i are dumb :(

I totally just tried to use my lj client to set an away message in aim :((
I am going to bed way too late

I got a lot done cleaning my room. well okay I guess it wasn't "cleaning" so much as making it more messy but more organized! maybe i'll be done by tomorrow if i'm not too lazy. i work tomorrow in the evening (erm, I think... *checks* yes 3-9 like I thought) and oh yeah I got midsummer night's dream this weekend which I am excited to see, and Chris bought american splendor and big fish which i can't wait to see either, might watch one of those if he comes over this coming weekend.

otakon is soon too! i'm excited for it, i haven't really thought of being excited about it though :) i've been excited about the "soonest happy event coming soon" and something has always been before otakon (including now looking forward to Chris coming up maybe) so i keep forgetting that it is so soon. hotel is all taken care of (super cheap), ride is all taken care of (mom's new van), and yay!! I also have over $200 in the bank still which rocks. Except that I still owe Kendra just under $200 now (200 - (35 + 80) = $185) and I need to give Jared that $80 the next time I have the chance to see him so really I don't have 200 at all, I'm broke. I'll pay Jared asap because he needs that money for Otakon (and in a way that's me paying back Kendra some since she owes him the $80 and we're just chopping it off what I owe her), and then with my first paycheck after Otakon I'll try taking care of another chunk of what I owe Kendra :) Then I'll focus on buying whatever I need for the apartment next year and as soon as I know I'm all set financially until I start getting CPPA paychecks, I'll pay Kendra back (either with what is left of Bombay checks or I'll give her half of both my CPPA paychecks when I get them) and then I'll be PAID UP.

I am just glad that my first experience being "truly" away from home and not in a dorm situation has all utilities included. Dad is going to pay for the apartment until I get my excess checks, and I'll be putting them in the savings account I have (to keep it separate from the money I use and spend) and using it ONLY for rent. I'll split food costs with Chris (much like we have anyway when we went grocery shopping, just now it'll be more stuff and more variety) and of course pay that with CPPA paychecks. I am very lucky with my financial aid right now, especially since we can't afford for Erin to go to Western (dad is actually taking the "bad" loan (meaning you have to immediately pay and it starts adding interest right away) that I'm getting so that he can use the money to pay for Erin's college).

I never really thought of the money I'm getting in grants and loans as "my" money, since dad has been paying for my college (whatever loans do not cover) so in the past excess checks ALWAYS went to him, now they're all mine! Which is a pretty scary thought. It'll probably be the most money I've had in my bank account, ever, and I have to make sure I don't touch it EVER except for rent. (Make it last.)

I wrote way more than I intended to, good night. (this weekend was great, I'm in such a good mood :) it was fun meeting new people and seeing the slide show and of course just hanging out with Chris, and I got some cheap dvds out of it (midsummer night's dream for 9.99 and the two volumes of Gasaraki for $7.99)

"give it a rest girl, take a deep breath girl"

I've had this song in my head for a while. Sooo good <3

Work was good, but I'm exhausted. I spent a lot of time looking for good prices on my computer stuff (figuring out where I want to buy my things, etc) and then before I knew it I had 40 minutes until I had to go to work! I took a quick shower and got dressed then got distracted again so I had to speed-make a lunch and then I RAN to the bus and my legs felt shaky and weak, but I made it to the bus (in fact I had to wait like 3 or 4 minutes once I got there). Work was semi-busy and I was never bored, and there's a new kid named Mike working who seems nice and like a good worker. I hope he doesn't end up taking some of my hours away though! I better stay at my 25 minimum/week.

Anyway... I guess that's all! I don't have a lot to write about. I think Kate is coming over tomorrow morning and we are going to play games and stuff probably... I can't think of anything else to write about. I am happy and in a good mood. Things are good, and this summer isn't seeming as long as the last one, even though the breaks between seeing Chris have been on average much longer (I saw him almost every weekend for a while last summer - I couldn't believe it when I was looking back on it in my journal, I don't remember seeing him nearly that much). I think having 10+ more hours per week than last year at work though has really helped, and being more focused and when I'm bored instantly finding things to do.

I want to start reading again. Maybe I'll start reading at night before bed again.