Watching the sunset

 It's orange hues and beautiful. Happy Friday to me!

Life is good. Even if in 1 minute my house burns down and I'm paralyzed. In this moment, life is good.

The train noises are a part of my life. I have a flexible schedule so I can absorb the sleep disruption for the short term. But I plan to move when my lease is up. 

I'm glad I met my neighbor. He's high energy.

I got my car yesterday! And I'm already getting used to driving it. It's a behemoth compared to tiny car. I hope my stuff fits on moving day.

Making plans for December. Right now the default is 2 quick jaunts to a couple all-inclusive resorts for a baseline total of $3k. Having seen more impressive trips on Gate1 for 3-4k, it's been hard to swallow. But those are sold out, so my clicking around hasn't changed that. 

Counting travel days, it's about $3k for 8 days and 2 countries. None of which were high on my list. But it's warm, it's all inclusive, and I don't have to spend the holiday week alone in my apartment.

It's not quite the deal of 14 days in Spain and Portugal, but oh well. I am still navigating. It'll be a lot warmer at a resort anyway. I think I'm just a bit bummed at the price. 

But it's less than the $5k I was allotting for December in Miami. That has kind of lost its appeal a bit, I think because I don't live in my old home. Being alone for a month doesn't hold the same appeal. So for now the trip to beat is Panama and Dominican Republic for 3 nights each at $3k.

In other news, I am toying with the idea of using my living stipend to fund the Car Fund. I'm still deciding how I would document that in my spreadsheet because I'm sure I'd already mentally spent that money, but now that it's almost in my hands, things are changing.

As for the car fund, I really try not to think about it, especially not in a whole sum. My brain has settled on $5k for a 6-month runway, and then maybe trying to get $10k from Bonus day and going from there. I'm all but decided on keeping a separate fund in a HYSA to help mitigate that crazy interest rate. 

I'm even thinking of getting AirTags because my neighborhood has a lot of vagrants.

Also, umbrella insurance. 

That's enough for now.