Friday, January 13, 2006

Cross posted for convienence, sucka. =P

So this new year has been both good and bad for me already. Unfortunetly tho, all the good seems to be happening in FFXI, and the bad in real life.

First the bad: Work is hardcore fucking me over. They're going thru all these changes, yet again. And now they're saying that my nice schedule that I've spent the last 2 years basing my life around is being changed. I'm sorry, but that doesn't really fly with me. I work 5-1. Yeah, it sucks having to be up at 4am, but it means I still have the rest of my day to do whatever I want. (ie, play ffxi) So I'm gonna try to be slick about this... I'm gonna say fine, I'll work your 8-4. But I want weekend off from now on. I mean hell.... Some guy from another store just transfered here to work in my department, and they let him have weekends off. Why not me? Especially since I'm sure I have more senority than he does.

And don't get me started with this new guy either. I have a lot of shit in my office missing all of a sudden. It's great. Let me tell ya. =/ But whatever. Bascially EVERYONE around here knows I'm far from happy, so yeah.


Now, as far as FFXI goes... I've been insanely busy.
~ Got my Hakutaku Eye Cluster. Now I need the O-Hat.
~ Got thru ZM13. Meaning I have sky access now. =D
~ Dragoon's at 67 now. I have a static waiting for me, so I need to level the subs like now. Yesterday, got Thief from 34 to 37 in one party. Let's hope I have the same luck with Warrior/Ninja today. Then, I'll level WHM at my own pace, since it's not really a "required" sub for DRG, it just comes in handy. Heh.
~ And actually, the static is a couple people from my LS. I think they've finally accepted me, as I've been allowed to do more stuff with them. ^.^
~ Got the claim on a HNM last night. b^^
~ Jessica's basically given up hope on the game.... Or at least on Fairy server. She's been playing a lot on Shiva instead. And she quit the LS, as did her mom, and yeah... =( I seem to be getting distant from her. Like things aren't the same now, just because she worries too much about what other people think about her. Or something... I don't know what's wrong, I just know it's nothing I can fix. And I'm not gonna let it bother me, especially now that things are finally going good for me.
~ Got my testimony, and kicked Maat's ass on the first try. =D
~ The LS leader said we'd get me my Gae Bolg some day soon. We actually had an attempt at it, but wiped. Didn't have enough manpower for it. So he said we'd try again soon. Which is pwn. ^^
~ So really, right now, the only equip I need any time soon is the O-Hat, the Gae Bolg, and that darm Assault Jerkin that keeps eluding me. And I should already have the Jerkin by now. =( Maybe I can try to get a couple people from the LS to help me camp him this weekend or something... Heh.

So on the whole, FFXI is treating me good right now. ^.^


As far as moving/money/etc is concerned.... I just got another thing in the mail about the loan thingie. Which is good, cause I was starting to wonder if those offers I was getting were only limited time things. Yanno? "Please respond by blah blah." So pretty soon here, I'll get that 15000 loan to pay off the cards. Then, whatever's left, I'm gonna hang on to. That's my moving money. Then, there's my tax rebate. That's my Cali money.

Apartment wise, there are a couple good offers out there right now. And I'm gonna look in to all of them, and weight the options. And as selfish as this sounds, I'll probably go with the one that ends up best for me, and my current situation. ^^;;;

Option 1 - With Tala and her friend Amy. However, this wouldn't take place til September.... And I kinda want out of Chicago ASAP. So I appreciate the offer, but it'll be the last resort type thing. ^^;;;

Option 2 - With Kaylyn and Andrew in San Antonio, or maybe somewhere else? Depends on if she gets a job somewhere else. With K&A, I know them better, I've stayed with them before, and I don't mind being a 3rd to a couple. I don't know when this move would happen. But I do know we're gonna look at some places while I'm down there in 2 weeks.

Option 3 - With Danzig, Kimba, and a 4th. (Zappa?) Potentially a place in Round Rock, 3 bedroom 2 bath, less than 200 a month. Dunno if that covers utilities. And again, I think we're gonna look at some places while I'm down there.


Now if I had my choice, I would prefer to be in Austin. Just because I know the area better, I still have some old friends there from HS, and yeah.... And I would so totally nerd it up and go to my HS's football games.. XD So right now, the Danzig/Kimba/Zappa option is in 1st, with Kaylyn/Andrew option a close 2nd. I don't wanna piss people off here, but I know I have to do what's best for me financially.

So figure 70-80 a month on cell phone, dunno on car insurance, maybe like 40-50 on gas, 190 on rent, 350 on paying back the loan. We'll figure like 800 a month on just paying bills. And that doesn't include any utilities, like cable, internet, gas, electrical, etc. No clue if those are covered yet. And then there's needing food. So the way I see it, I gotta find a job that pays at least 1000 a month. 250ish/week. So I'd need to find a job that pays like 8 bucks an hour, 40 hours a week. And that's just "to get by". Finding something 9/hr would be better. But yeah.

Lowered expectations. =D


So yeah. That's pretty much where things are standing right now. I guess we'll see where it goes from here. I'll probably end up losing my job sometime soon cause I won't stand for the bullshit they're trying to feed me, and yeah... Wheeeee!!
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