Sometimes I think this blog reads like a roller coaster - up ("going to Roatan wooooooooooo") and down ("forgot about a billion things I have to pay for boooooooooo") over and over again. Although, when I stop to think about it, it's really what life has been like lately so I guess at least it's accurate...?We are back on an UP after my lame downer about my tax miscalculations with having two jobs this year. I hadn't taken into consideration that I wasn't getting enough income ...
Over and over again.
Once again I have managed to overlook an important detail - I hope when people read this blog they can avoid some of the mistakes I am making! Oh well, all in the name of knowledge, right?In my post a couple days ago, I talked about how I'm going to be rolling in cash by the time I leave on my cubicle throwdown thanks to working what basically amounts to two full-time jobs. I completely forgot that with all this money comes a new tax rate since my jobs are not taking into ...
Countdown is on – 1 month.
Only one more month until THIS:SourceI am getting antsy. ...
If you just impulsively bought a plane ticket, read this.
When I found out I was going to have to stay in Vancouver an extra 6-8 weeks longer than I thought, I somewhat impulsively bought a plane ticket to Roatan for next month to go for a quick 8-day trip to tide me over until I can get there long-term at the end of September. I also want to go again before quitting my jobs, leaving my apartment, selling everything I own and traipsing to Central America with a dream fuelled by a 3 week holiday that has a lot of hazy memories due to extreme ...
Be careful what you wish for.
I should know better by now. I should know that when I ask, the universe delivers. I asked for money, and oh boy, am I getting it, but this is not what I had in mind!!The gelato shop owner loves me. Thinks I am a stellar employee, a great team member, all that. (May or may not have something to do with all the other staff not being old enough to drink.) After 4 shifts he gave me a raise to $15/hr and scheduled me for 9 days in a row - every single day right after my office job until ...
No time.
I'm working 8 hours at the office today then going straight to another 7 hours at the gelateria tonight, so I have no time for a post. But this video made my heart happy, so take a look at this instead of reading my ramblings for the day. I think it is rather relevant given my awesome news yesterday.MAKE IT COUNT.Side note: I watched this video the day this guy posted it (April 9) and it had about 5,000 views when I watched it. It's since gone viral and when I posted it here on ...
Oh, what a beautiful day.
I was having a tough weekend last weekend.I decided I better stick the part-time job out to September 15 (why?) so that pushed my trip date back by almost two months, and I was upset about that. Then, in the wonderful way the universe works, I received a "flight alert" email just ten minutes later from Expedia letting me know that in May the price of flights from Vancouver to Roatan were back down to around $700 return (about the cheapest they ever get, and the same price as I paid when I ...
Almost unplugged.
Here's how I hope to be working on my online business in Roatan:SourceMust make this happen!! ...
Not a bad day.
Happy Easter! I am sitting at work in the cubicle because I volunteered to come in and work an overtime word processing shift as it's a holiday (our office gave us Friday and Monday off...yay!) and they wanted a wordpro operator here just in case someone needed work done (note: I am NOT a wordpro operator. My cubicle job is slightly better than that. We have a wordpro department in this office though, and they are mega-shortstaffed, hence the call for someone to work today).So I'm getting ...
I scream, you scream, we all scream for … gelato.
SourceSometimes you can't have everything you want in life. Sometimes you just don't make enough money, or have enough time. Sometimes you bust your ass in an office all day and then you go work at a gelato shop all night so that in 5 months you can move to paradise and become a scuba instructor.I am in a pickle - I started my part-time job at the gelato shop last night and it was actually a lot of fun. I enjoyed it! But the owner told me he is thinking of offering a bonus to staff that ...