11.13.07
Posted in Musings, Work at 11:35 pm by trueepicure
Well, the first day went well, but it was mostly HR stuff. Sign a bunch of forms, figure out your new insurance (mind you it’s going to change in a month anyway). I find first days exciting but so incredibly frustrating. It’s a new beginning, which is great, but it means having to start from scratch again, meeting new people and trying to remember names and faces, and where the printer is. (Most people worry about where the bathrooms are, but I usually have more trouble finding the printer.)
But, my boss is cool (though not around much) and I like my office mate, which are both good things. Everyone seems really nice, and I think it will be a really interesting place to work. (Sorry for being vague about *who* I’m working for, but it’s probably best that I don’t give specifics here.)
This week also marks the beginning of our search for a new car - wish us luck!
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08.20.07
Posted in Musings, Wedding, Work at 9:38 am by trueepicure
The Chaos that is my life is starting to wear a little bit. Thank goodness for my awesome Honey (with a Capital “H”), my mom, my fuzzy cat, and my friends. We have 47 days until the wedding (count thanks to Ed’s countdown clock), we’ve had to plan the wedding twice thanks to some really crazy behavior at our original location, and we just moved into a new place.
The good things? As I mentioned, the people (and animals) in my life, an AWESOME restaurant manager , Jennifer of the Stardust Restaurant who basically resurrected our wedding reception, a new job, and a quiet place to call my own on the top floor of our new (rented) townhouse.
The bad? That’s another post entirely.
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04.06.07
Posted in Debt Reduction, Finance, Food, Musings, Work at 12:41 pm by trueepicure
Packed lunch is going pretty well. Since I received my Mr. Bento
lunch container on March 21, I’ve brought lunch to nine out of the ten days that I was in the office.
Some pretty basic math suggests that, based on our monthly grocery bill, we spend the approximately $3 per meal per person, each day (and no, I haven’t figured out what it is when we use leftovers from dinner or what we’re actually spending on food and not cleaning supplies, etc.). If I eat out for lunch, I spend about $10 on average. So, if you take the amount I would have spent on lunch ($10) and subtract what it costs to bring food from home ($3), I’ve saved $7 each of the times that I’ve brought lunch to work. Multiply that $7 nine times, and I’ve saved $63! Whoot!
That $63 represents a good chunk of change towards the debt reduction, which makes me regret not eating with my work friends less. If I save $30 per week, that’s and additional $120 per month towards credit card debt, which means that one of my credit cards balances will be gone in four months at the most. If that’s not incentive, I don’t know what is!
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03.21.07
Posted in Debt Reduction, Finance, Food, Musings, Work at 10:56 am by trueepicure
I’ve been fascinated with Obento lately, so I’ve been much better about packing lunch. Not only do I find myself thinking of new and interesting ways to pack things, I’m eating better and saving money!
I figure that if I bring my lunch one day, I save about $10 on average. Assume I bring my lunch to work 3 days a week on average, and I’m saving $1500 a year!
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01.01.07
Posted in Musings, Soapbox, Work at 1:39 pm by trueepicure
Anyone else out there trying to figure out what they want to do when they “grow up”? I’ve got a great job, one that is interesting, fast paced, and has a lot of potential for growth. I get to work on really interesting projects that tend to be first-of-their-kind projects. And you know what? I don’t see myself doing this forever. I’m making pretty good money, but I’m not sure what I’m getting out of it.
I thought it was just me, but I keep seeing articles about people in their thirties (and beyond) who are searching for the meaning of life, and the meaning of what they do for a living. Money is great, but unfortunately (or fortunately) that doesn’t help me get out of bed in the morning - not really. Paying the bills is great, and makes for less stress at home, but I don’t know that the stress of work is worth it, without some kind of personal investment (other than my home life).
How do you make the job/life balance work?
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Posted in Musings, Travel, Work at 12:59 pm by trueepicure
With a new year starting, I’ve been thinking about all the things I did in the past year, and what the new year will bring.
In the past year, I got promoted, got engaged, moved across the country, got a new job. (Phew! Written out like that, it makes me realize just how packed with life changing events last year was.) It makes me wonder what this year will be like… Our wedding is planned for this year, so I know that will be a big event, but I wonder what other things will happen? Will we buy a house? Will I figure out what I want to do when I grow up? (That’s a post all of it’s own. 
) The idea of so many unknowns is daunting and liberating, all at the same time.
Happy New Year!
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