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The good part: Tomorrow is pay day.

The bad part: One week of unpaid vacation + two typhoon days in July = brokenessssss

Holy crap am I going to be broke this month. February is an awful, awful month: a whole week of not working during CNY, and I had to take two sick days.

*brief panic*

...on closer inspection, it might not be so bad? It'll be doable. But I foresee a lot of cup noodles for dinner.

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I signed up for Chinese classes this morning. The potential mood boost from taking action and making some kind of progress in my life here was tempered by the anxiety-inducing feeling of handing over ALL MY MONEY. Seriously; I'd managed to hold onto a fair portion of my last paycheck and was looking forward to ending this month on a less ( Read more... )

The internet guys came to my apartment on Monday. I must have subconsciously been expecting some musty, middle-aged nerd or something? Because I was a little surprised when a young, modestly cute guy knocked on my door. This only added to the embarrassment of not speaking or understanding enough Chinese to be useful and standing around like an ( Read more... )

Huh. My Visa bill this month is a big one--though not the biggest I've ever had--but when I subtract the things I'll be reimbursed for (ridiculously expensive phone for my brother, groceries, $200 plane ticket to Philadelphia), it's the smallest bill I've had in a while by a significant margin. That's kind of...nice ( Read more... )