Who's ready for some happy and positive posts? Life's looking like it might be picking up and today, right this second as I'm drinking this dark red pear cider my brother got me for free from work and listen to my UPSTAIRS neighbors fighting as usual on Friday nights I can say that I'm actually pretty content. "Happy" might not be the word just yet but life doesn't suck 24&7. At least not today. And why not today you ask? Well...today for the first time in 2 years...was PAYDAY! That magical day of the month when currency appears on your bank account and for a brief second you can dream about all those things you wanna buy with that money... until the reality sets in and reminds you that most of that is someone else's for services/products etc tendered. And then you pay your bills and realize that it's almost all gone. But... some of the bills paid today included:
Health insurance
Electricity
little towards my major credit card
Little more towards my smaller credit card that I used to pay my flights to NYC next month
May rent
And I went to buy some household stuff that I needed and I bought this amazing hair wax and now my hair looks totally awesome! Can't lie! It looks so awesome in fact that I'm contemplating not cutting it like I'd planned. I bought a laundry basket cuz the plastic bags were just not cutting it anymore. I bought sheets cuz borrowing from my mom wasn't fun anymore and I made an appointment to get my eye sight checked. Let's face it, I'm blind as a bat! I can't afford to buy new glasses right now but I might be able to squeeze in contact lenses. And the icing on the cake is... I bought bags for my vacuum cleaner from an online store! Hooray! I have been searching for them with cats and dogs and it seems that they don't really have them anywhere that I looked anyway so I was happy. Now I can vacuum as my heart desires!
(Side note, the cider looks just like Muumi soda.)
Yesterday I found out that Tammela did not hire me. Surprise surprise. They didn't tell me though, that I came second, which is a good thing. 2 is not my number. But as I found out, my contract at HAMK once I actually see it and sign it, is until May 15 so it looks like I'll be working for few days at least in May. I will lose those 4 days because of lil trip to get my belongings but I was happy with that news. The next 2 weeks are only 4 day work weeks because of Easter which is not good for me as I am paid by the hours I work and 2 days equals $$$. Well, loss of $$$.
I have some rants in me too but I don't feel like ranting today so I'll save those for another day. Maybe I'll forget. But right now, I might have to go check myself out from the mirror and then watch some quality TV. And finish my muumi soda, or cider.
One last funny thing. I was reading the "Nyt" portion of Helsingin Sanomat today and there was an article about elections. It had gathered all kinds of funny and interesting tidbits about elections and their history and it said that in 1968 the voting privileges of a person might have been revoked by unfortunate/badly timed headache and dizziness that resulted in the person being sent to Hattelmala sane asylum! As a person currently working in the above mentioned institution, all I can say is that I'm glad I voted last Saturday! LOL! And while we're on the subject, I cannot wait for the elections to be over so that I don't have to be mobbed by the team of volunteers of one local candidate while visiting a supermarket!
Anyways... was a good day!
Have a GREAT weekend and go vote Finns! Not Persut or KD though...don't be stupid!
Later!
2 comments:
Happy Pay Day and red pear cider sounds AMAZING. Hugs from Iowa.
Thanks Dre! On top of the pay day I also discovered today that I won 92 euros from the lottery! That goes to my trip fund! It'll buy me some dunkin donuts! I
I haven't drank pear cider for about 12 years now because it's usually really sweet and I prefer dry apple but that actually wasn't that bad. It was Strawberry and lime flavored so you couldn't taste the pear at all. My brother works in a grocery store so whenever they have samples or some banged up products that they can't sell, he brings them to me. I don't think that really had any alcohol in it though because I didn't feel it even though the can said 4,5%. How's Iowa? I read there's a new presidential candidate from Iowa who's a major homophobe! Organize a rally and get her kicked out! ;-) Miss you guys so much! Too bad my trip to your country next month doesn't include Iowa...maybe next time!
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