I've got plenty to do around my apartment tonight. I made homemade lasagna for the first time tonight. I made a simple mistake and didn't top the lasagna with meat sauce. The noodles on the top were crispy. Everything else, all the other layers were delicious. Next time I will make the lasagna correctly. I ate about a third of the lasagna. It will last me a few days!

What else is going on? Got to clean my apartment, do bills, send out mail, etc. I got post cards from Indy to send out.

I think my poor white kitty Prince is sick with something. He didn't eat his dinner tonight! I might have to take him to the vet in a few days if he doesn't want to eat again.

there's no fucking easy way to cancel my account/service without having to call a service rep 9-5 m-f. god knows how difficult it is going to be to reach them to cancel. thank-goodness i have american express and they can automatically block their asses off my card if i get no access to customer service tomorrow..

that is why i use american express. thank-you

Phone $30.27
Renter's Insurance $100.00
Credit Card $63.51
Water $18.20
Student Loans $400.00 (monthly)
ACLU Membership $100.00 (yearly)
Wheaton Eye $225. (on my FSA card and not totaled)
Comcast $108.90
Nicor $36.30
Car $600 (I am over paying technically...)
American Express $2,862.19
Rent $920
Total $5,239.37

Ouch

Most of the credit card bills were due to charging my tuition. :(

I keep eyeing the comcast and regular phone lines as places to cut. All I ever get is telemarketers..... I should really cancel my SBC and just keep my verizon wireless.

I should also cancel my comcast but I need the high speed internet....

forgot to mention I got other expenses coming in like my website annual renewl and domain name renewl.. ouch!

I think I may have discovered what the root of most of my problems is:

Cable TV. It's not that I am a disastisfied customer, it's just my time can better be spent getting things done and being more productive with my time. TV is a great outlet to relax and escape from life. So can DVD's and video games, which do not cost $110 a month and of which I already have and use infrequently. I wasted most of my day in front of the TV. I got up during commerical breaks to tidy up around the apartment, except when Prince cuddled up to me oh so ever cutely and I could not let the cute kitty off my belly and chest.

I do love the Comcast internet though... That's about half my bill. And I use it often productively. Most sites I visit are livejournal, news, e-mail, and that's pretty much it.

So today I pretty much slept in, watched TV, took an afternoon nap, walked around the park, ate pizza, cleaned my closet of winter clothes and shoes and brough out the spring/summer clothes and realized how much big I have gotten since a few years ago and need to be serious. I generally eat when I am bored.. and must get away from that.

I looked at townhome, condo, and home prices for the areas I wanted to live in. They look ridiculous. I mean, its not naperville, its not san francsico, wtf?

I got despaired, butI think things will only get better.

Tomorrow I've got lots to do at work, tomorrow night I plan on working out, and ironing my wardrobe. I've got lots of chores to do!

Got up around 5am to take a shower and drink some water. Laid around in bed before then because I was thirsty, hot, and countless thoughts kept running through my head like complex mathematical equations, lines of code, and my brain consistently going through the solutions. The effects of the mid-term exam crisis in my life still had not abdated. Plus thoughts of work related communications and I self-critiqued myself adding more salt to my fragile self-esteem.

Everything felt better after I drank half a water bottle of cool purified Dasani water from my fridge, took a shower, sipped two spoons of peptobesmol for my Friday night Bacon-butterburger and cheese curd sins, and laid back into bed.

I slept until 10 am and woke up healthy and refreshed. My mid-term exam was removed from my mind.

I tidied up a bit and then logged into work so that I could work on my individual development plan that should have been completed Friday.After doing the dishes and some of the laundry I decided to go out and get a pedicure. The first place I went to was too busy so I left. I ended up going to a Nails store one owened by chinese near the Trader Joes in Lombard on Roosevelt. As soon as I walked in the door, there was a seat ready for my to take a pedicure. I had no wait time and I tipped her well. She laughed as she washed the bottom of my feet and I wiggled them because it tickled. I told her this is why I only get this done twice a year! After my pedicure I went in search of the small Pet Store that used to be in that strip mall, but apparently they went out of business, which is a shame. I walked over to Trader Joes and stocked up on "bag" dinners, mostly chinese food and I happened to buy some fresh flowers, cheese cake, and other delicous items.

After trader joe's I had an inkling for something to drink and contemplated the dairy queen in the same strip mall. I walked in and did not see anything that would satisfy that drink need until I remembered I had about a half a can of diet coke left in the car and left.

I drove home and was lucky to find a space empty in front of my apartment building. I was glad that all my food from trader joe's was packed into one easy to carry brown paper bag. I grabbed my mail on the way into my building.

Did a lot of Bills, yuk, then went to the apartment office to pick up a package. My new DDR pad came in, and I must say I am not impressed. I did get what I ordered, but I thought the pad would be a little bit better. :(

What else did I do today? I made some garlic chicken pasta mix that I bought from Trader Joe's, oh was that oh so good! I cleaned a bit, but not too much. Did dishes, laundry, took out the trash, played some Sims2, studied, played with my kitties, surfed the net at my friend's wedding site. My friend Andrew whom I meet at Valpo is getting married in less than a day (in the Phillipines)!!!! I'm so so excited for them. I want to attend their ceremony in Culver, IN but am getting worried about that weekend. The professor in my class said he would give us another take home exam on the 12th of April, and if it was as difficult as it was before, I will need all the time I can get.

Anyways, I'm enjoying the night on my balcony and reading with nice outdoor lightning. The kitties love it too! Tomorrow I am supposed to visit Joe. I am looking forward to that.

Ordered a frame for my master's degree diploma = $109.99
Car Payment = $500.00
Cellphone Bill = $40
Water bill =$20
Visa credit card bill = $90
Student Loan Payment = $500
American Express Bill (and vacation expenses in there!) = $1100
cable and internet = $110

whew.. and i am thinking to myself.. how am i going to afford a mortgage and etc..