Initiation into Adulthood

I've decided that if there was a delete key in real life, yesterday would have been zapped into oblivion.

In the morning: woke up late, so I didn't have time for breakfast.  Grabbed an apple to eat at work, which, I hate leaving the house without eating something.  It throws off my day's routine, so maybe I can blame the following on that.

At work: sat around and did a FAT LOAD OF NOTHING!!  Spent a little time -- what else -- reading the training manual and surfing the 'net, feeling extremely non-productive, even though I ask repeatedly what I can/should be doing.

At home: Got on my Lappy to work on my DH theory essay and relax to some iTunes.  The Lappy spontaneously shuts down.  Not once.  Not twice.  Not even three times, but FOUR FREAKING TIMES!!  I called the CompUSA that I bought it from, praying that the extended warranty I bought three years ago was still valid.  There was some good news: it's still good for another two weeks and the service desk would still be open for another hour and a half.  I zipped down to the store, only to find out that the problem is probably a monster virus that my warranty -- fancy that -- DOESN"T EVEN COVER!!  So, I forked out $160 bucks that I do not have to get my precious Lappy shipped away to come back in who-knows-what condition (at least I had the foresight to backup all my files).

There's even a chance that the Lappy is broken beyond repair and that I will need to save my pennies for a new one.  That may take some time, what with me trying to save money for rent on whatever apartment I happen to find, and I have a car payment to make and I have utilities to pay and a car to fill with gas and food to buy...

Suddenly, all the money I would be making in my new job doesn't look like very much and my obnoxious tendency to worry is working overtime and then some.

Let's hear it for adulthood initiation!  Or maybe it's more like hazing.

Kids, say no to growing up.  It's not healthy.

Love from,
Jenny Wildcat

PS, In an attempt to find some silver lining, work finally set up my time card entry system, which is nice because I can see that all the hours I've spent sitting around doing nothing at work are adding up and I can translate that to money that I hope will be enough to cover all the things I need to pay for.