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One of the nice surprises of the week was me getting my first paycheck! It was surprising because they had told me we would get paid at the end of the tutoring session. But my boss came by and told me she had a surprise for me and lo and behold, there it was! It made me all kinds of glee on the inside!
But I now feel bitter because I nearly spent all of it. Its like I didn't have a chance to fully enjoy it, or buy something FUN.
This first paycheck was basically spent buying the needs. First, I needed a new printer because my old die refused to print in either color or black and no matter what I did to it the printer refused to properly worked. It was one of the reasons I had such a bad week; many of my lesson plans and activities required the printer. So on the morning that I cashed my check I went a bough a new one right away.
It doesn't help that I could have gotten the same model for a far better price, but I was so, so rushed and so NEEDY for a printer that I just bought it no questions asked.
I then had to pay my health insurance because at the moment I was not insured and due to some nasty coughs lately better be safe than sorry.
The last big purchase was a nice, big executive chair for my computer station. My old chair broke years ago, but due to ingenuity and elbow grease me and my dad were able to keep it running...till it finally decided to break down and die. So for the last few months I've been using a small lawn chair. I am amazed I was able to go this long without having back and neck injuries.
Then I just bought some flea treatment for my kitties, a big bag of food, some batteries, paper and underwear.
By the end of the day I was down to 50 dollars, more or less.
*Sigh...
They need to pay me a big wad of cash, though. So hopefully I'll be able to get my wants and be happy with my paycheck!
-pap64
But I now feel bitter because I nearly spent all of it. Its like I didn't have a chance to fully enjoy it, or buy something FUN.
This first paycheck was basically spent buying the needs. First, I needed a new printer because my old die refused to print in either color or black and no matter what I did to it the printer refused to properly worked. It was one of the reasons I had such a bad week; many of my lesson plans and activities required the printer. So on the morning that I cashed my check I went a bough a new one right away.
It doesn't help that I could have gotten the same model for a far better price, but I was so, so rushed and so NEEDY for a printer that I just bought it no questions asked.
I then had to pay my health insurance because at the moment I was not insured and due to some nasty coughs lately better be safe than sorry.
The last big purchase was a nice, big executive chair for my computer station. My old chair broke years ago, but due to ingenuity and elbow grease me and my dad were able to keep it running...till it finally decided to break down and die. So for the last few months I've been using a small lawn chair. I am amazed I was able to go this long without having back and neck injuries.
Then I just bought some flea treatment for my kitties, a big bag of food, some batteries, paper and underwear.
By the end of the day I was down to 50 dollars, more or less.
*Sigh...
They need to pay me a big wad of cash, though. So hopefully I'll be able to get my wants and be happy with my paycheck!
-pap64
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