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    Freedom, and Lack Thereof

    Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

    Here’s what stinks about being in debt: the lack of freedom. I hate being tied to these creditors, and required to make these payments every month.
    Yes, yes, I know. In our case, it’s not like anyone forced us into debt. Bad decisions in my past, along with random circumstances, put us here. I put myself [...]

    My Life Needs a Report Card

    Monday, February 1st, 2010

    In school, I always knew where I stood. I understood the rules, I understood the grading system, and I knew that good grades meant I was on the right track. If a class was too hard, I knew that I could struggle through, and move on once the semester was over. Then I knew to [...]

    I Am Not a Secretary (not that there’s anything wrong with that)

    Thursday, January 14th, 2010

    Yesterday, as I walked in the building to work, I flashed my security badge at the turnstile and was walking toward our front door when the security guard say me and said, “It’s your turn today!”
    Thinking this sounded vaguely threatening, I asked, “My turn?”
    “Yeah,” he said. “When a visitor comes in for your office, and [...]

    Flat as a Pancake

    Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

    Maybe it was all of my talk about car paranoia that made the fates do this to me last Friday:

    Yup, a flat tire. Luckily, this was shot in my driveway, so while this was inconvenient, it wasn’t dangerous. It just meant that I’d miss the office holiday open house while we had it fixed.
    As I [...]

    Apartment Hunting. Again. Some More.

    Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

    When we finally decided to move to Louisville a little over a year ago, and I got my job offer, we didn’t have much time to apartment hunt. Since we didn’t know the city, we basically threw ourselves at the mercy of Rent.com. When the time came to actually drive down to Louisville from Chicago [...]

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