but that is beside the point.

my point today..has a lot to do about money, but not much to do about a lot of money. i finally got my first paycheck from the television station! hooray! it is ultra-yay because when i deposited it this afternoon, i had a whopping $26 dollars spread over 2 bank accounts, an empty gas tank and a water bill due. it was ugly.

but now all is right with the world. i get my acte check tomorrow, so perhaps i will even be able to stick a little cash away for savings.

what kind of 21 year-old am i-saving money?

i will tell you..an industrious one. once i get my check from good ole g.w. sometime in the next week or two, i will have troy paid off, all on my little lonesome. i am pretty proud of it..being able to take care of myself and all (never mind that guy that i live with who buys me food. who needs food?!). next up i have an unsubsidized loan that i want to pay out in full when i get the bill around the first of august. after that..my p.o.s. car is getting paid off..and then it is savings for a white dress and a white picket fence. i figure i should start saving now, because if i don't, who will?

danny is probably getting a second job, however, but he is really bad with money. it just slips through the fingers. he has managed to save a whopping $20 for the backpacking trip he wants us to take through europe. so i figure i will let him pay for groceries cause he is going to spend the money any way, and i will save all of my extra money for the things we really need.

working 2 jobs for a while aught to actually put me in the black. i can't believe it.

speaking of frivilous spending..we are going to see john prine tomorrow night, after going out for thai food. it will be a really great end to a really busy first 70 hour work week. i don't want to let us turn into two ships passing in the night, so the weekends now have to really be planned so that we can get maximum relationship time in. it has been hard only seeing him at lunch and midnight for like 15 minutes, but its only going to get better. saturday we are going up to my parents place to ride bikes and fish and camp out on the back of the property. should be awesome.

i am banking on it.