Roommates

If you’ve ever watched New Girl, I would have to say I am like Schmidt when you mess with the eco-system.  I get physically ill.  Every time I have moved into a new place, it takes me about 2 weeks to get adjusted.  During this time, my sleep is disrupted and I have an upset tummy.  Well, I have lived in my current place for 3 years now.  Everything has been going well, my roommates and I had our routines down and our schedules didn’t collide.

 

Last week, I was informed by my roommate (also my landlord – it’s his house), that another roommate will be joining us.  I have met him before, and he’s a nice guy.  But, I immediately went into panic mode because that now meant there are 3 of us sharing a bathroom (landlord gets his own bathroom).  He told my other roommate that bathroom sharing wouldn’t be a problem because the new guy goes into work at 10am (I go into work at 8:30am), but the new guy told me he goes into the bathroom around 8am, which collides with me, because I go in between 7:45 and 8am depending how long I sleep in, and the other roommate that has lived there goes in right after I do.

 

He moved in on Sunday.  Ever since then, my stomach has been a wreck.  My schedule is all off, and I feel like this guy never sleeps.  I’m a night owl, so I’m usually awake until about 1am, and he is also awake.  When I wake up in the morning, he is already awake.  I’m almost certain he has the same Mon-Fri schedule as I do; the other two roommates work on weekends, so I am used to having the weekends to myself, which is actually really nice.  Now, I’m worried I won’t have that to look forward to any more.

 

Don’t get me wrong, I have been blessed with awesome roommates.  The two that I lived with before the new guy moved in, we’ve been friends since about 2008, so it’s been real comfortable.  There is no awkwardness or tension (usually).  The roommate I had prior to them when I lived elsewhere was also a really good roommate.  As with any roommate, yes there are some differences and sometimes they do get on your nerves, but it could be A LOT worse.  So, I’m grateful for that.  I just hope my body gets adjusted to this new change quickly and that things don’t get too complicated.

Dreams

Let’s say I won $50,000.  That would be $34,000 after taxes (in my state-I know this because my coworker’s friend just won that amount).  I have two options here.  Option 1: I use the $34,000 to put down on a condo.  Let’s say this condo is $50,000, and I get a 15 year loan at 10% interest (I have no idea how much interest is supposed to be on a mortgage so I did a ballpark figure), my mortgage would be less than $200/month.  That is crazy to me!  If that were the case, I’d be able to budget in all the utilities, condo fees, etc.

 

Option 2: I need a new car, but don’t have money saved to put down on a car, just my own car to trade in.  If I won that money, I could buy a car and not even have a car payment, with money to spare!

 

Of course, this is just a dream, and they say money cannot buy happiness.  But, even if I won a little bit of money, that would help me so much financially, and I feel I’d be a lot less stressed.  I have amazing credit, and I am mostly smart with my money.  My ultimate dream is to travel everywhere and I want to do it before I’m old.  My dad is only 66 and he can barely leave the house because he has spinal stenosis which is a dengenerative disease and he also has knee problems.  I don’t want to be in his shoes someday…so I want to travel while I’m young, just wish I had the money.

 

That’s my positive post for today!  Figured I would write a positive one since the last two were “grind my gears posts”

 

Have a great weekend all!

Grinds my Gears part two

I am too much of a control freak.  At least I can realize that about myself.  But, it drives me absolutely crazy when people in my life talk about how broke they are but spend their money on things they don’t need.

I am not perfect, and I admit I sometimes am in a financial hole.  But I know when I need to spend money on things I NEED vs. things I want.  Some people just don’t get that concept, and it drives me crazy to no end.  I want to yell at them, and be like “what are you doing?  You’re broke!” but then I feel bad.  But seriously, how are you supposed to get out of your financial hole if you keep shopping for clothes or makeup, or getting your nails done all the time, or your hair done?  Or buying smokes?  It’s so frustrating.  Ok, yes smoking is hard to quit but you save so much money by not smoking…

I just don’t get it.  And I need to get my frustration out.  I realize I need to let them live their own lives and make their own mistakes but the control freak in me just wants to shake the sense in them!

Grinds My Gears part one.

Yes, I am taking a play on words from Peter Griffin.  Thank you, Family Guy.   This is one of my favorite sayings, because it’s true.  And there’s a lot that grinds my gears!

 

Today, we’re going to talk about workplace friendliness.  It really grinds my gears that you can work in the same building as someone, and you smile at them in the hallway and they just blankly stare back at you.  Uh, hello.  It’s called being polite.  It’s not like I’m some random stranger in the middle of nowhere creeping you out.  I work with you.  There are some people I used to smile at and they’d reciprocate, but as time went on, they decided to stop reciprocating so I’ve decided to stop even acknowledging those people.  You know what else is rude – there are people who give me dirty looks!  Excuse me!  You may or may not know me, but those who do know me, know I’m the friendliness and nicest person there is.  I understand some people have RBF (resting bitch face) and yea you can’t really help that but there are some ladies that just give me these awful stares.  What is your problem??

 

I miss the days when everybody was friendly and polite.  Where did manners go?  I like shooting a smile or saying a nice little hello or good morning to my co-workers.  Are people just that miserable they can’t reciprocate?  News Flash: it’s 2016 people, I was brought up with manners and just because we’re all into technology these days doesn’t mean you have to be rude.  Hey, if you’re not in the mood to talk, I get that, but every day?  Get over yourselves people.

 

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