It’s only Wednesday and I’m itching for it to be Friday. I can’t wait until my paycheck comes in so I can get some bills paid and enjoy a little bit of self-pampering. I’m going to pick out a new uber-cool nail polish and head down to the salon to get my eyebrows done, I’ve let them go for three weeks and even though I’ve been maintaining them myself I’d really like to get them touched up. I’m also going to dye my hair because the gray roots are getting way too freaking long and it’s about time I do something about that.
I’ve already noted on acidgloss.net that I’d like to start doing a little more with my sites and I know I’ve been saying it here for a while but with the way things are going lately I think I’d be able to properly budget my time for a little while so I can actually get something done. Lately I’ve been putting in a lot of overtime at work and being as it’s approved for my department it’s not such a major deal anymore. I’m now doing the Saturday afternoon shift completely by myself. Originally I was alternating with another co-worker but she doesn’t really like coming in on the weekends and noted that she’s not hurting for money as badly as I am right now. Sean is bringing in really good money with a few clients he’s working with but I’m pretty much stuck within the same price-range every two weeks. It’s paying the bills, and that’s all that matters right now.
Over the course of the next few months we’re really going to be skimping and saving just about everywhere we can. We both have agreed that it’s time to move on with our lives and we need to get ourselves into a larger apartment and I really need to have my own car. I set my car budget around $12,000 and that’ll be more than enough to get me a 2007 or 2008 Chevy Cobalt that includes everything that I need in a car at this point in my life… power windows and decent gas mileage to get to and from work. I’m going with a sedan as it will give me a little less to worry about on my car insurance and I’ll have an alarm system to give me even more of a break. There’s also a defensive driving course that I could take to drop things down as well. I’ll take as many deductions as I can at this point of my life. I’m hoping to put about $5,000 to $6,000 aside for a down payment so I’m not stuck with a loan for an extended period of time. It would help me out in the long run considering I’m still paying back my personal loan and all of the credit cards that I’ve managed to max out over the last year.
I’ve been at my current job for over a year and if you didn’t notice it’s put a major damper on just about everything INTERNET related for me. I hardly check my email, and really had no interest in blogging for a very long time. I was dealing with getting used to a 10-7 and that took up just about all of my energy. Now that I’m in a fixed routine with all of that I’m learning to deal with everything else going on in my life.
My best friend passed away in February and that’s really been kicking my ass for the past few months because it was the last thing I’d ever expect. Sean and I were rocky for a little while but now we’re back on course. Bella went through surgery to have the tumor removed from her stomach and a few other things have sprung up over the rest of the year that have had my attention – mainly health related issues with both family members and myself. It’ll all work itself out in the end so I’m not going to get that far into detail about it.
In any event… it’s after 10pm which means it’s past my bed time. I don’t ever actually fall asleep until after 11:30 anyway… but I do try to be in bed so I can get some decent amount of sleep. I’m working on about 5-6 hours a night and I’d really like to sleep for a full 8 hours once in a while. There’s always the weekends I guess… that’s typically when I make up the time. I make up for it more on Sunday than I do on Saturday considering I have to work but either way things are getting done and that’s all that matters.
So yea… I’m still working at the same job… I’m still dealing with my own gripes and issues with life. I’m also hoping to get some time to myself so I can actually start doing something with the sites that I own… it’d be great.