Being oh so grateful
Aug. 5th, 2012 05:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisAbout 3 hours ago, my electricity blinked and I thought oh fuck. But it recovered. And so far so good. I was ready to end it all if no cool. We broke heat records here today. Happily, this is what my weather program is saying:
I did go to Costco and outside of the heat, it was a lovely trip. I got what I wanted and really not much more. $61. I told the cashier that I did not know you could get out of there from under $100.
Without missing a beat she said 'oh it can be done, but security will probably rough you up some at the door. Just sayin...'
Cracked me up.
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I got another email from my first BFF. She and a woman I went to high school with (and maybe other hs girls) are going to be in Vancouver in the middle of September and she asked if I could come up and meet them one day. And, shocking myself, I said yes.
Wild. But, good. It will be good to get out and do and interesting to see those people.
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I've been spending an enormous time with my finances. I'm trying to figure out what is a reasonable amount to live on. How much will it take for me to have the kind of life I'd like to. Will I have to tighten my belt? More than I want to? Should I really go back to work? Part time? Full time? Really how much do I need?
The Vancouver trip is going to be perfect budget test. Can I go without having to pinch pennies so much that it will take the fun out of it?
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The rest of the afternoon has been TV and knitting - lovely. Chicken and rice for dinner.
Without missing a beat she said 'oh it can be done, but security will probably rough you up some at the door. Just sayin...'
Cracked me up.
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I got another email from my first BFF. She and a woman I went to high school with (and maybe other hs girls) are going to be in Vancouver in the middle of September and she asked if I could come up and meet them one day. And, shocking myself, I said yes.
Wild. But, good. It will be good to get out and do and interesting to see those people.
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I've been spending an enormous time with my finances. I'm trying to figure out what is a reasonable amount to live on. How much will it take for me to have the kind of life I'd like to. Will I have to tighten my belt? More than I want to? Should I really go back to work? Part time? Full time? Really how much do I need?
The Vancouver trip is going to be perfect budget test. Can I go without having to pinch pennies so much that it will take the fun out of it?
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The rest of the afternoon has been TV and knitting - lovely. Chicken and rice for dinner.
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Date: 2012-08-06 03:52 am (UTC)Tomorrow is predicted at "only" 79'F.
I think the biggest issue for me today was the lack of wind. That alone would have made everything so much easier to bear. It didn't get extremely hot inside until about 3-6pm. The one semi-cool room of the entire apartment was the bathroom.