Randomness as Usual

So my 25th birthday is coming up in 10 days. Is it sad when you look forward to a birthday because your car insurance is going to go down? Yet another example of how I am a far cry from the person I was just 5 years ago. I don't really look forward to birthdays all that much. When I was little my dad used to have a birthday party for me every year. When I got into my tween and teen years though since my dad and stepmother were both working I would come home to some birthday cards and a pineapple upside down cake (my dad makes me one every year) on the table and that was that. This year I don't want much. I just mainly like cash these days so I can get myself new clothes. I am one of those people who doesn't have a huge wardrobe, just about 5 or 6 outfits that are in heavy rotation all the time so they tend to get worn out faster. My dad said he is getting me a cell phone for emergencies which is definitely something I need because I have a 70 mile roundtrip commute to and from work every day and if something happens during that time I have no way to get ahold of anyone.
Last year I slid off the road at 70 mph, slammed into a road sign and skidded to a stop about a foot from a big tree. I walked up to the road and some lady was nice enough to stop and pick me up and give me a ride to a gas station so I could call Chris and have him come get me. So the cell phone will definitely help if a situation like that happens again.
I used to be one of those people that oohed and aahed over things with designer labels but I've never owned anything designer in my entire life. JC Penney is about as high end as I go shopping for clothes and I don't have a problem with that. This year though there is one item that is designer that I would just love for my birthday and I can't afford it. There are 3 bags that are designed by Dooney & Bourke. I want either a medium banana bag, a saddle bag, or a pocket sac all in denim. Those suckers retail for between $195 - $300. Well for the past week I've been bidding on brand new ones on ebay and every single time I've been outbid because I can't bid more the $90 on it. Hopefully sometime before my birthday I'll win one. Thats all I really want for my birthday this year besides saving whatever money I get for the trip to Chicago in May.

Today is going to be busy for me. I had to work yesterday to make up for monday when I stayed home sick because I completely misunderstood the sick leave policy that the company that took over my contract has. Today I have A TON of homework but I am planning on laying down for an hour or two before I start it. I was planning on sleeping in til about 11 this morning but Chucky woke me up at 9:20 this morning because he wanted to see his daddy and Chris was downstairs on his STUPID computer game again and didn't hear him get up. I swear this happens to me every single sunday. Sunday is my designated day to sleep in. Either Chucky ends up waking me up because he can't find chris and he wants his oatmeal or somebody forgets that I asked that they not call before NOON on sundays and the phone ends up waking me up. And every time they say "Oh, I thought you'd be up by now". Um, no and i've told you 5 hundred billion times not to call here this early because I WILL BE SLEEPING STILL. No, this doesn't piss me off, not in the least bit.... Anyway I don't want to start the homework when I'm still feeling tired because around 11 pm I will be hit with a wave of exhaustion and won't be able to work anymore and I don't want that to happen.

Unfortunately when I wrote a week or two ago that I had to catch up on the homework for my psychology class or I would probably fail, well that never happened. Now its the last week of class and it really is do or die because the class ends wednesday and considering almost everything has been late I probably won't pass it anyway. I'm going to try like hell though. My goal is to get the D to pass so I can sign up to take it again spring quarter. If I don't pass it this time then I get in deep dookie with the VA, possibly with them cutting my funding until the certifying official at the school tells them to re-enroll me and who knows how long that will take? Oh the messes I get myself into sometimes but I've been feeling SOO EXHAUSTED lately and on top of that the first week of class was when my old computer took a crap and I had to get a new one and the fifth week of class chucky, chris and I were sick. I'll work it out hopefully.

So, I have a whole lot of stuff that I need to sell. I just need to decide where I'm going to sell it. I could do EBAY where the most people would see my stuff or I could do Craigslist because thats free. Right now I have my extra set of wrestlemania tickets posted on Craigslist and Stubhub for $200 so hopefully they sell. I'm sure I could make a good chunk of cash if I could just find the time to list all the stuff. One thing I did purchase recently from amazon was Quicken Willmaker 2007. Krista's girlfriend Sarah did a post about it and although I wanted it for different reasons, I think its a good thing to get because we can't afford an attorney to do one either. I discussed this with Chris about a week ago and we both agreed that we needed to get this done soon because if something happens to both of us and there is no will, the state of michigan is going to decide what happens to our son and I DO NOT want that to happen. It should get here sometime next week. Hopefully I can set down with my dad and do up his will too so he has it in writing what he wants done. I think if we do that if will give peace of mind to both of us.

I also started Chris' 401k plan through his work this past week. I did a little research and found out that I cannot start one with my place of employment until I've been with the new contractors for a year. Since I don't want to wait a whole year to start my retirement savings because my goal was to start that this year, and I don't have $2500 to dump into and IRA or $200 a month to contribute to one, I need to do some research sometime today to find out what I want to invest in for my retirement. I'm finally getting the feeling that we're on the right track. After I get my tax check the only debt we will have is the house, the timeshare, and the payment for my car which I only owe $5,000 on.

I've been thinking alot lately about what's going to happen when my dad is gone and I think there are going to be big changes in store for me and my family when that happens. He is really the only tie that is holding me here in Muskegon. When I moved back here in July of 2005 I was hoping for a fresh start but that fresh start kind of sputtered out before it began. Nothing really changed for Chris and I but our location and thats not what I wanted. So I've been thinking lately, is there really any reason to stay here once he's gone? The only person I will miss if I left would be my sister and I can't stay here just because of her although I know it would upset her a great deal if we were to leave because she would miss Chucky. We've both been considering selling this house and my dads if something happens to him and moving to NY. It would be quite the upheaval for all of us and we'd really have to think on it but I'm confident I can find a job through the state or a federal job that would pay me at least as much as I'm making now and by the time something does happen to my dad (God forbid but its going to happen sometime in the future)I should be done with my Bachelors and working on either a 2nd bachelor's or a Master's degree. Lots to mull over anyway. And now for that power nap...........