So here is the real world: where bills come due and have to be paid, and money must be kept track of or there is danger of overdrawing, and things need to be dealt with because parents won’t do it anymore. Thus enters my lists. Once I have a deadline (May 19th – when I go up to Indiana) it increases the chance of things getting done. Today I spent a little over 2 hours at the DMV getting an…
Okay, okay, Brent. :-) I actually found the car a while ago; someone in my dad’s office was selling it. I was considering it seriously but there were a few negative things about it. 1) The price was high, 2) it was bigger than I wanted, and 3) it had a lot of miles. However, last night the owner called my parents saying that he was lowering the price considerably making it a very good deal. I decided to go…
The sun is shining, the weather is warm, and the birds are singing! Days like today make me want to sing too! Things are coming together about graduation. I was able to get both Thursday and Friday off work, and so I’ll be driving up with my parents on Thursday. I’m staying the night in Indy with Beth Z., and then she’s taking me up to Taylor in time for the graduation rehersal at 1:30. After that I have some…
This morning I sent a mass email to everyone in my address book with my new address. If you didn’t get it, then that probably means I don’t have your email address!! So drop me a line – either comment or use the “email link” to the right – and give me your addy, and I will make sure you get more than you ever wanted to know. :-) In other news, the move went well. My place is an…
Okay, I need people’s opinions. I’m not sure what to do. So let me know which is better: 1) Buy a used car with cash, and have the whole car paid off at once but also have to deal with maintenance costs, as well as things like high miles, an old car (8+ years), little things being wrong (ex, the cigarette lighter not working, or something else little like that). -OR- 2) Buy a newer, nicer car, getting a car…