dreamt that Jen and I were at Andrew's wedding, only it was in a
hotel room. Jen and I were sitting on the bed, wearing tuxedos w/ bow
ties & stuff. Andrew was in the bed with us, we were talking and
goofing around. Finally Jen or I told him to fasten his tie and go
get married. We sat on the bed and watched the ceremony, a big crowd
of people on the other side of the room. Don't have a clue what that
may have meant.
Also some kind of wierdness about buying a bus ticket to take us back
to the airport, and then remembering that I had a rental car and the
rental company would take us to the airport.
I wonder if I should send Andrew a note...*sigh* or just let him go.
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Taurus
Horoscope (by astrocenter.com)
Information received from others proves encouraging, dear Taurus, as
it inspires you to gird up your loins, get focused on your goals and
move towards them. Although these goals may seem more difficult to
reach you'll realize today that they are as attainable as any others
and have the force of will to sit down and formulate a workable plan
of action. Go for it!
Gemini
Horoscope (by astrocenter.com)
Hidden resources, of which you might not have been aware, could come
to light today, dear Gemini, enabling you to put them to work for
you. Family members could be of assistance in some way. You're likely
to feel more in control of your universe and, therefore, are more
focused on goals, desires, spiritual studies, or whatever means the
most to you. This is definitely the time to get focused and get
moving. Go to it!
Dune: House Harkonnen, Brian Herbert & Kevin J Anderson
Pride of Kings, Judith Tarr
Tipping the Velvet, Sarah Waters
The Guerilla gt credit repair, Todd Bierman & Nathaniel Wice
How to get out of debt, stay out of debt, & live prosperously,
Jerrold Mundis
The Boyfriend School, Sarah Bird
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My books to read list got shorter--a couple of these were on my list
and not random choices.
Jen has a chance at a cool job--writing for an event planning
business. Sounds very cool. PT gig, so she can work in a restaurant
and/or continue to stage for free if she feels like it.
Stagnant here. I can't believe I got my 5 year recognition thingy
already. :( Might as well just lay down and die right fucking now.
The rest of my life is going to be more of the same, perhaps
occasionally broken up with trips to Vegas. *sigh* I am going to be
Aunt L whether I like it or not.
Speaking of Vegas, there's a trip for 2 the weekend before Xmas for
less than $850--that's air, hotel, etc. I want to see O. Tom, of
course, won't go for it. Or he will waffle until the good price is
gone. Or else he'll say OK and I'll end up paying for everything and
he won't offer to pay me back. Feh.
Well...it's been a rough couple of days for my little
brain/heart/thingy. Got my 5 year certificate and the little booklet
of goodies I can pick out from the Capital gift shop to commemorate
my five years of service. 5 years of my life wasted, flushed, made
into sewage, by working in this soul-sucking bureaucrazy.
It's been depressing.
I was checking out gyms around town to see who has what, who has the
best hours, bla bla, and the gym that used to be the Q is now a '24
hour fitness' with sauna, hot tub, pool, classes, etc. Further
delving in their web site showed that they are hiring receptionist
(s?) Sent the posting to Andrea, since she is looking for a job. I am
a meddler, let's face it. I'm sure I am trying to be helpful, but I'm
equally sure it's seen as poking in where I don't belong, being a
know-it-all, trying to run her life, bla bla.
So...anyway, I started thinking about taking my 'career' down a
notch. If I quit TWC, I can get my retirement fund in a lump sum.
With the lump sum, I can pay my credit card debts to zero.
Then my monthly expenses will look something like this:
Electricity/utils: $300
Gas/utils: $20
Car: $360
Cell phone $50
Groceries: $300
So...call it a grand for essentials.
If I put in for this receptionist position, I'd ask for $15 an hour
but settle for $12. After taxes that would be about $1300 coming home
every month. With no credit card bills, that's $300 every month of
disposable income. Not bad. And if the hours/days were non-
traditional, I could hold down another part time job, or spend more
time with Magpies, or whatever.
What does TWC give me? Well, I've got medical insurance. Which is
good if I am catastrophically ill. But for the day-to-day stuff, not
really that necessary. But my medical insurance doesn't cover my
dental or optical, and optical is my biggest health expense. I can go
to Planned Parenthood for my annuals and my Depo Provera for a
reasonable cost, and that's my only regular health expense.
Job security? feh...important. But not essential, esp. if I dont'
have thousands of dollars of debt hanging over my head. With an
extra $300 every month, I could put some of that away and start
making a cushion for myself. After a suitable cushion is made, I can
start thinking about retirement investments.
So...I am basically going to put myself on sale. I will take a
smaller job, less money, to get the fuck out of where I am and do
something that is better for my soul/health/happiness. If I can get
$15 an hour, great, but without those debts over my head, I don't
need that much. It would just be nice to have.
I am going to check with ERS and see if there is a way to withdraw my
retirement fund without quitting. Pay debts to zero, then keep
working & socking a LOT away. That's another thought that occurred to
me. There is no point in having 8-9 grand earning 3-5% interest when
I have a debt of 8-9 grand at 9-13% interest. And even if there's
some kind of penalty for withdrawing the retirement money, I will
probably come out ahead. I will check into that and see. Also
possibly call my accountant and ask what he thinks. Not that it's a
Magpies thing. But...he might be able to help me minimize the penalty
factor.
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