Spendy Summer Friday Everyday!

 Well my food spending is clearly not on the decline. Bought a whole bunch of takeout last weekend. Did a couple grocery store runs this week for convenience foods. My kitchen is a hot mess so there will likely be no cooking done there anytime soon.

I wish I would clean it for summer though. I realized I missed mango season. I pretty much gave up going to 2 of the nearby Walmarts since I moved here because of the crowds and the inconsistent stock. And they generally had tasty mangoes.  And the Food Lion isn't that great for the produce I like, so I've been buying their cut cantaloupe which is like $3 a pop. 

Today was one of those days. I didn't have to do much work after my first meeting, so I lounged around till 4p then decided to get some chicken wings and ended up with chicken wings, pizza dough (in this hot heat!), cut cantaloupe, and chips. 

Oh well, at least we know I won't have trouble spending when I reach FIRE.

Since my boss said there's no chance of increasing my salary in my current role, I feel wayyyyyyyyyyyy less motivated to churn. 

Which perhaps contributed to my idea of Summer Friday everyday. I'm going to stop churning after 3p until Sep 1! And on Fridays, one of our big bosses already declared no meetings after 1p. So, that will be the real Summer Friday. Plus, I anticipate people taking lots of half days and days off, so I am really hoping work slows down. 

Plus it'll be a fun adventure to see just how far I can take this. 

Summer Friday everyday! 

I'm hoping this will help me be less hateful and try to enjoy some aspects of this job. 

Daily, I'm finding more and more minutia to let go. I really would like to lean into the no call-out culture and just take a step back from that petty way of thinking! I obviously can't be that trusting, but I can embrace that part of the work culture a little bit. 

I still have a potential To-Do List of work items for the weekend that my brain won't let go of, so we'll see. 

Happily, a video my boss wanted me to create that I tried to punt to the vendor ended up being postponed anyway. So I'm soooooooooooooo glad I didn't spend any wasteful nights on it!! I technically did try to create an animated video but realized what a daunting task that would be and quit after the first slide.

Part of me is kind of curious if I can make an animated video just for funsies, so the jury is still out there. I know it'll impress my boss, but now I also know impressing my boss does not lead to impressive compensation, so it's a bit of null situation.