Nekkid, Clueless and Feelin' Good: January 25, 2001

Thursday,
January 25, 2001

So THAT'S what a real paycheck looks like

Wow. I don't actually know why, but I was paid for a full two weeks. Cool.

Of course, I didn't actually get the check until today, and that was only after I emailed our HR person and asked wistfully if I was ever going to be paid. Turns out that Payroll didn't have my mail drop and thus couldn't send the check anywhere. Lovely.

In any case, they now have it, which means I now have it, and will be cashing it and using the bulk to start a bank account immediately. I also want to see if I can keep a lid on my spending and start socking away as much cash as possible, mainly because having a savings account is always a good thing, but also because I have to buy a car sometime in the next four weeks and a bed after that. At least the bed shouldn't be that bad -- we've decided to go with the king-sized option where we each have a single mattress and spring in a king-sized frame, with a mattress pad holding the whole thing together, and single mattress/springs are relatively cheap.

And for the curious out there, we're doing it this way because Lyndon likes a really firm mattress, and I need something deep and seriously squashy (as I am a deep and seriously squashy broad, although I do seem to be shedding some of the weight recently).

I can't really complain about the car, either, because I've already been approved for a car loan as a TSB employee. All I have to do is cough up the down payment, and with any luck I can put down a couple of thousand and keep the loan payment at a reasonable level. Of course, now I have to decide what I want to get (I know -- my life is so hard).

On one hand, the idea of getting a VW Bug is really, really appealing because those are gorgeous little cars and I've been craving something small and sporty ever since I gave up my Tercel. On the other hand, we are in Texas and I've always liked the idea of getting a pickup truck, and Toyota makes some really nice ones. Downside of a truck is that there's little room for extra passengers, and no, I'm not making people ride in the back. Downside of the Bug is that I'm not sure how well it handles long-distance driving, and we will be putting some miles on the odometer just with trips to Austin and Houston.

Seems like hitting a few dealerships and taking some test drives this weekend would be a good idea, don't you?

The hormone carbonation seems to be abating a bit (see, I TOLD you), but not before I had some fabulously steamy dreams. It's good to have an active imagination, even if I don't think certain things are anatomically possible. They're definitely not legal in Georgia.

Heh, heh. . .

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