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i had a good fourth of july weekend. aside from the miserable pouring rain that lasted the entire weekend in CT. i watched a lot of movies and was fast asleep by 10pm every night :) i needed that.
i finally broke down and opened up a bank account in the city, with Bank of America. no more treking to Cohasset to get to the bank or mailing my spinning and babysitting checks to the bank. for the past 4 years it was never a problem to stock-pile my checks and mail them all to the bank, or deposit them when i'd be down on the south shore because it was all "fluff" money. but now that i need that money to help pay my bills, i need to have the money accessible at all times. i'll keep my account open in Cohassett incase i need my mum to deposit money or anything at any time (since she has access to my account there and it's down the street from her house), but my salary and everything else will be going through my new account. i got my new debit card and just have to set up my online banking and then transfer all of my bills and direct deposit over to my new account. sweet!
in other good news i was dreading my electric bill statement this month...figuring that like last summer, it would be well over $100 this month thanks to me having to use the AC every day (it was 85 degrees in my tiny apartment last night at 1130pm even with the AC running on full blast for 5 hours), but my bill is only $76 this month, that's only $30 more than normal...not bad!!!!! i was definitely fearing far worse! i changed every single lightbulb in my entire apartment last month to energy efficient bulbs and i swear that helped cut my electric costs! because last summer my bill was well over $100 and i used my AC far less. sweet!
i'm still awaiting my year-end review. i'm still not happy that after over 4 years (combined) time here i wasn't promoted this year and someone was over me. and i really want to know about transferring. i've made up my mind and i'm moving no matter what. i can find a job in CT even if i work at a gym and teach spinning and train until i can find a design/management position. i'm sure i could always stay with Trav to if i needed to until i had a full-time, salaried, position. but i can't afford to stay here. the rent, bills, cost of living, etc. is too high, my pay is far too low, and i'm drowning. i can make the same money there and spend a whole lot less every month. not to mention working 3 jobs and going non-stop every day from 530am until 1130pm every night is KILLING me. literally. i'm not sleeping, i've been sick for weeks, i'm exhausted, i've lost 8lbs in a month (i swear from stress!) while eating whatever i can find to eat. and it's been almost 2 years of long-distance dating and i can't take the commuting every weekend and getting up at 430am on mondays to drive home from CT, work all day until 530pm, go food shopping and then teach an hour long spin class from 710-810pm, and not get to bed until midnight to get up and teach again on Tuesday at 6am. it's insane. i need to have some work-life balance and i need to be living a little more comfortably (financially) than i currently am. so i've made up my mind. i just PRAY for convienience sake that i can transfer. but i need to know sooner rather than later so that i can make other arrangements if necessary. but there's no point in bringing it up until i have my review and discuss goals for next year.
keep you posted!
i finally broke down and opened up a bank account in the city, with Bank of America. no more treking to Cohasset to get to the bank or mailing my spinning and babysitting checks to the bank. for the past 4 years it was never a problem to stock-pile my checks and mail them all to the bank, or deposit them when i'd be down on the south shore because it was all "fluff" money. but now that i need that money to help pay my bills, i need to have the money accessible at all times. i'll keep my account open in Cohassett incase i need my mum to deposit money or anything at any time (since she has access to my account there and it's down the street from her house), but my salary and everything else will be going through my new account. i got my new debit card and just have to set up my online banking and then transfer all of my bills and direct deposit over to my new account. sweet!
in other good news i was dreading my electric bill statement this month...figuring that like last summer, it would be well over $100 this month thanks to me having to use the AC every day (it was 85 degrees in my tiny apartment last night at 1130pm even with the AC running on full blast for 5 hours), but my bill is only $76 this month, that's only $30 more than normal...not bad!!!!! i was definitely fearing far worse! i changed every single lightbulb in my entire apartment last month to energy efficient bulbs and i swear that helped cut my electric costs! because last summer my bill was well over $100 and i used my AC far less. sweet!
i'm still awaiting my year-end review. i'm still not happy that after over 4 years (combined) time here i wasn't promoted this year and someone was over me. and i really want to know about transferring. i've made up my mind and i'm moving no matter what. i can find a job in CT even if i work at a gym and teach spinning and train until i can find a design/management position. i'm sure i could always stay with Trav to if i needed to until i had a full-time, salaried, position. but i can't afford to stay here. the rent, bills, cost of living, etc. is too high, my pay is far too low, and i'm drowning. i can make the same money there and spend a whole lot less every month. not to mention working 3 jobs and going non-stop every day from 530am until 1130pm every night is KILLING me. literally. i'm not sleeping, i've been sick for weeks, i'm exhausted, i've lost 8lbs in a month (i swear from stress!) while eating whatever i can find to eat. and it's been almost 2 years of long-distance dating and i can't take the commuting every weekend and getting up at 430am on mondays to drive home from CT, work all day until 530pm, go food shopping and then teach an hour long spin class from 710-810pm, and not get to bed until midnight to get up and teach again on Tuesday at 6am. it's insane. i need to have some work-life balance and i need to be living a little more comfortably (financially) than i currently am. so i've made up my mind. i just PRAY for convienience sake that i can transfer. but i need to know sooner rather than later so that i can make other arrangements if necessary. but there's no point in bringing it up until i have my review and discuss goals for next year.
keep you posted!