Monthly Archive for September, 2007

We have created a place, her and I. A place where we can write to each other, post pictures, respond in kind, leave notes and plan for the future together and it is growing. I like that.

In other news. My original plan was to move to Chicago sometime in the near future. It started out as January and then due merely to the fact that we can’t stand being apart, it was moved up to November-ish. I’ve spent the last several days looking at my financial situation which to be quite honest, is not ideal and I’ve slowly had to face the reality that it is probably going to take longer than a month or two to prepare both financially and otherwise for such a move.

I have a dog to consider. A dog which makes moving into a city very difficult as pet deposits are quite high and finding a place that he will be both happy and accepted is a chore to say the least. I own a lot of stuff. Many of the available places for rent in the Chicago area (at least the area I’d like to move to) are merely rooms… 10×12ft. Enough space for a bed and a few belongings. Most certainly not enough space to move from a 4-bedroom house as I’ve been living in for the past few years. So what to do with a lot of my stuff?

On the financial front, I have a number of bills which I feel I should take care of before considering moving. Things which I’ve neglected over the last few years. My move, although merely a transition of climate and work locale should be a fresh start in a sense. I don’t want to drag along any debt that in theory I can take care of before I leave. Credit card debt is one thing, but unpaid hospital bills at $100 here, $60 there should be taken care of. In addition, I’m looking at having to put at least $700 into a full set of new tires at some point. Maybe not all at once (I need to look at options) but soon. In the last two months, I’ve managed to get two flat tires. Both of which are not repairable. Slashes in the sidewall. Where they came from, I cannot say. I was lucky enough to have a full-size spare which took care of one tire at least but the 2nd tire has been losing air quite steadily over the last month and today I came out of Target to find it was nearly flat and on the rim. I’m hoping that it will last another month or so if I keep putting air in it but lately, I can’t be so sure.

As frosting on this metaphorical cake I’ve just baked, I managed to drop my cell phone in the TOILET this evening. I got home from Target and went to the bathroom. As per the usual with me, I empty out things like my wallet and my cell phone and set them on the back of the back of the toilet. I don’t know why. It’s just what I do. In the process, my phone slipped out of my hand and *ploop* it went into the toilet. Doesn’t work anymore. I removed the SIM card as Carey suggested but it appears a new phone is going to cost me $120+ at least. It’s obviously highway robbery but there doesn’t appear to be many other options.

So this month at least, with the bills that went ignored due to my trip to Chicago (which I will NEVER regret taking… obviously), I’m going to be in the negative at the end of the month… not a tiny bit, but quite a bit.

So I don’t know. I am fighting this with everything I’ve got. I am determined to be with her no matter how long it takes to get there or what I need to do to make it work. I’ve come up with a few artsy ideas of ways to make some extra cash, none of which include prostitution (although I had considered it).