Monday – My Writer’s
Retreat was really awesome. Wanted to say I had the best sleep ever but I was
really sweaty the second night. Woke up twice drenched in sweat. Maybe from
eating too many cookies right before bed. Hypoglycemia? Idk. Got some good
blogging drafts done on Saturday until almost 5p then I lost internet. That
forced me to go get food and watch TV. Not much on that interested me but I saw
the ad for Crazy Rich Asians. I want to see it! I read the book about 2 years ago. Watched that one movie where
the British doctor and American journalist get stuck on a snow covered
mountain. It was ok. Not my kind of thing.
Tuesday – Sleep was not bad last night. I folded a blanket
over the poky mattress coils and that seemed to help more than I thought it
would. Also tried staying up till almost 2a. Was able to sleep till 9a. New episodes of Terrace House! I want to live
in Japan again and of course live in the Terrace House house.
Wednesday – So yesterday I randomly chopped off all my hair. Looks
like a bad buzz job because I chopped it with scissors. I kept trying to go to
get it cut at a shop but a week later and no dice. I just like going to work
and coming home. No chores…even household or personal grooming chores. Haven't made a full Wal-Mart in weeks.
Win for the single girl! Got a call from one on of the trillion
elder care programs to which I have applied for Aunty MERJ. And she has moved
one step in the process. After faxing a medical certification form for the
fourth, I was able to identify a medical assistant at the doctor’s office who
was semi-reluctantly able to help me. Too bad for her, I have written her name down
and made her my personal contact person. I armed myself with questions prior to
the call (rookie tip) and tried my best to get them asked while she kept trying
to get me off the phone. One more burden lifted for the single girl. If
I can at least get this process to completion, I can let the others fall to the
wayside!!
In blogging news, been obsessed with trying to figure out
Pinterest and Tailwind after reading about another new blogger who is already generating income on her blog thanks to all her courses and social media traffic. Sigh. I know I’m just being seduced by
seemingly easy money, but ugh, this is a marker of success in
blogging and I want to reach that milestone! This is my 100th post and it would be nice to have something to show for it. But I just don’t
know. Thinking of revamping or even renaming my blog. The financial part of my journey is kind of in the background. I like talking more about
my single life because that's my dynamic. Possible new titles: single girl life, single girl
money. Thoughts? I do love a fresh start and I
really wouldn’t be leaving much of a following behind…
Need to read more especially with Fall shows coming up. Not
just to sound learned, but it improves my vocabulary and writing style. I find myself looking up more words because I
haven’t seen them or used them in awhile. And I’ve said before my current
station in life is making me stupider.
Lunch was a bust. I actually brought lunch, courtesy of my
meal plan from The Good Kitchen. But upon further
inspection of the ingredients, I noticed clarified butter. Doh! I thought I had
checked but perhaps not closely enough.
Thursday – Will the aggravation ever stop. Apartment building
didn’t receive my payment for August rent. Now this entails me getting worked up; logging into
bank; stopping myself from sending leasing office a nasty email; screenshot of
payment sent; sending nicely worded email; wait anxiously for their response;
hope don’t have to dispute late fee; figure out how to pay them in “48 hours or
else”; fight back anxiety; great my eye is twitching; do I use my credit card? oh wait $20 fee; they now don’t accept money orders; pay them in cash? no way! now have to put stop payment on check; and issue a new check; of course turn
around time on that is out of the 48 hour window; now have to follow up with
bank to make sure stop payment is processed; have to follow up with leasing
office to make sure payment is received; have to contemplate whether I will
want to dispute late fees or not; bill pay system says they will cover it
right? what series of re-directs will I have to go through to get this
resolved?
In other news..yassss! I registered for a fitness class. I tried to do a back-bend last night..well the one where you lie on the ground and push yourself
up with your arms and legs. It didn’t work. Everything was wobbly, I barely got
my head off the floor. Call me naïve, but I thought I would always be able to
do this…even though I do no exercise now whatsoever. Body, why do you keep
failing me!I guess at this point Body is like, MERJ, why do you keep failing me!
Been thinking more about renting a room from one of my
aunts. It would help her with her mortgage payment; lower my housing costs; and
over 2 years I think I could re-arrange my budget to save 1 year of sabbatical
expenses. Cons against it: loss of independence;
I would never be alone again; possible loss of sanity; recall of reasons I
moved away; I’d prob be less likely to really take a sabbatical or step away
from my life because the rent would be so cheap. In my current apartment, I
would definitely have to leave because I couldn’t afford the rent on my propsed sabbatical budget.
Friday – Funny thing happened today. Bank called to verify my
last 5 transactions since I almost never use that card. It was for a few of my back-to-school
purchases to include my Writer’s Retreat, flight to Aunty MERJ later this
month, Fall activity, and new web hosting! Shhh...I'm still figuring it out.
Most of my everyday expenses are from the allowance I give myself on my free
BlueBird card.
TV this week: Terrace House for days and days
Takeout this week: zero
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In case you missed it:
- Last week's update
- And the week before that
Your apartment aggravation is a plus point for moving in with your aunt. BUT! to me it sounds like a step backwards for you and your sanity and your future plans. Too many emotional negatives vs. a couple of physical positives (saving money).
ReplyDeleteIf you want to make money via traffic, Pinterest etc you need to write about stuff that solves the problems of your readers - that's what will get you the click throughs from Pinterest. Before you change your blog name (boo - I won't be able to call you MERJ anymore) :-( why not try to gain traffic from Pinterest via some new posts aimed at single girl problems and their solutions?
If your body isn't obeying you at mid thirties - wait till you're 50! I've just started swimming again and boy is my body complaining!