Despite all my best intentions to post more on LJ, the truth is that whenever I sit down at the PC, I usually have at least half a dozen websites to check either because of money issues or this stupid house thing ( Read more... )

Had a long talk today with my mom about my student loan issues. Any talk about them is extremely long because the issues are complicated and there are so many variables. It may cost me a few thousand dollars in the long run, but I think I'm going to wait to reconsolidate back to Direct Loans until my current company drops my interest rate next ( Read more... )

I suppose I need to read more poems, since when I'm writing it seems like I can't get past the first line and a half. Lately I've been reading fiction and biography, which, although enjoyable, doesn't help at all. I finally finished The Sisters Antipodes by Jane Alison and got it back to the library before the overdue fine got any larger. I was ( Read more... )

It doesn't seem like it could possibly be Wednesday still. There has been too much going on, like this week has been going on for way too long. A lot of big things happening at work, several purchases worth several hundred thousand dollars each. There's another big computery-thing they want to buy that will cost $1M. Wow, I've never bought ( Read more... )

This was a very busy weekend, though I didn't expect it to be. David had vacation this week, so we had a very rare Saturday we could spend together. We went to see the greyhounds at the PetSmart, which was fun and I think David liked them. The adoption group is really trying to find a home for Fantasia (she has been at the last 2 Meet and Greets ( Read more... )

A bit of good news yesterday--the boyfriend's job at the newspaper was restored to 40 hrs a week after the company cut everyone's weekly hours to 35. Apparently there is a rival paper moving into the area the boyfriend covers, so he and another employee get their hours bumped back up. Of course, this is a big secret because everyone else's hours ( Read more... )

More money issues. I've been strongly encouraging (trying not to go off the deep end with nagging) David to go in to get pre-approved for a mortgage, since this is a required first step now even to start looking at houses. He keeps putting it off, though now he says he will do it next week when he gets back from the Kentucky Derby trip. I don't ( Read more... )

On Saturday I went to see the greyhounds. They were so cool and pretty, and even the ones newly from the track were sweet and well-mannered. I want one! Cannot get one until I get a house, though. Or if I give up on getting a house and get a bigger apartment. The birds will absolutely need a space away from a dog, and I would very much like to ( Read more... )

In general, I like the Forest Park Public Library. Their website is easy to use, and it is usually faster to both request and receive a book through interlibrary loan than it is to order from Amazon.com. I was not very happy with them last night when I went to pick up a book that was supposed to be on their shelves and apparently went missing ( Read more... )

Although there are a lot of project-oriented things I know I should be working on, I think the most productive thing I did this weekend was sleep a lot. I still think there are a lot of things churning around in my brain, which eats up a lot of energy I could use on practical things, but I hope that while I'm sleeping, I'll work out some of these ( Read more... )