silently spending and surfing
I have not fallen off the personal finance blogging bandwagon, I’ve simply hit a major bump in the road — no internet at the new house. It is torture not having access to the world of information at my fingertips. So, I’m forced to travel to libraries and the old house to get connection fixes. However, since I’m in the middle of frantic job hunting, that means all my time internet-enabled time is spent searching and responding to job leads — no time for writing juicy tidbits about my financial habits.
I do open four of five windows full of tabbed pages for reading at home when I need to at least pretend that I’ve got some connection to the real world. I’ve seen things that I’ve wanted to comment on, but I really like that easy print and post option and am less likley to save it somewhere else and publish it later. So, in the mean time, I’ll at least let everyone know:
I’m spending way too much on this move. Trash bags, trash cans, replacing closet systems, improving closet systems, buying books. Well, the book thing is more a habit and the partner put two bookcases in the living room and I couldn’t help picking up a few books at the library book sale to add some of my interests to the shelves (I normally just keep about 30 library books out at a time).
Finally, the partner is of the move-one-day-at-a-time variety and I’ve reached my limit for this time of moving. It feels like I’ve been packing and moving for weeks and when I look at the calendar, I realize that I HAVE! I’ve pretty muched stopped helping and am just waiting for the never ending tide of boxes to stop appearing — maybe we’ll be moved out of the old place by the end of December, I’m not holding my breath though. Sigh.