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| Tue, 07-26-2005 - 8:32am |
I am home sick from work. I started feeling poorly after WORK ON SUNDAY. And, no, there were no donuts. A couple people out of the goodness of their hearts brought in some cookies and coffee. I felt like a prisoner waiting for the whole process I was working on to get completed. 7 and a half hours, no lunchbreak...ON A SUNDAY!!!! No compensation...I guess this is one of those things I have to do so they don't outsource my job.......???
So, I will be seeing the doctor today which will be the first trnasaction against my new health plan. I am so happy to not be paying for COBRA on top of having to pay for the doctor visits, etc......and I even have a healthcare spending accoutn now, so I am feeling positive about this aspect of my financial life.
I was too sick to go to a happy hour event for work yesterday which I really didn't want to go to....so I saved a few bucks on that.
My SO is finally getting on board with the idea of SAVING for a home. We have a LONG way to go before anything can happen with an actual purchase. We were talking about a weekend getaway, and then he started ro realize that maybe if we stayed closer to home, did daytrips that are cheaper, that we could start saving for the house because if we had money to blow on a vacation, couldn't it be saved/spent on a house instead? It was one of those things where I HAVE TO WAIT FOR HIM TO THINK IT IS HIS IDEA UNTIL HE'LL DO IT!!!!!!!!! (And I am SURE many of you know what I mean and have experienced this, too) Well, I still haven't seen him with a cent towards the house, but the thought is in place. I was secretly worrying that he was thinking I'd put more money up towards it, and he'd just sort of expect me to be the main contributor towards this. (In the past, I'd be nice and pay more for a dinner out(usually we go dutch), usually towards the tip, and after a while, I got sick of doing this, and he was a bit surprised when I'd tell him he had not paid enough for his meal with tip.....now he's better, but his whole family has this habit of living off other people. He says he doesn't want to live like that, but sometimes I think I see the tendency there. When I do, I say NO. I think this was wriiten worse than it is, but you know what I mean)
I get paid on Friday, but the check is spent again. Rent takes a gigantic chunk out of the budget, and in the autumn, it will be $50 more. Prices are going up here like CRAZY, and I am feeling the bite more and more every week. More bills are rolling in right now, too, like the car insurance....so finding extra cash right now for snowflaking is getting tough....I'm going to survive, however.
I did something rather interesting for MYSELF this week: I took 2 out of my 3 credit cards OUT OF MY PURSE, and I have not died. I don't really need them in there. Less to keep track of.
Well, going to call the doctor now. I think this is a sinus infection. UGH!!!!!!! Littlesbigs
