Mini Getaway In New Mexico & SW Colorado

Costs

Air ticket = Free + $10 processing fee (Thank you, frequent flyer miles)
Four day car rental with AAA discount = $ 129.00
Three nights stay at various budget stays = $110.00
Food = $20
Gas= ~$30
Various buys (posters, prints, books, etc, mainly about Mesa Verde National Park) = $80

Getting severely sick on first day of vacation, being rushed to the emergency room, and then IV dripped for three of the four days of "getaway" in a lonely hospital room in a remote New Mexio town..................

Priceless

Apartment Hunting

I have been going apartment hunting the last couple of weekends and am finding out that I'm spending way too much time stressing out about every little thing. But then, if I don't stress over every little thing, there is no way I can afford an apartment. The sad part is that even after I own an apartment, I'd still have to rent out the extra room to make the monthly payments. So far, I estimate that I can only save $50 to $100 per month. I'm still keeping the same contributions to 457k plan. Although, I plan to change the contribution amount from $300 to $200 per month to the roth ira (Or I might even have to hold off on the monthly roth ira contributions for the next few months until I can get more projects to do on the side). Of course, all of this will occurr only IF I end up purchasing an apartment.

Note: My definition of an apartment is the same as what other southern californians call a condo.

If anyone's reading this, here's a "fun" question: Which one would you rather have....a condo with an attached parking garage, or a detached parking garage, or just have a carport and a parking space? The latter would be the cheapest in price.

February 2006 Net Worth Update

My net worth jumped up abit this time because a couple of outstanding invoices were finally paid to me. That leaves one more outstanding invoice remaining. I hope it comes in soon since February will be a spending month due to a short trip I'm making to New Mexico as well as a couple of events occurring, which would inevitably need some spending. Then, in March, I'm going to Vegas for a bachelorette party of a very close cousin of mine. In April, her wedding. With all the spending months ahead of me, I really hope I get more side projects during this month and next.

I heard about the crazy postal worker who shot and killed five people and seriously wounded one in Goleta, California. I don't know the whole story but it might have been associated with some major job stress and dissatisfaction!!!

Now, I'm going back to bed to nurse this cold that just won't quit..