Thursday, 14 May 2009

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  My 25th birthday is right around the corner, and I have to admit that I'm dreading it a bit.  25 seems like such an "adult" age to hit and I feel like I have so little to show for it.  Not saying that life has been a failure, but I just feel like I haven't accomplished much.  I have Matt and the Peanut, and that's about it.  No kidlets, no house, I'm not pursuing my dreams or accomplishing my life's goals.  I just kind of float day to day, going to work, paying bills and loans, same old, same old, day in, day out.

  Birthdays have never really been that wonderful for me.  As I was growing up it seemed that friends would always fight at my birthday parties or that things would go wrong in some other way and my birthday would be a pain in the ass more than a fun festivity.  I've never really wanted or needed much from a birthday celebration in my adult life, especially after my birthday my junior year of college... I just kind of gave up on birthdays after that.  But this year I'm planning a small dinner at the Breckenridge Brewery downtown... so far, I think about 10 people are coming, so it'll be low-key and mellow.  I am super excited that Maggie and Laura will be here for the weekend... maybe this year will be the turning point when my birthdays will finally stop sucking and will be awesome instead.

  Matt's been working at Wolf Camera again, which I'll admit has been a nice chunk of change.  We didn't have to dip into savings to pay our bills this month, and had enough money to play a little.  We need to desperately start saving for a house if that's indeed what our next goal is.  I figure that median home price in Denver is around $300,000, and usually you need a down payment of 3% to 10%, so we need to save $9,000-$30,000 in the next year and a half.  Yikes.  At the 3% mark, that's about $500/month between now and when our lease is up.  I make about $100/month at Caribou.  I hate to suggest it, but maybe I need to start working there on Saturdays and Sundays so I can double that amount.  Looks like it is time to crack out another budget.

  My work situation has made me crazy... Idiot Girl, specifically (god, Taylor's always so much better with co-worker nicknames).  Most recently I discovered that she refuses to use the warehouse intercom to page people.  Instead, she puts someone on hold, walks around the warehouse for 10 minutes looking for whichever employee they need, and then will either deliver the message personally or will walk back to her desk and take a message.  Not the most effective method, in my opinion.  I just can't wait till summer is over; she's mentioned that she doesn't want to be full-time this fall and may quit altogether to go back to grad school.  Here's hoping!  My boss decided that she should stay with me till closing on the three-days she's here, which means we spend 8 hours together instead of 6 and a half.  I tried really hard to be understanding, but now I'm just getting frustrated and angry.

  I had my review a couple weeks ago, and it went really well.  I mentioned something to my GM about wanting to eventually transfer from rental to sales and she seemed really excited about the idea.  Obviously it's not the dream job, either, but I think I'd enjoy it more in sales than in rental.  I think I'd be better at selling something I know, not trying to bullshit my way through something I don't know.  Everyone is stressed and at their limit with workloads.  We had to layoff another employee a couple weeks ago (yes, I know, we just hired Idiot Girl, the irony is not lost on me either) and no one has the time to help anyone else because everyone is doing too much.  I can't wait for the economy to turn around so things will start stabilizing... I hope...

  I'm super excited, as I'm going to be assistant stage managing my first professional show ever in June.  It's a two-person show called A Hint of Winter, and Matt's going to be a deckhand, so we're going to make a nice paycheck from the run.  I want to put it all into savings (or maybe half in a CD or something) so we can start saving for a house.  I'll be working on the show with some people I know through work, so I won't be going in blind.  I heard a few negative things about the director, but I'm sure I've worked with worse, so I'm not too terribly worried.  I'll certainly be tired by the beginning of August, though.  I just hope the experience opens up some new and exciting opportunities for me.  During my review, I mentioned something to my GM about getting my first "pro gig" and she mentioned that, when she used to hire for her shows, she'd throw resumes away if the experience was all collegiate... great.  So if I get into this, maybe I won't end up in the trash in the future.

  Other than work, haven't been doing much of anything, as usual.  All our TV shows are wrapping up for the year (OMG the season finale of Lost was AMAZING!), which hopefully means more going for walks in the evenings or going out with friends (we have a lovely little walking path near our new place, and have yet to check it out).  Katie and Kat seem to be settling in nicely; Katie's birthday is this weekend so we'll be doing something to celebrate, I'm sure.  Hoping to go see my favorite band, Barcelona (their song can currently be heard on the Grey's Anatomy Season Finale commericals), in concert on Sunday night.  Then next week Laura and Maggie come, and then it's my birthday... then we crank into high gear for the summer at work.  Yes... I'll be very tired come August...

  I've been hitting the gym a few nights a week, though have been thoroughly unsuccessful in eating better.  Matt and I have fallen way back into the college eating habits of noodles-from-a-pouch and whatever else is quick and convenient, which has been really obnoxious to me.  I have fresh food from Sunflower Market for about 2 weeks out of every month, but once the fresh fruits and veggies have been eaten we don't have the money to go buy more fresh food, so we eat poorly for two weeks.  It's a major pain, but the other pain is that we just don't know how to cook good, healthy meals for the two of us.  I need a food processor so I can liquify all the fruits and veggies and bake or cook them into other foods...!  I hope to go grocery shopping on Saturday... we haven't been since last month, I think.  We're down to canned soups and frozen veggies and condiments.

  I guess that's all that is new and exciting for now.  Next time I write, I'll be a full-fledged adult.  Ugh...

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