waitaminnit...
Jun. 14th, 2002 06:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mamajoanI'm paying my bills and looking at my bank balance and wondering why on earth it's so large. I keep feeling like there's some huge expensive thing looming in my future that I'm just forgetting to plan for. I mean, there must be some mistake; I can't possibly have that much money.
But...
...I've budgeted in the plane ticket for Worldcon, which will appear on my next month's credit-card bill.
...I've already paid Laura for the Worldcon hotel. Just the flat fee, not including the tax, but the tax can't be much.
...I've written the check for the first installment of the fees for my choir trip to Japan. And I've got enough to cover the rest of it, sitting in a money market account that I pretend doesn't exist.
...I've paid all of this month's bills and am pretty sure there aren't any that will come due until after my next paycheck. And yes, that's factoring in the rent.
So. All this money in my checkbook right now really *is* mine. Whoa. I think I'll go order the Buffy Season 2 DVD set! Whee!
I shall probably decide to lend my brother some money. He's in desperate circumstances in his Winnebago in Arizona. And I know he'll pay me back ... some day. ;)
After that, the trick will be to force myself to hold onto the money, and not run out to buy something expensive. Like, say, a new computer. Or a G3 upgrade card for one of my Macs. Or ... no! Stop thinking about it!
I'll concentrate real hard on the $4K that I owe my mom, instead. Maybe I'll give her a chunk.
[Edited to add: Oh yeah. And I owe Siubhan something like $110 for United Fan Con this fall, which we pre-paid for. I think I'll ask her if I can pay her for that now.]
But...
...I've budgeted in the plane ticket for Worldcon, which will appear on my next month's credit-card bill.
...I've already paid Laura for the Worldcon hotel. Just the flat fee, not including the tax, but the tax can't be much.
...I've written the check for the first installment of the fees for my choir trip to Japan. And I've got enough to cover the rest of it, sitting in a money market account that I pretend doesn't exist.
...I've paid all of this month's bills and am pretty sure there aren't any that will come due until after my next paycheck. And yes, that's factoring in the rent.
So. All this money in my checkbook right now really *is* mine. Whoa. I think I'll go order the Buffy Season 2 DVD set! Whee!
I shall probably decide to lend my brother some money. He's in desperate circumstances in his Winnebago in Arizona. And I know he'll pay me back ... some day. ;)
After that, the trick will be to force myself to hold onto the money, and not run out to buy something expensive. Like, say, a new computer. Or a G3 upgrade card for one of my Macs. Or ... no! Stop thinking about it!
I'll concentrate real hard on the $4K that I owe my mom, instead. Maybe I'll give her a chunk.
[Edited to add: Oh yeah. And I owe Siubhan something like $110 for United Fan Con this fall, which we pre-paid for. I think I'll ask her if I can pay her for that now.]
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Date: 2002-06-14 03:52 pm (UTC)...and then there's always Plan G.