something profound
It was so goddamn windy today and now there's a whole sandbox worth of dirt in my hair as a result. Good ole Prairie weather.
I test drove three cars today since my lease is up in June. I went for a Chevy Sonic, Hyundai Veloster and a Hyundai Elantra ... hatchback thing. The last one was a suggestion by the salesperson after I wasn't impressed with the Veloster. I kind of super love the Elantra. Now I have to work the price down, perhaps with some assistance of my boss' husband who makes salespeople cry.
It's been one of those times where I'm constantly thinking, "I should update my journal!" but I don't have anything particularly of note to say and I want to wait until I have something a bit more substantial but then it's too late or I want to go to bed or I get distracted and the next thing I know it's fucking April 10th and I only updated three times last month and where the fuck is 2013 going?!
I was sick for a week and out of work for that long. Just a cold but it destroyed my ability to talk and it was all in my sinuses. My dentist found a sinus infection, so that was fun. It was causing SO much pressure and making my teeth ache that I went through a bottle of 100 extra strength generic tylenol in a week. Drugs are fun, yo.
Back on the gym bandwagon, though. I've found I MUCH prefer going in the morning, especially since even though I get off a half hour earlier on the days I have to be at work earlier it still cuts into a lot of my evening time when I get to do things like update my journal and be creative and whatnot. But this week it's been impossible for me to wake up on time to get up for work, let alone at 5:45 to go to the gym for an hour. I prefer the weeks when I stay until 5pm because I save up my Sunday OT and three days a week I go to the gym and arrive at work an hour late.
Work is going well but the money is thin right now for me. My telemarketing hasn't been as strong as the past and while all three of us are suffering, to a point, I think I'm dragging the most. This time last year I was two pay periods ahead and now I can't even get enough commissions together for one current pay. Some of it has to do with the time of year, and some of it has to do with the current economy. Also I HAVE been slacking a bit with my telemarketing so I need to do better, and I AM pulling my bootstraps up, but once you get into a downward slide it's a bit hard to come out of it. The only upside is that when I apply for income assistance for student loan repayments again my income will definitely qualify me for total or near-total coverage so I don't have to pay anything. I've also overpaid my cell phone bill by over $400 so that was surprising and nice.
I'm not in a tizzy over the money thing because I'm still putting money away in my savings bonds and in my ... financial whatzit (I'm an adult, y'all!) and I still have over $5000 in my savings for my "emergency" fund that's become more of my "hey, I need money to buy something cool but useless" pot.
Mom's working now, too, at a hotel and things are progressing quite well on that front. I don't know if she's still actively looking for other jobs right now or if she's content where she is. I know the pay isn't what she wants but she also wants something consistent and easy and that she can do well. She likes the people she's working with and apparently at the last (well, her ONLY) staff meeting a few weeks ago the hotel manager announced he wanted to make her day manager or front desk manager or some shit, I don't know. She was like, "Buzzuh?" Nothing more has been said about that, I don't think, but she's being moved from night shift to day next week and she's getting five shifts a week now. Probably they just want to wait until she's been there for three full months before making anything official. Probationary periods and all that jazz.
Other than all that I've been trucking along, feeling pretty good and enjoying the day-to-day for the most part. I'm still happy, still having moments where I feel completely buoyant by the smallest things. It's wonderful. Been watching my shows and enjoying my bit of fandom, trying to stay away from as much s3 Teen Wolf info as possible and enjoying the shit out of the Vines posted by those chuckleheads.
That's about it, that's where I am right now. How about all of you?
I test drove three cars today since my lease is up in June. I went for a Chevy Sonic, Hyundai Veloster and a Hyundai Elantra ... hatchback thing. The last one was a suggestion by the salesperson after I wasn't impressed with the Veloster. I kind of super love the Elantra. Now I have to work the price down, perhaps with some assistance of my boss' husband who makes salespeople cry.
It's been one of those times where I'm constantly thinking, "I should update my journal!" but I don't have anything particularly of note to say and I want to wait until I have something a bit more substantial but then it's too late or I want to go to bed or I get distracted and the next thing I know it's fucking April 10th and I only updated three times last month and where the fuck is 2013 going?!
I was sick for a week and out of work for that long. Just a cold but it destroyed my ability to talk and it was all in my sinuses. My dentist found a sinus infection, so that was fun. It was causing SO much pressure and making my teeth ache that I went through a bottle of 100 extra strength generic tylenol in a week. Drugs are fun, yo.
Back on the gym bandwagon, though. I've found I MUCH prefer going in the morning, especially since even though I get off a half hour earlier on the days I have to be at work earlier it still cuts into a lot of my evening time when I get to do things like update my journal and be creative and whatnot. But this week it's been impossible for me to wake up on time to get up for work, let alone at 5:45 to go to the gym for an hour. I prefer the weeks when I stay until 5pm because I save up my Sunday OT and three days a week I go to the gym and arrive at work an hour late.
Work is going well but the money is thin right now for me. My telemarketing hasn't been as strong as the past and while all three of us are suffering, to a point, I think I'm dragging the most. This time last year I was two pay periods ahead and now I can't even get enough commissions together for one current pay. Some of it has to do with the time of year, and some of it has to do with the current economy. Also I HAVE been slacking a bit with my telemarketing so I need to do better, and I AM pulling my bootstraps up, but once you get into a downward slide it's a bit hard to come out of it. The only upside is that when I apply for income assistance for student loan repayments again my income will definitely qualify me for total or near-total coverage so I don't have to pay anything. I've also overpaid my cell phone bill by over $400 so that was surprising and nice.
I'm not in a tizzy over the money thing because I'm still putting money away in my savings bonds and in my ... financial whatzit (I'm an adult, y'all!) and I still have over $5000 in my savings for my "emergency" fund that's become more of my "hey, I need money to buy something cool but useless" pot.
Mom's working now, too, at a hotel and things are progressing quite well on that front. I don't know if she's still actively looking for other jobs right now or if she's content where she is. I know the pay isn't what she wants but she also wants something consistent and easy and that she can do well. She likes the people she's working with and apparently at the last (well, her ONLY) staff meeting a few weeks ago the hotel manager announced he wanted to make her day manager or front desk manager or some shit, I don't know. She was like, "Buzzuh?" Nothing more has been said about that, I don't think, but she's being moved from night shift to day next week and she's getting five shifts a week now. Probably they just want to wait until she's been there for three full months before making anything official. Probationary periods and all that jazz.
Other than all that I've been trucking along, feeling pretty good and enjoying the day-to-day for the most part. I'm still happy, still having moments where I feel completely buoyant by the smallest things. It's wonderful. Been watching my shows and enjoying my bit of fandom, trying to stay away from as much s3 Teen Wolf info as possible and enjoying the shit out of the Vines posted by those chuckleheads.
That's about it, that's where I am right now. How about all of you?