It's too pretty to be grumpy, but i am
Aug. 5th, 2009 01:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wendyzskiIt's in the low 80s and sunny with a light breeze. I just spent my lunch half-hour sitting in the sun on Wacker along the river.
It's been a grumpy week for me. Work stress is pretty high - we're moving to a smaller suite at the end of the month and I'm juggling contractors and schedules. He's still more focused on where he will hang his posters and I'm more concerned with having working phones and computers and possibly being able to fit all our files. As soon as people get back from their lunch I'll be spending most of the afternoon in the basement storage room, reorganizing things AGAIN! sigh.
In addition to being an emotional blow, not doing MiRF is a financial one too. That's a nice chunk of change that I won't have, and added to my not getting a raise yet things are REALLY tight financially for me. I'm spending more than 50% of my income on housing now, so add bills and there is pretty much nothing to spare. My condo insurance premiums went up by almost 30% this time, so I called and said "something has to give". I understand that things go up, but I need to get those back down so either deductible will have to go up or coverage will have to come down for a while. I whined a bit to my mom on IM today - so while it may not be very festive - at this point grocery store gift cards sound like a really good birthday present.
Speaking of bills, ComEd FINALLY started billing me for the correct electric meter. You know, the thing I've been telling them since last October? Good news is that they are only going back 6 months - bad news is that they just sent me a "current bill" - without any kind of detail as to what was debited/credited to my account for what. I'm pretty sure that in general now the billing is correct (and glad that I put that $200 in there from my tax refund) but I still want everything in writing from them - I think we're in the ballpark but we may be off by something between $8-$13 because I may have been charged the "delivery charge" for both meters one month. So it's nice to have that "other shoe" of some unknown bill hanging over my head, it's irritating that it's SO CLOSE to being fixed but not yet.
I need to do some housecleaning and might rearrange my furniture again to try and get out of this funk. I need to haul some stuff down to my new storage space and Im pondering appropriating some really nice old leather-and-wood recliners that were left behind in the basement. They need some love, and one needs some seat repair, but I could put them side-by-side on either side of the trunk-table and move/store/toss the papasan chair that most of my friends are too old and creaky to enjoy sitting in.
Last night I really wanted to come home and sit quietly in my swingy-chair with a book and some iced tea, but the Peruvian street festival about a block away was playing really loud music. :( Although the llamas and goats in the petting zoo sure were cute when I passed by on my way from the bus. So I ended up on the couch running through another 3 hours of 'True Blood'. Like the books a lot, the show less so. The corny stuff I can excuse in a "vamp chick-lit" book seem to annoy me more on screen. Still, mmmmmm Eric.....
It's been a grumpy week for me. Work stress is pretty high - we're moving to a smaller suite at the end of the month and I'm juggling contractors and schedules. He's still more focused on where he will hang his posters and I'm more concerned with having working phones and computers and possibly being able to fit all our files. As soon as people get back from their lunch I'll be spending most of the afternoon in the basement storage room, reorganizing things AGAIN! sigh.
In addition to being an emotional blow, not doing MiRF is a financial one too. That's a nice chunk of change that I won't have, and added to my not getting a raise yet things are REALLY tight financially for me. I'm spending more than 50% of my income on housing now, so add bills and there is pretty much nothing to spare. My condo insurance premiums went up by almost 30% this time, so I called and said "something has to give". I understand that things go up, but I need to get those back down so either deductible will have to go up or coverage will have to come down for a while. I whined a bit to my mom on IM today - so while it may not be very festive - at this point grocery store gift cards sound like a really good birthday present.
Speaking of bills, ComEd FINALLY started billing me for the correct electric meter. You know, the thing I've been telling them since last October? Good news is that they are only going back 6 months - bad news is that they just sent me a "current bill" - without any kind of detail as to what was debited/credited to my account for what. I'm pretty sure that in general now the billing is correct (and glad that I put that $200 in there from my tax refund) but I still want everything in writing from them - I think we're in the ballpark but we may be off by something between $8-$13 because I may have been charged the "delivery charge" for both meters one month. So it's nice to have that "other shoe" of some unknown bill hanging over my head, it's irritating that it's SO CLOSE to being fixed but not yet.
I need to do some housecleaning and might rearrange my furniture again to try and get out of this funk. I need to haul some stuff down to my new storage space and Im pondering appropriating some really nice old leather-and-wood recliners that were left behind in the basement. They need some love, and one needs some seat repair, but I could put them side-by-side on either side of the trunk-table and move/store/toss the papasan chair that most of my friends are too old and creaky to enjoy sitting in.
Last night I really wanted to come home and sit quietly in my swingy-chair with a book and some iced tea, but the Peruvian street festival about a block away was playing really loud music. :( Although the llamas and goats in the petting zoo sure were cute when I passed by on my way from the bus. So I ended up on the couch running through another 3 hours of 'True Blood'. Like the books a lot, the show less so. The corny stuff I can excuse in a "vamp chick-lit" book seem to annoy me more on screen. Still, mmmmmm Eric.....
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Date: 2009-08-05 11:41 pm (UTC)The economy *sucks* right now, and it's hitting everyone i know. I'm sorry it's so rough, and on top of that, the emotional stuff? Yeah....
*pours tea*
I'll sit with you, tho. So far, they don't charge us for that....
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Date: 2009-08-06 01:38 am (UTC)I know that a lot of people are a lot worse off than me. I have a job, food, clothing, and shelter. I also have debt but it's still reasonable. There just isn't much more than that right now.
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Date: 2009-08-06 01:38 am (UTC)(Also, that's funny about your electric not billing you, my grandmother's insurance didn't bill her for half a year.)
Funny story about the Sookie Stackhouse books. So Charlaine Harris went to the same tiny college as me, and my parents. She graduated the year between my parents. My parents don't recall knowing her, but as a fascinating coincidence, the grandmother is named Adele, same as my mom. It is an uncommon name. It's funny, the college celebrates her, I think she's our most famous graduate.
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Date: 2009-08-06 02:05 am (UTC)no subject
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