Three days left of my work-a-thon.

So I was looking at my finances today; or rather I was mourning over my lack thereof.  Seems I’ve let my money get out of hand .. again.  I need to get better at keeping track of things like that.  Nothing new, of course, but just the same old complaint that I keep coming back to.  I know what the problem is; I eat out way too much for someone in my pay range.  And I’m a bit frivolous as well.  For instance, I have accounts with Netflix, Zune, and FFXI.  I have stuff from Netflix that I’ve had out since December and my FFXI account’s been idle since my Dell desktop stopped working sometime before I was removed from my last place of residence.  Zune I’ve gotten some use out of lately; been downloading all sorts of things from time to time to try out, listening to some things that I wanted to give a shot and enjoying the trip.  But things are looking up a bit at least: I may finally be getting my raise.

Sure, it’s only been ten months coming now; I’ve been doing the whole Level Two thing since last September, but later is better than never.  After my conversion takes place I should be much better off financially; which would be one hell of a switch from what I’ve been for quite some time.

I’m used to being thin on funds occasionally, but not constantly.  It’s difficult to live alone, but I manage I guess.  I’ve managed to make it a full year without having any of my services disconnected, though I have had Citi kvetching at me every now and then.  I always pay them more than they want each month, but I think I ticked them off when I told them that I had no interest in taking out further loans from them unless they could drop my APR by at least ten percent.

I guess that’s enough of a small update for tonight.  I’ll be out of the office in only ten more minutes and I am so looking forward to hitting the road.