ish chair at work so I can start sitting up properly; new concealer (yes, this is a necessity - I am scopping old Rimmel concealer out of its pot with a Q-tip because I'm so tight.)
On better topics, I was cheered yesterday to receive an email asking for my "Introducing Laura" poster to be sent to the new school in Yokohama. Looks like the move will be the first weekend of February. I cheered me right up.
There are many things to do today, but so far I haven't left my bed for longer than it takes to put the kettle on and the rice in the cooker.
1) Go to the City Office and tell them I'm allowed to stay one more year, and that I have a new passport number.
2) Go to Lawson, on the other side of town, and buy a ticket to see Rage Against the Machine in Tokyo next Feb.
3) Build up the bravery to withdraw 9000yen from my account to pay for above ticket.
And all this on top of going to work.
I hate fucking money. Lately I don't seem to have any by the end of the month. I even sat down and analysed my rather anal accounting sheets for the past year, and cannot account for it. (I even made a bloody bar chart so I could see it visually). My spending is no greater lately. And what really annoys me is that worrying about money has suddenly made me quite miserable, which leads to me getting upset about stuff I shouldn't. I haven't got upset over anything since... Blodin died, and that at least was something to get upset about. I think I'm getting rather obsessive about it. Every time I spend money (like 100 yen (or 50p) for a bottle of water) I wince. I allowed myself a night out last night and it came to more than I was expecting. It was the first thing I thought about when I woke up this morning. And of course, I get obsessed with things I need, like a cushion for my new-ish chair at work so I can start sitting up properly; new concealer (yes, this is a necessity - I am scopping old Rimmel concealer out of its pot with a Q-tip because I'm so tight.)
On better topics, I was cheered yesterday to receive an email asking for my "Introducing Laura" poster to be sent to the new school in Yokohama. Looks like the move will be the first weekend of February. I cheered me right up.