Feb. 20, 2008

The moon was so bright tonight. Laura was loading up her car and I noticed it. Being the amateur photographer that I am, of course the gazillion pictures I took didn't do it justice. This one came the closest. It's still kind of dull. Still pretty though.

The other day I was driving around town looking for rent signs, and ended up over by work. There is a small complex within spitting distance from work, so I called and they had a 1 bedroom. The next day I went by to look at it. The rent is very decent, and I won't likely find one close to that price again. The only bad thing is that once I got home and worked out a budget, all my money was sucked down the drain, and that was before groceries and gas was figured in. Dad walked in the house about the time I was going crazy, and he thought about it while he went walking. When he came back, he said he'd had an epiphany. Here's our plan: for the next 3 months, I'll start paying dad the same bills I would have to pay if I moved out; rent, bills, etc. After that, I'll have to budget what's left over and make sure I can still pay other bills (car note, insurance) and survive. Dad's thinking is the worst thing I can do is sign a lease on a place, and then realize two months into it that I can't afford it. Then I'm screwed. So, I'll do this, and after 3 months we'll re-evaluate and see how my budget is. If I can afford it, I'll get back all the money I've been paying dad, and that will go towards either putting a big dent in school loans, or putting it all up in a CD or something. We'll see what happens!


In other news, Laura came home last night, but she had to leave tonight. It was last minute. She got an email from one of her teachers that she had a meeting in the morning. But she brought the pooch, so we all got to see the newest member of the family. He's quite entertaining!

I need to reschedule my appointment with the ENT sometime soon. I'm starting to get a scratchy throat and my eyes have been itching too. I had pink eye a few weeks ago, so whenever my eyes act up I immediately think pink eye, but I think it's just allergies this time. I haven't even been around pink eye recently, so.

This week has not started off all that great for me! I went to work Monday, only to leave after an hour. I felt like poo! Just one of those blah days I suppose. Since I was right there at work still, that's when I went to look at the apartment, then came home and proceeded to get depressed. Then today, I was supposed to be at work at 7, and sure enough I woke up at 6:50. If it was a schoolday, I would've just thrown on some clothes and not given it a second thought, but I have to look somewhat presentable, so I had to take a quick shower and get dressed. I got to work by 7:35, but the stupid computer wouldn't take my password and I had to call to get that changed. Then I spilled coffee all over my cubicle, and then one of my first calls cussed me out. Just lovely! They day slowly got better, and I at least was able to leave at 3:30. Went out to eat with some friends, and had a good time. Some weren't able to make it due to a very fussy 3 month old. Gas bubbles sure do hurt at that age!

Anyway, more to come...