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Aug 6, 2021    |       5 comments

Last Weekend with the Girls

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I promise I will get more financial posts in the works. Our lives are just a whirl right now with school starting back for Gymnast this week, the challenges of sharing a car with everyone going different directions and with Princess and Beauty moving to college this coming week.

Covering College

To be honest, I’m waiting to find out what/if Princess’ dad will contribute to her first semester’s college fees. That will determine if I have any “extra” this month. It is all due by August 30th.

I’ve been making regular payments since we got the total and am prepared to cover the cost in its entirety but am hoping he will step up. He says he is going to but won’t comment on how much or when.

A Whole New World

So if I can get through this next week with all the movement and without too many breakdowns, I will begin this next chapter of my life.

Gymnast and I are sharing a car. Princess will be carless. It’s going to get interesting.

Gymnast takes/will take the car to school most days so I will be stuck home. Which I am totally fine with.

However, right now the plan is that I will drive down and bring Princess home from college every couple of weeks. I’m hoping she can hitch a ride back with her roommate whose mom is requiring she come home on the weekends and does have a car. But if not, I must be prepared to return her as well.

Thankfully, her class schedule is really conducive to long weekends. And her job here at home is happy to have her work the weekends she is in town, so that’s good.

But I can tell the single car is going to cause some challenges…*just breathe

 

Aug 4, 2021    |      0 comments

Are You in a Funk?

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*Sigh* yeah, me too.

We started the long trek back home a couple weeks ago. Colorado, my friend, you are beautiful. The Rockies are truly a sight to be seen. I saw this beautiful trip ending and I would stand on the mountain tops following an hours long hike and say to myself, ‘Remember this moment. Enjoy this. Stop stressing about going home’. Four days ago, I pinched a nerve in my neck. You know what ISN’T fun? Travelling with a pinched nerve. Hours on the road are horrific when the slightest movement brings me to tears. I understand why old dogs are so mean. Pain makes you really mean.

I tried warming packs. I tried cooling packs. I tried Arnica. I tried Arnica with CBD. I tried Aleve. NOTHING helped. It was as if stress was crawling across my back and up my neck. I’ve never experienced pain this long before. I can’t work out which isn’t great for my mental health.

I’ve been dreading going home. Yes, it feels silly saying that about California but life on the road is different than life at home. I’ve committed to leaving this state and when I get home, I have to apply for jobs more than I have been. That heavy mantle was pressing on my neck.

The reality is, I’ve been applying for jobs for a while now. At least 1-2 a day. I’ve had 3 call backs. Yeah. 3. I thought my resume must need work until an HR person told me, ‘We had 612 people apply for this position. You should be proud we called!’

612?!?!

They call it the ‘Great Resignation’. Apparently, people are starting to feel more comfortable since COVID is ‘under control’ (HELLO DELTA!) and are applying to new jobs. As a person who had to look for a job in 2008 when everyone else was looking for a job, I remember the frustration vividly.

I have great timing.

Real estate prices are starting to crash in my neighborhood. My neighbor dropped the price of their house by $50K and they still aren’t getting bites. They missed the window by a couple months and they are kicking themselves. Our neighborhood is flooded with homes for sale. Perhaps now isn’t the time for us to join the pack?

Sorry for the whiney post. It’s just been a rough day. I’m going to settle into this funk for a minute and that’s OK. If you are looking for a job right now, I’m with ya. I see you. If you aren’t, go hug your boss today.

If you are trying for a new job and failing, comment. Please tell me I’m not alone!

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