Lifestyle adjustments for the working scu

Working 9-5 means that I don’t get livejournal. More than 50 entries to scan through when I get a chance to log on. It’s terrible. I don’t want to cut my subscriptions, but I do want to have a life outside work and lj. I demand compensation for this. Fortunately, I may be getting it at the end of june rather than mid-july. Unfortunately, I won’t know whether or not I will until it has passed the ‘mom mails scu a check for july rent’ deadline. Grrr.

But the things I want to do in Chicago include: game with & friends at least once or twice; go to gymnastics classes at one of two studios found on adult gymnastics; get into a regular gym habit, most likely at the Y near the whole foods, probably before work a few times per week. All of these cost $$. (admittedly vague) gaming plans cost metra fare money (and much time). The others have more obvious fees. All expenses for my plans to attend green tech u stuff, however, would be include in prepaid transit benefits.

Learning to juggle the various work trip expenses and the intricacies of their proposal, credit cards, cash advances, travel and lodging arrangements, etc, took most of today. I expect it will go smoothly. Current task for work is database recoding (well, spreadsheet revamping). Should be tedious, but not difficult.