Constant state of flux

Sure I am here trying to get my finances in order so I can take this big Cali trip with little or no problem, everything was on track. I was just about even with being able to pay off all my bills, finance the trip and still have enough to pay the ever daunting mortgage payment. The way I operate is to pay all my credit cards, bills and everything outstanding down to zero every month. The idea of paying interest or late fees is akin to fingernails on chalkboard for me. Now I might just have to wait a month or two until I get back into the black, which sucks. The two things that really are the culprits here are the fact that the gas bill was about 250 and some knives that were sent to me from Japan. The knives I am sure are to be a great bargain compared to what I would be able to find here stateside, but even so I am going to have to pay well over three bills for them. I hope that there isn't anything else I am forgetting about which could sneak up and bite me in the ass, that would pretty much suck.

FYI The longer that I sat at the Chatterbox, the more the proportion of women to men shifted. When I got there it was full of stripped shirt types (like those I used to have to see when I went out with my ex), probably corporate workers finishing their "hard" days work. Starting around 7 they dynamic shifted to more hipster women, and they started arriving in packs. I was blessed enough to get a couple of free beers from my friend who was managing that night. She probably is going to have me fix her bikes or something in trade, which is fine by me.

I did a little thrift shopping this evening, went to a shop that Betsy told me about in Richfield. There was lots of cool shit, I left with a pair of pants (equipped with candy wrappers in the pockets!!) couple of shirts and that was all. I was thinking about getting some more sweaters, but talked myself out of it. Summer and I must have left the Cafe within 10 minutes of each other, and we randomly showed up at the same store at the same time. She was trying to convince me to purchase her purse and cartoon book, I wasn't having none of that. I need to save my money right now, I hate operating with less than an paycheck in the bank.

I did a quick Costco run in the morning, 30 minutes round trip!! Costco is like 7 miles from the Cafe and that doesn't even include shopping time. Lucky I knew exactly what and where all the products I needed were, I practically sprinted through the store. I needed to get back to make sure things were still going well at the Cafe, so leisurely shopping wasn't really an option.

Nap time now...

I should be writing an article for the newsletter, but that is now on the back burner.