I must just really be burned out. I think I’ll take off the Friday before labor day to give myself a 4-day break. I was in bed at 9 last night, and I’m headed to bed tonight at 8pm. I feel exhausted. You can only juggle with so many “I have to” and “I need […]
Had a project get pushed back to me at work today, one of those low priority projects that comes across your desk, you clean up as best you can in a couple passes, and send back out again. It came back in the hands of one of our clients, who had marked it up and
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I went out to lunch with the guys at work today, so I decided not to go to a show or bowling or anything tonight (it’s all a tradeoff. I really needed to get out of the office, and I like hanging out with the guys, but I spent about $5 more than I wanted
I will owe less than $10,000 on my Credit Card (back down to four figures, baby!) I haven’t seen four figures since before I got sick. Mmmm health care and job layoffs, oh my. But I’m actually doing this thing, yo.
To get a decent night’s sleep. And sneak out of the office at 4:30 tomorrow. Then plan my writing schedule for 2008/2009. Again.
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Work weeks when I have big projects due tend to be kind of crappy weeks, yo. I missed both of my workday workouts because of work meetings and was hopped up on too much diet Coke, which meant I was far more jumpy and anxious than usual. Which means I’m not sleeping well. And I’ve
My water and trash bill is $18 less than I budgeted for! I can go bowling next weekend! Being a grownup: not doing what you want to do when you want to do it, but when it makes financial sense to do it.
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I think this is the first month since I started my new budget in January that I actually 1) didn’t come in over budget 2) didn’t put anything on my credit card 3) didn’t go to Chipotle at least once a week (I only had two Chipotle receipts!) Groceries Budget: $350Actual: $347.20Creative accounting: I had
Went over to Steph and the Old Man’s today to help them put together the last of their shelves down in the basement. Learned how to properly use a power drill. They’ve been remodeling their bathroom all week, and using my shower while theirs is out of commission. Their bathroom looks like a real Oakwood