Oct. 2nd, 2002 10:13 am
Wacky Wednesdays
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jdotmiOh today is going to be a doozy. I can already tell.
Getting back into the swing of things at work. Back to my normal job, which means lots of online time thankfully. Getting used to using the new ticketing system which I barely got to use before going to work with the QA department for over a month. I'll be going back too at some point. The project I was working on was pushed back a bit because of various issues, not the least of which being it was sucking. I mean, yeah it's great on paper, but there were some serious infrastructure issues causing failures left and right that they dragged in IBM to fix and are holding them accountable for fixing. That will take up to 6 weeks to do. Then, maybe, the actual program will be working. Maybe.
So not used to answering phones anymore. Getting back into it again though. Love my job, it's great, but having to deal with people again is not so great. Hehe. It's not horrible, but it's destined to be strain worthy.
Budgeting so far is going ok. Going to have to see how a couple of months go before I decide if this is going to be hell for me now. I already have this nifty lil savings plan in my head. Going to take out $50 a week in cash from my account. This is the only money I will have to eat out with or buy things that I don't need. Gas and groceries will go on the checkbook, but fluff will come out of my pocket cash. Any cash that I do not use by the end of the week (my week will end on Sundays) will go into a lil envelope in my bedroom. After a few weeks, if I have enough cash in there, I will start a savings account. I'll continue the $50 a week withdrawl from checking, and anything unused at the end of that week will go into a deposit in my savings account. What's this account for, you ask? Simple. It's for when I don't have enough money in my checking account to cover something or when I decide I want to make a big fucking payment on something. If there is some toy or something I just have to have, I'll take some cash out of my $50 for the week and save it seperately until I have enough.
Housework. The bane of my existence. I need to get better at this. Period. I'm tired of living in a pit. I want to not be panicking when I'm having company come over. So. I'm going to make myself a weekly schedule for cleaning. I'm basing it off of what I know my weekdays are like. This week is not going to be done in this order because, in all honesty, I just decided last night I was going to do this. Living Room will be today. Monday: Living Room/Dining Room. Tuesday: BUFFY!!! (if anything gets done it'll be a miracle) Wednesday: Kitchen Thursday: Bathroom. Friday/Saturday/Sunday: anything that winds up getting done. Probably do lots of laundry on weekends. I'm hoping hoping hoping that my Sundays become taken soon. Might get to start gaming again. If not, still would like to hang out with people on Sundays. One day to myself would be so nice. Plus, you know, it's kinda hard to give a good impression to someone if you're place is a total mess and you go all psycho freak on your ex all the time when you talk to them. Not that that last part has anything to do with housework, but hey.
Exercise. I was bad. I missed this morning. Going to make it up when I get home. If my work schedule stays pretty much what it has been, I'll be able to go work out with my friend Diana at the lil gym in her apartment complex. That will be so nice. I can't afford a treadmill at home, otherwise I would be in heaven.
Food. Yesterday I ate more than I wanted to eat. But that dinner was just so good. Having it as my lunch today. I'm going to try varying the things that I eat once I finish off what I have now. Saturdays or Sundays will be my day to do grocery shopping for whatever I need to replenish for my meals. Milk, bread, lunchmeat, cheese, fruits and veggies. I should be set on Pasta for quite a while. We have a shitload. Pasta sauce I should be set on for a couple of weeks at least.
I feel kind of bad for my roomate. For starters, I've been a total asshole to him lately. Yeah, I may be a little entitled based on circumstances, but I think it needs to stop. He's one of my best friends and he's been kinda down. Although, new car has improved his outlook a bit, which is good. It's purty! He got a ZX5 (Focus) which he wanted when he got his ZX3 a couple years back but they didn't make the ZX5 in the US yet. So now he has it and is very happy with his car. I'm very happy with my car too!! In fact, me getting my car convinced him to get his car. :-p Spaz. :-p
Of course, if he doesn't start putting his dishes in the sink when he's done eating I'm going to have to kick his ass. Well, at least his dishes from the living room. And he has my permission to kick my ass when I do the same thing cuz I know I do it too. :-p
Food for the day is getting it's own post. That way you don't have to suffer through it on this one.
Getting back into the swing of things at work. Back to my normal job, which means lots of online time thankfully. Getting used to using the new ticketing system which I barely got to use before going to work with the QA department for over a month. I'll be going back too at some point. The project I was working on was pushed back a bit because of various issues, not the least of which being it was sucking. I mean, yeah it's great on paper, but there were some serious infrastructure issues causing failures left and right that they dragged in IBM to fix and are holding them accountable for fixing. That will take up to 6 weeks to do. Then, maybe, the actual program will be working. Maybe.
So not used to answering phones anymore. Getting back into it again though. Love my job, it's great, but having to deal with people again is not so great. Hehe. It's not horrible, but it's destined to be strain worthy.
Budgeting so far is going ok. Going to have to see how a couple of months go before I decide if this is going to be hell for me now. I already have this nifty lil savings plan in my head. Going to take out $50 a week in cash from my account. This is the only money I will have to eat out with or buy things that I don't need. Gas and groceries will go on the checkbook, but fluff will come out of my pocket cash. Any cash that I do not use by the end of the week (my week will end on Sundays) will go into a lil envelope in my bedroom. After a few weeks, if I have enough cash in there, I will start a savings account. I'll continue the $50 a week withdrawl from checking, and anything unused at the end of that week will go into a deposit in my savings account. What's this account for, you ask? Simple. It's for when I don't have enough money in my checking account to cover something or when I decide I want to make a big fucking payment on something. If there is some toy or something I just have to have, I'll take some cash out of my $50 for the week and save it seperately until I have enough.
Housework. The bane of my existence. I need to get better at this. Period. I'm tired of living in a pit. I want to not be panicking when I'm having company come over. So. I'm going to make myself a weekly schedule for cleaning. I'm basing it off of what I know my weekdays are like. This week is not going to be done in this order because, in all honesty, I just decided last night I was going to do this. Living Room will be today. Monday: Living Room/Dining Room. Tuesday: BUFFY!!! (if anything gets done it'll be a miracle) Wednesday: Kitchen Thursday: Bathroom. Friday/Saturday/Sunday: anything that winds up getting done. Probably do lots of laundry on weekends. I'm hoping hoping hoping that my Sundays become taken soon. Might get to start gaming again. If not, still would like to hang out with people on Sundays. One day to myself would be so nice. Plus, you know, it's kinda hard to give a good impression to someone if you're place is a total mess and you go all psycho freak on your ex all the time when you talk to them. Not that that last part has anything to do with housework, but hey.
Exercise. I was bad. I missed this morning. Going to make it up when I get home. If my work schedule stays pretty much what it has been, I'll be able to go work out with my friend Diana at the lil gym in her apartment complex. That will be so nice. I can't afford a treadmill at home, otherwise I would be in heaven.
Food. Yesterday I ate more than I wanted to eat. But that dinner was just so good. Having it as my lunch today. I'm going to try varying the things that I eat once I finish off what I have now. Saturdays or Sundays will be my day to do grocery shopping for whatever I need to replenish for my meals. Milk, bread, lunchmeat, cheese, fruits and veggies. I should be set on Pasta for quite a while. We have a shitload. Pasta sauce I should be set on for a couple of weeks at least.
I feel kind of bad for my roomate. For starters, I've been a total asshole to him lately. Yeah, I may be a little entitled based on circumstances, but I think it needs to stop. He's one of my best friends and he's been kinda down. Although, new car has improved his outlook a bit, which is good. It's purty! He got a ZX5 (Focus) which he wanted when he got his ZX3 a couple years back but they didn't make the ZX5 in the US yet. So now he has it and is very happy with his car. I'm very happy with my car too!! In fact, me getting my car convinced him to get his car. :-p Spaz. :-p
Of course, if he doesn't start putting his dishes in the sink when he's done eating I'm going to have to kick his ass. Well, at least his dishes from the living room. And he has my permission to kick my ass when I do the same thing cuz I know I do it too. :-p
Food for the day is getting it's own post. That way you don't have to suffer through it on this one.
