Since my sister and her husband moved out from across the hall, I’ve had no internet (obviously, as I’d been mooching off of their network). So, posts will be few and far between - whoopee. Makes it pretty darn difficult to keep track of my finances, too.

No progress on anything, the girl is gone, and I really want to quit my job (but really don’t have another one lined up). Life is great, let me tell you what.

I finally cleaned my apartment yesterday! It looks like I’ve been robbed, actually. And guess what I found while I was cleaning? Last month’s electric bill. Turned out that yes, I failed to pay it. But that’s okay, they sent me a brand new one the other day. My usage has been seeing a steady upward trend. Solution? Suck it up and not use the A/C. Taking my shirt off works wonders to cool down. I’m sure a small fan would, too, and I swear I have one in the storage room. [On further investigation, no fan is found. Where the hell is my fan!?]

Speaking of sucking it up… one thing I lack and really need is a vacuum cleaner. Not sure if that’s a necessary expense, though, as my sister’s is still available for the borrowing.

On to the bills: Propane, electric, and AES bills are paid. I also called Capital One again today, and we set up two payments for $100 each - one on June 30th, and one on July 18th. It’s not much, and won’t make a ding nonetheless a dent, but it’s a start. I suppose we’ll see what happens after that. The CSR tried to scare me into breaking up my current $436 or so payment up into two payments with the promise that they wouldn’t report me as being late to the credit reporting agencies. Frankly, right now, I don’t care that much about my credit - I’m not looking for any anytime soon, and it’s not like I plan on buying a house anytime in the next 7 years. I’ll worry about my credit when I’m to a point where I’m not worrying about everything else anymore.

Right now I’ve got around $250 in the account, and $200 in cash to support my Where’s George? habit. Payday is Friday, of $753, ten dollars more than I was expecting. I said recently that I’d start paying myself first again, and I intend to start that up right now, with a 10% transfer of my last paycheck, plus a little extra to make up for what I’ve been failing to pay into my emergency fund (and all that I withdrew from it). Theoretically I should be at +$700 so far on the year, as according to CCB I’ve brought home a little over 7K in wages. Imagine that. [Here’s a thought - I’ll do 11% savings instead of 10%. Nice and easy to figure out without any thinking, and it’ll catch me up, sooner or later.]

P.S. I did some job searching yesterday on my day off, and came up with nothing. The single one that I found promising, pays far too little (50 cents or so more than what I’m making right now). My next prospect is an accounts payable clerk position for a local carwash that was just posted today.

Finally! I feel so stimulated. But of course, this extra $300 brings with it a whole new set of frustration, in the name of figuring out what the heck to do with it. My whole situation is pretty much the same as it has been, except I made a few payments on things. Here’s what remains:

• Overdue Capital One: $400+
• Overdue AES: $60
• Propane: $27
• Sallie Mae: $245
• Next rent check: $500
• Next scooter payment: $105

My current balance? $690. Payday next Friday, of $650-$700. I’m sure if I wasn’t always feeling so rushed (I have to speed through an application right now and get it down there before having to go to work later), I could probably figure things out.