The Raging Tech

A Crazy Moving Weekend Ahead

Yes, I know tomorrow is the Fourth of July, Independence Day here in the United States. And yes, I know it’s probably foolish to move the day afterwards. But gosh darn it, I’m excited about being in my new house.

Verizon sent me the wrong modem. They were supposed to send me a wireless router modem, but instead they sent me a plain, one-port DSL modem. Oh well. My roommate is giving me his wireless router DSL modem, so I’ll probably use that.

Satellite should also be a breeze - I’m just packing up the satellite boxes and taking them with me, the installer will be there on Monday to put the dish up on the new house.

I’m picking up the U-Haul on Saturday morning, and we’ll move everything then, and then probably need to come back to the old house to clean Saturday evening and maybe Sunday afternoon.

A four-day weekend is nice, but it’d be nicer if it wasn’t already planned out with tons of stuff to do! I don’t like moving, but it’ll be nice to get it all done and over with. I am looking forward to sleeping in my own bed in my own house, and spending my evenings after work for a while unpacking and finding places for things.

Maybe I’ll even get to paint in the next month or two. I’m thinking about deep navy blue for the living room with white trim. I need more wall art though. So far I have one painting and just a few posters to decorate with, along with some framed family photos. It’s weird to go from apartment-sized living to a whole house to fill. I will have some furniture, but not a lot. Enough furniture for me, for now at least.

Money Money Money Money… MON-AY

Pay day is both happy and sad for me. I got paid on Wednesday this week. Since my paydays only come once a month, you can imagine how anxious it can make me to wait on it when I’m broke. The reason it’s sad is because that’s also the day I usually pay all my bills. Since I pay all my bills for the month at one time, that’s a huge chunk of my money that gets gone right away.

It’s better than not having the peace of mind that comes from trying to figure out how to make a bill on time to avoid late payments later on in the month. I’m also getting better at not buying too much that I don’t need. I said better, not that I’m good at it yet.

Also, I have a good amount of money pending from sponsored posts and advertisement here on this blog, and that’s helping tremendously. Another thing that’s going to help this month: Economic Stimulus Payment. Woot! That’s an extra 600 bucks that is going to pay for my GMAT and help me if I indeed move in with some friends out of town later in the summer.

I’m hoping to get some debt paid down over the next few months, to free up more of my income for savings and investment. That book I’m still trying to read, Rules for Renegades, is good at encouraging people to set goals and “Get Stuff Done” (your GSD degree instead of your MD or your doctorate). Crazy motivational books, always inspiring me to do stuff.