No, it's good. It's really good. I hope that someday I can get to that point.
Well, I'm really, really cheap, and I only eat out once or twice a week. So that probably does it.
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
'Time Bomb'
Spike's Bitches 35: We Got a History
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Polter-Cow - Mar 22, 2007 3:18:07 pm PDT #1967 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Pix - Mar 22, 2007 3:18:20 pm PDT #1968 of 10003
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Cash, yeah. It's this fun thing that's been going around--it starts as fatigue and sniffles, turns into a nasty sore throat, and then becomes full-on congestion, cough, headache and general misery. I'm at the fatigue (just woke up from a three-hour nap and am still tired) and sniffles phase. We do have Cold-Eeze, so I'll start sucking on those too.
Well, I'm really, really cheap, and I only eat out once or twice a week. So that probably does it.
Well, sweetie...no, your salary is what probably does it. And the lack of other expenses, which rocks.
Cashmere - Mar 22, 2007 3:18:42 pm PDT #1969 of 10003
Now tagless for your comfort.
btw, I still have your tookies.
Mmm...tookies. I'll shoot you an email presently.
Hil R. - Mar 22, 2007 3:27:26 pm PDT #1970 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I've got a bunch of money saved, but I'm really not entirely sure how. Income minus rent each month of the school year comes to about $750. Some of that goes to food, probably way too much goes to books, and I guess I really just don't have that many other expenses. I usually end up going through a lot of my savings each summer, though, since I'll usually have at least one month then with no income.
Pix - Mar 22, 2007 3:33:21 pm PDT #1971 of 10003
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I really didn't mean to come off as a stone bitch here, and I feel like I did. I'm sorry, P-C. My financial angst has nothing to do with you. This is all my baggage.
To be fair to myself, I do have great retirement savings since I've been squirreling away a little bit every paycheck since I got my first job--I just have enough expenses each month that I'm pretty much paycheck-to-paycheck beyond that. It's is my own fault for choosing a career and a city that leads to scraping by.
Polter-Cow - Mar 22, 2007 3:41:22 pm PDT #1972 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Thanks, Kristin. It's okay. There's no fault in being a teacher. That's just who you are, and the world is better for it.
sj - Mar 22, 2007 3:45:51 pm PDT #1973 of 10003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Nicole, insent.
Fred Pete - Mar 22, 2007 3:46:40 pm PDT #1974 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
I'm eligible to retire (regular retirement) in September 2018. My goal is to be financially able to do so. Hubs, same except change "September 2018" to "July 2019."
Only advice I have for P-C is (1) at some point, enjoy yourself because there's no point in living like a pauper to have a little more socked away, and (2) also at some point, saving does become investing (and a short-term bond mutual fund is a good first investment if you're nervous about taking on too much risk).
Polter-Cow - Mar 22, 2007 3:54:10 pm PDT #1975 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
at some point, enjoy yourself because there's no point in living like a pauper to have a little more socked away
The way I basically live is that I justify certain splurges by the fact that I've scrimped on everything else. I do know that I can afford to spend more than I do, so occasionally, I remind myself of that fact and do it.
also at some point, saving does become investing (and a short-term bond mutual fund is a good first investment if you're nervous about taking on too much risk).
Yeah, I need to figure out how to invest or something. Right now, it's just sitting in the ING account, which isn't bad, since it's making decent interest (4.5%).
Amy - Mar 22, 2007 3:54:23 pm PDT #1976 of 10003
Because books.
{{{Kristin}}} Believe me, I so understand. I'm sitting in the can't-remotely-handle-money corner with JZ.
New plan - get Polter-Cow's big piles of money to AmyLiz and Tep (and Cass and MM)...
I'm AmyLiz, and I approve this plan.
P-C's on board, even! Right? RIGHT?!