Sunday, January 30, 2011

Figuring it out

Over the last few months I've been struggling to come up with a solution to my debt problems. I'm not talking about my student loans or anything big because my wonderful parents have decided to help me with those while I'm away. No what's been weighing so heavily on my shoulder's the last few weeks is my credit cards. You see this came about because despite their many warnings about not counting your chickens before they hatch I thought I had a Peace Corps trip in October in the bag and so after graduating in August I sat on my ass for a month before realizing perhaps that wasn't going to happen and that I needed a job.
So as ya'll know I got two   ( Borders and Resto) and I kept tutoring ( though it was only once a week so it was more of a  hobby. Anyway fast forward to now; last week Resto closed and I worked my last day on Thursday. The week before I narrowly avoided being laid off at Borders by transferring to a store that is closing. The plus side to the transfer is that I'm working way more hours than I ever got at my first store, the downside being that they have no idea when the store will actually be closing. The estimations range from Feb 11 through the end of the month. I'm really hoping for the end of the month.
Now although things weren't great financially it seemed that I was well on my way to paying off my cards back around October/ November and things like store closings wouldn't be an issue. Of course then entered the ghosts of DragonCon aka medical bills. Well those put a huge kink in my plans and are a big reason why I am in the pickle I am in today.
But I believe I have found a way to actually sort all this out and not have to worry about anything preventing me from leaving in March.
I'm going to sell my car.
I really don't want to do it but I think it's the best move I can make.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Make Your Own Lane Day

So when I last left you I was up around DC spending sometime with my grandparents before heading up to see my girlfriend in Leesburg. It was a great time and I'm so glad I took that time off of work. Seeing my family was wonderful all peace corps madness aside. Michelle and I left to go back to Atlanta on Sunday after lunch and would have probably made it back around 1am. Apparently mother nature had other plans much to the delight my actual mother. About 50 miles into GA we ran into blinding snow and had to decide what to do. Luckily an exit that would take us to my moms house was coming up fast so we got off 85 and headed to Athens. It was my first time driving in real snowy conditions but Michelle and I managed to keep level heads and were lucky enough to find ourselves behind a snow plow that lead us straight to the entrance to my mom neighborhood. Aside from figuring out what was going on with work, I spent the next two days watching the Star Trek marathon on SyFy,drinking coffee, playing cards and empire earth, and watch my stepstep dad drive himself crazy with cabin fever since he couldn't go into work. Overall a pretty nice extra vacation but I'm ready to go make some money.


//Star Trek First Contact was the best Next Gen movie...don't forget it

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Getting pushed off the edge

So according to my uncle I suck at this whole blog thing and I suppose he's right. So here's me trying to get a little better at it.

Discoveries over the last few weeks.

While they have gotten progressively better no Spider-Man game has every broken the mediocre barrier. I think an rpg could fix this.
Three Blind Moose is a very crappy wine.
Fade to Black is a pretty good dark beer but it has an almost chocolaty flavor that takes some getting used too.
Fixed Gear is a very good red beer but I should have let it cool before drinking it.
White Russians are great.
Credit cards suck.
I should really stop by a mechanic to see whats up with my tire instead of bartering with it whenever my car starts to shake.
The speed limits around Richmond, VA are way too low...and the police like to enforce them.
Despite what you might have heard Albanians have access to paper, running water, decent food, decent housing, like Americans, aren't located near Russia, have some electricity and even internet access.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011