i don't mind if you don't mind

ok, so i have decided that i am wasting entirely too much money on certain things that i use every day. or on things that i never use at all. as a result i pretty much end up living from paycheck to paycheck and that really needs to stop. some of the most expensive things will not be cut out entirely. i will be cutting back to the less expensive, and therefore less desirable versions. for example, bottled water, instead of buying the water i typically get, i will just have to settle for the plain water. which is disgusting by comparison, but i really do not think i continue this especially if i plan to ever get a vehicle. i have not purchased any new video games since april. i have decided that the only way to get them at used prices. even i try not to spend more than fifteen dollars on one. the awesome thing about where i live now is that it includes my utilities. now if only we could get the cat to stop turning the toilet paper into confetti we would be set. i do not go out at all since i have been here. it is way too expensive for my tastes. so my social expenses are nil with the exception my cell phone. i clearly cannot that out because i need it, and i also have a contract. there is not a whole lot that i can back, but i know i have to make cut backs where i can. of course, if/when i can get weekend job, all of my expenses may be a little bit easier to manage. i am not that point yet. a lot has to be cut by the end of september. at which point i will have to have a car for work when i transfer stores. which will free up one thing that i do not have a lot of at my current job, and that thing is time.

i spend about four hours of my day traveling to and from work. that leaves me four hours to myself. factor in the time i am actually at work, and i essentially spend twelve hours for work, and i am only paid for eight of them. i do not even live outside of the city. my commute is rediculous. oddly enough, a car would more than halve my time of travel. there certainly is not much that can be done in four hours a day. considering at some point i also have squeeze in two meals and what little excercise i can manage to do from home. eventually i would like to finish taking classes, but that is rediculous at this point. even if i took online courses i would only be able to manage one or two at a time, and that would be just another waste of money. oh, and my brother wants a ds for his birthday because his was stolen. i am pretty sure that is not going to happen. well i am not going to make it happen. not unless i get run down by a nintendo truck.