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[geekchick]

I could be scrounging up all the bills that should get paid eventually, or cleaning up my desk or doing some laundry (come to think of it, I should REALLY do laundry...or go shopping) or any of a variety of semi-productive activities. Instead, I'm sitting at the computer waiting for someone to come entertain me. To quote that line from that movie: "You are a sad, strange little man. You have my pity."

I'm digging out stuff to go on eBay. Note to self, I am NOT allowed to buy any more shoes until I get rid of the ones I have now. Just call me Imelda. Sheesh! I'm still procrastinating about putting my boots up for auction, as I'll most likely not be able to replace them once I'm flush with cash again. C. just told me not to get rid of anything that would be difficult or impossible to replace yet, so I'll take his advice without much arm twisting. Even more difficult to contemplate is selling my wedding dress. I actually found it on eBay a couple of years ago; it was almost exactly the dress I'd been envisioning in my head (vintage 1940s satin with a train) for a very long time and I ended up getting it for $150. I am not in any immediate (or even long-term so far as I know) danger of needing a wedding dress, and even if I was, it doesn't quite fit me anymore post-Depo. Somehow though I can't quite bring myself to sell it. I think it shall go the way of the boots, i.e. leave it until the very end and see if there's any way to avoid it. With any luck, he'll either be employed or making enough money from the project he's working on right now soon and it won't be an issue. It's difficult and weird to go from being very comfortable to living on literally 1/3 of what you were living on before. I make decent money and all, but when budget was based on $mysalary X 3, those fixed expenses start looking a bit overwhelming. Okay, enough blathering about money, it's no fun.

Hey look, the mania wore off and now I'm back to my normal self. Or maybe that's just the severe lack of sleep for the last couple of nights. Seems my boss is emphatically not in favor of celebrating National Workplace Napping Day. I still think it's healthier than the second pot of coffee we always make in the afternoon but my arguments aren't winning over anyone who didn't already agree with me. Oh well.

I should think about putting my webcam back up one of these days, except that it's even harder now than it was before to keep C. out of the frame, which he insists upon quite strongly.

Comments

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

(snaps fingers) I would have hung around to chat, but there was one more piece of work to finish... oh, well.

Please don't sell the boots, at least not before I get to see you model them ;-).

doesn't quite fit me anymore post-Depo

Heh... Pat was on Depo and gained 60 lbs in 2 years... since going off of it (we weren't, um, partners for awhile last year and she had no other SOs, so why bother?) she has lost 45 in 6 months.

putting my webcam back up one of these days

(scratches head) not like

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(snaps fingers) I would have hung around to chat, but there was one more piece of work to finish... oh, well.

Please don't sell the boots, at least not before I get to see you model them ;-).

<i>doesn't quite fit me anymore post-Depo</i>

Heh... Pat was on Depo and gained 60 lbs in 2 years... since going off of it (we weren't, um, partners for awhile last year and she had no other SOs, so why bother?) she has lost 45 in 6 months.

<i>putting my webcam back up one of these days</i>

(scratches head) not like <lj-user = "playgirl">'s I gather? (wink)

[therealjae.livejournal.com]

I say don't sell the wedding dress unless you can make good money on it.

-J

[geekchick]

(Response #2; isn't it amazing how one doesn't see typos until after hitting "post"? )

I think that's going to be my plan. Even more so than the boots, this would be about impossible to replace if I let it go. And if nothing else, I'll just throw myself a wedding someday (getting actually married will be optional). *grin*

[geekchick]

I would have hung around to chat, but there was one more piece of work to finish... oh, well.

Not a problem; I think entertaining me falls somewhere lower on the priority scale than finishing up work. ;) I was just whining that at the time everyone was either not around or idle, 'cept for me.

Please don't sell the boots

Oh, okay. ;) I've been avoiding selling them for many months now. I almost never get to wear them, but one should not lightly dispose of Nice Boots[tm] if one cannot replace them if needed.

Re: Depo I gained somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 lbs in 8 months or so. I love love love some of the side effects of Depo, but the weight gain is not one of them and was a major reason I went off it. Not to mention that it's a very effective form of bc since it kills off the libido. Um, that could be TMI, sorry. I gave up on it a while ago, but the weight hasn't really started coming off yet. I'm working on that part.

not like 's I gather?

Not having actually looked at it yet, I would still hazard a guess and say "Um, probably not." ;)

boots!

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, those are great boots. And they even come in my size (size 12)! It's a good thing I have no money, otherwise I'd be seriously tempted to get a pair myself.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

entertaining me falls somewhere lower on the priority scale than finishing up work

Hm. Depends on the specific work (grin)...

very effective form of bc since it kills off the libido

Don't be sorry on my behalf... similar experience over here, factor of 2-3.

Budget

[crouchback.livejournal.com]

Hoo boy, I feel your pain on the budget issue. I was never making all that much money, but I'm making about half of what I made before now. I don't have to pay rent, so it's not so bad, but I realize now how much money I was spending.

I plan to become as miserly as Scrooge McDuck once I have a real salary again.

Re: boots!

[geekchick]

I'd be happy to make you a deal on mine but they're a size 7. (They run kind of big, but not that much. ;) ) They are excellent to wear to shows at the 9:30 as it means that I have a hope in hell of actually being able to see the stage from the floor. ;)

Re: Budget

[geekchick]

I don't have to pay rent, so it's not so bad, but I realize now how much money I was spending.

Gah, if I didn't have to pay rent we'd be just fine. Or even if I wasn't paying all the rent right now. And we alas cannot move since we just signed another year's lease where we are. Ah well.

Re: Budget

[crouchback.livejournal.com]

I have been bouyed by the largesse of my friends who own houses.

That having been said, I'd like a place I can call home. This half-assed dorm room I'm living in ain't much of one.

Shopping

[gsh]

Is *not* a replacement for doing laundry.

It may get you a bit more time, but
you still have the same number of dirty
clothes. More in fact, since you now
need to clean what you just bought.

Question

[gsh]

What is Depo?

Re: boots!

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

Hee...I don't think I've worn a size 7 shoe since I was age 7!

Re: Question

[geekchick]

Depo = Depo Provera It's a birth control shot. Among the many benefits is that you only have to get one shot every three months rather than taking a pill every day. The drawbacks though are potential side effects like weight gain (the 60 lbs in 2 years comment is not particularly unusual, although not everyone gains weight on it) and the effect I mentioned in my reply to Brian. =/

Re: Shopping

[geekchick]

A bit more time was all I was really looking for, so that would be okay. =) And I tend to do all my laundry at once (like five loads worth or so), so a few more pairs of underwear wouldn't have made a noticeable difference. You are correct though.