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* Went to sign up for my 401k plan, and stupid Fidelity's website is being broken and not letting me submit my investment options. I'll try later or will just call it in. (Fixed) Sat down and poured through the Fidelity paperwork this morning after a lengthy discussion last night with Phil about how to interpret these damn things. Splitting my funds between a balanced growth portfolio, Sprint stocks, international funds, and emerging markets. I've also found myself paying closer attention to stocks, seeing as they will play a moderate role in my 401k plan. I loaded some of the ones I pay the most attention to onto my iPaq so that I can track them there and via Microsoft Money.
* Dawn = :D
* Yay direct deposit, I have money today. I can pay my insurance bill now, and chat with my insurance agent to see about how to lower my premium. Paying a fortune for Collision, which Phil suggests I may really not need or could settle for a higher deductable considering my perfect driving record. (Currently it's a $500 deductable.)
* I've been slowly but surely loading just about every single known expense I have throughout the year into Microsoft Money, slowly forming a budget based off of two things: my guaranteed minimum bring-home pay, and my worst-case monthly recurring expenses when not accounting for one-time unexpected expenses. So far, things are looking fantastic, and if I consider that I'm staring in the face of a rapid (within three month) promotion as well as making an approximate 9% increase in pay due to time differential as of the 12th, I'll be able to save money finally. This is a certified Good Thing (tm).
* Wierd stabbing pain on my left hip where my leg connects. *shrug* Sorry, had to bitch cause that was irritating me for like five minutes.
* Anyways, I also have the ability to budget into my life up to $650/month for a one-bedroom apartment come, say, May or June. That will give me enough time to save up at least a thousand or so, preferably more, in the bank. The only thing that would throw a kink in this is my pending vacation to Seattle which I'm aiming for mid-April to take. (Spring break for COD is April 18th, although the academic calendar is being very unclear on whether this is just a few days off or a whole week.)
* It was so wonderfully happy to see Adam and Dan last night, not to mention Daphne, Beth, Giles and a random guy from out-of-state whose name escapes me right now.
* The party was just utterly amazing. I truely don't know how I pull off these things every year without incident. There was easily 40 people at my place, a cubic ton of sugary goodness, bratwursts, three bottles of champagne, a ton of liquor (unusual for our house), and for the love of the heavens, there were people there that made Dawn seem quiet in comparison. ;) hehe... anyways, even despite all the people in the house, nothing got broken, just about everybody has reported back happy how the party went, and there was the ritual IHOP run the next morning. Thank you everybody for making this year's party just utterly fantastic, and for all the contributions that made it possible. You people are the reason I love to do these parties every year.
* Over in the XBox world, I've finally got around to working on Halo, and I've been really getting into the game. I've also been playing a bunch of MechAssault on XBox Live and that's just damned fun. The kit arrived on Monday (Phil ordered it online for me, so I got the code and software well before the headset and demo games) and the microphone works fantastic over the cable. Makes it more fun to hear people swearing at you or calling over orders in team games. :)
That's enough for now. Back to work.
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