The Numbers Are In

                  All of the important numbers are right here!

• 125 days until retirement
• 80 school days until retirement
• 10 days until March break (we start on the 7th this year which is an unpaid PD day - thanks a bunch SCHOOL BOARD!)
• 4 - the number of kitchen cabinet handles I didn't buy as I miscounted - duh...
• 14 - the number of gallons of paint waiting patiently for me to get tinted
• 10 - the number of days until I start painting (coincides nicely with March break - what a holiday THAT will be!)
• 13 more paycheques until I start living on my PENSION - sure hope I know what I'm doing!!
• 8 - the number of rooms I still have to paint (as well as the hallways on each floor)
• 2 1/2 - the number of extra hours I get to sleep in tomorrow as I am going to a PD session that doesn't begin until 8:30am!! Woot!
• 27th - the date of Kazi's 3rd interview!
• 5 - the number of books I'm currently reading
• 5 - the number of rooms that have wallpaper border still to remove
• infinity - the number of nail holes to be filled and sanded prior to painting the walls
• 0 - the number of books I'll be reading during March break!
• 0 - the number of km I've ridden on my bike in the past week!
• 1 - the number of bags of Smarties I've eaten in the past week!
• 47 - the number of times I've procrastinated about riding my bike this past week
• $60.00 - the amount left in my chequing account until Friday's payday
• 4,529 - the number of times my cat has yowled at me for her supper
• 2 - the number of Tylenol I need to take!

My days are numbered!! Over and out!

Pay Day and Sleep Deprivation

So I ended up depositing $$ from my formerly Sealed Pot to cover some forgotten expenses (against your advice as it turns out) but hope to replace it soon :(   Yes, woe is me. But I'd rather owe ME money than one of these guys...)

But it is kind of disheartening to take out in one fell swoop money that I'd been socking away over the past two months. But the bills must be paid.

I got into a bad habit while I was nursing my pinched nerve in January - I purchased quite a few books for my Kindle. Reading was basically all I could do while I was recovering (recovering at 90% of my usual paycheque I might add). So.......EARNING LESS - SPENDING MORE = NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN THE CHEQUING ACCOUNT WHEN THE PIPER NEEDS TO BE PAID!!

Lesson learned....I hope.  I should know better. I DO know better but I was feeling sorry for myself. Now I feel even sorrier.

Happily today was payday and included one week at 90% and one week at 100% pay. I have a whopping $257 (after bills are paid and $$ put into savings) for gas and groceries til Feb. 28th. Michael and Kazi will also contribute to these two categories so as long as nothing Murphyish happens (there I go just inviting disaster to happen!) we should be OK. Sigh.

The other piece of good news is that Monday is Family Day here in Ontario so we have a long weekend. Just what the doctor ordered. I have developed another bad habit - one that I can't seem to fix. Every morning I wake up around 4:30am after about 4-5 hours of sleep. I toss and turn til the clock reads 5am and then get up. I am arriving at school at 6am! I am so bloody exhausted! Today I came home from school around 3pm and took a nap til 6:45pm - and I am not a napper ordinarily. I take calcium before bedtime, drink a glass of warm milk, take melatonin to regulate my sleep patterns but to no avail. My alarm is set for 5:30am but it never  wakes me up - my whacky inner clock gets me up long before that. I have no problem falling asleep but I just can't STAY asleep.

Any advice?

From Bad to Worse

This is me, minus the moustache, counting my loose change. However there isn't enough loose change in this house to cover my messy chequing account. Just when I thought I had everything under control my insurance bill comes through almost $40+ higher than I thought it was going to be. Must read renewals more closely in future! And yet another little Paypal payment went through today that I forgot about...what the heck!?!

So now I'm more than a nickel short, I'm $57 short. That sucks. Do I transfer from savings or dip into my "not so sealed" POT? It never fails...I hate this time of year. More month than money even though it's a short month.

That's it, I'm going to bed.