Busy Bee

Work takes a large chunk of my day now, but I'm still getting a lot of stuff done. It's not as much as I hoped, but it's still things that need to get done. For instance I've not missed a day for kitty litter except the day I was out of the house for camping. 

Something cute. There is a Cody sock on the ground I haven't picked up yet. Cedar keeps trying to bury the stinky sock. There's no litter around it, but he's still trying.

Cody is buckling down and trying to improve his life. I am so proud of him! 

Suspicious

Work has been suspiciously easy. I'm waiting for the hard stuff to kick in. Today I work with kids for the first time. I hope they like me. If they don't like me they'll cause me a lot of trouble. I need to remember not to try and be cool. I just need to be.

I'm still getting the kitty litter boxes done checking mail and feeding the fish watering the cats. On top of that I have also been taking care of Rachel's cats. I need to clean their litter boxes today.

I bought some new clothes last night because I got a little bit of a windfall. The pants I bought are super comfortable. I'm still stressing spending the money though. I needed new clothes for work, but I'm still stressing the money. We don't have enough of it right now.

back to basics

New era in my life calls for a new schedule. 

Schedule

5:00 AM: Wake up, Coffee, and Relax

5:30 AM: Take Pills, Cat Litter, Trash, Mail, Weigh In

6:00 AM: Exercise Challenge

7:00 AM - Shower Routine and Rest

7:45 AM - Go to work

3:30 PM - Rest and Snack

4:00 PM - Cleaning Challenge 

5:00 PM - Make Dinner or Cleaning

6:00 PM - Cody Time 

7:30 PM - Bedtime Routine

8:00 PM - Bedtime

I took out all my learning stuff and really minimized it. This week I'm not sticking to the exercise challenge because the new job is a hell of a workout. Next week though I start 30 minute stretches daily. The week after I start couch to 5k over. That way I'm not pushing myself too hard. I don't want to relapse.

Moving fast

Everything has been moving so fast since Wednesday. Thursday I was recovering from Wednesday. Friday I found out my new job starts Monday. Then I went camping. Sunday I slept most of the day to make up for lack of sleep during the weekend. So that brings us to today. I am ready for my first day on the job. I don't know what I'm getting into, but I look forward to the challenge.

Well I had my first day and I enjoyed it. I'm so glad I started exercising beforehand. I'm going to get so heart healthy. It's a big school, but we'll organized.

I get 2 planning periods!!!! Like, WHAT!? IM SO EXCITED!!! That and the co teaching leads me to believe this is going to be a good year!

Adventure

I'm going on an adventure today. Cody's mom and grandma are going north to the city and they invited me. I'm excited.

It means I had to speed through my morning tasks. It was good practice for when I have a job.

I drank a little last night. Not much, but still enough to have a headache this morning. I took some pills.

I have my final interview on Friday for my job. I look forward to it.

Job Offer

I got a job offer yesterday. I'm going to be a middle school SPED teacher. It's not what I wanted, but it will do. I am both apprehensive and excited to start. I just want to be working. I don't even think I can do it, but I'm sure as hell going to try. I called the principal to see when the job starts. I had to leave message. We'll see what she says.

My morning routine has been off all day. I'm an hour behind because I can't focus on getting anything done. It's like I'm a slug getting things done.

I'm writing today off as a loss already.

Same with yesterday afternoon. I'm thinking it had at least a little to do with Cody being angry and hyperventilating because of his job. I think he needs some Buddhist training because it's not that critical...but I'm not him. It could be critical to him.

I'm so nervous about the new job!!

I spent way too much money on ingredients for a roast beef sammich...but I was craving it and I needed a reward for getting the job. I am seriously broke. Like 0 funds. I have like 20 bucks to last me the rest of the month. I don't think I can do it. Cody has more money once he starts getting paid again. We'll see how long that takes.

Finances

So I was looking over potential finances for if I get the job with the middle school. It will be tight, but I can totally see myself living on it. I'll need to save up for an emergency fund, a amount to 12 months of being jobless, the wedding, and I booked us a cruise next year (which we might not take because of finances).

So if I'm paid 50k a year, minus taxes that's 37500 a year. That's 3125 a month. We have about 3000 in household expenses a month, but Rachel and Cody contribute 1100 a month. That gives me 1125 a month to play with. Some of that will go to groceries and stuff, but the rest can be saved. 

Once I get an emergency fund I will also start paying dad back the money I owe him as well as any other debts. I'll also contact the financial advisor for advice and investments.

As for the my morning, it's been productive so far. Yesterday was a complete rest day and I'm ready to get back into it.

Slacking

I've simply been slacking this week. The headache won't quit so I've been really relaxing. I do my morning tasks, but that's about it. Starting tomorrow I'll get back into it.

In the meantime, I'm going to have a relaxing day. I'm almost done with my morning tasks. I'm a bit late cuz I slept in, but I'll get them done. I might do laundry I might not.

Smoking is getting less and less appealing. I'm trying to figure out my quit date. I think two weeks from now should be good. I may quit sooner, but two weeks is good.

I talked with my reference yesterday. She said she got a call to do the reference. This is a good sign. I'm still in the running for that sixth grade position. I hope I get it.

Pygmalion, The school I formerly worked at, is closing. That's a depressing thought. I miss Pygmalion. It's atmosphere was really uplifting. It was a good school and it's a shame to see it go. The good news is I might be getting my stuff back. Em is working on it.

We're having flea drama at the house. Rachel has a flea infestation. It crawled a little upstairs, but mostly it's in the basement. She sprayed last night so all the cats were upstairs. It was inconvenient as I wanted to sleep, but we worked it out. Better less sleep and no fleas than sleep and fleas.