bitterdiva

Oh the weather outside...

is absolutely horrific that's why I'm cleaning my room. It's extremely nice not to have to think, or work on final projects, or worry about goofing off and not doing final projects.

Last evening Kris and I went to Colonie Center and we ran into a slew of people, one of my coworkers, Kris' family, and an ex-coworker of his. I'm still amazed that a. Kris requested a mall trip, b. Kris went to a mall, and c. Kris held up for the four hours we were shopping. I was able to get some stocking stuffer's for my secret stocking family member and he was able to finish up the xmas shopping.

Normally, I'm in a good mood when it comes to shopping but this year I'm stressed out because I have a looming $800 tuition bill that's due first or second week of January. I was supposed to put $200 of this paycheck into the account but I've spent it on xmas presents and groceries. A trip to the market is at least $20 and I've gone two or three times this week. Next week, I have rent and car insurance to pay for along with finishing up my xmas shopping. Supposedly I'm also to put $400 of my check into the tuition account since I already spent this week's $200. It's just unnerving sometimes. I think that I'm getting ahead and I keep not being able to save any money.

What I need for Christmas is to win the lotto, I'm not talking about a multi-million dollar prize, I'm talking about $100,000 after taxes. Enough to pay off all my useless college loans and credit card debt. After that, I would be living comfortably with my current salary. It's frightening to think I'm worth more dead than I am alive - don't get any fun ideas though it'll all be seized to pay off my debts.

It's snowing outside, it's absolutely beautiful in its pure unadulterated form. It makes me thankful for the warm apartment I live in, for the safety of my family, for my friends, for my cats that curl up warmly on my bed. I worry about the unfortunate people that have no homes, no family, no where to go when it's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. This Christmas when you're opening presents around your family and friends inside your nice homes take a moment to think about those in the world that don't have the luxury of bitching about which PS2 game you failed to receive. Think about those individuals that drink from a stream littered with garbage and polluted with various diseases. Think how if you drank from that stream, your life expectancy would be half what it is and how right now you could be a rotting corpse.

Just a little happy thought on your snowy Sunday.

04:23 PM

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Posted by: GZ at December 17, 2003 03:25 PM

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