Today our choices are:
1. Get a dog
2. Fix my car.
3. Buy a new car.
4. Go to Vegas.
5. Quit my part time and start subbing or suck it up and continue working this measly shit job.
6. Have foot surgery.
Now let's break this down:
1. Get a dog. I am torn on this. I want a dog to keep me company when Bob is gone for work. A friend of mine in Little Rock, who I adopted a dog from previously, has another bundle of adorableness available. He's a sheepadoodle, gets along with cats, and will be massive when he's grown. I know this friend is being honest about the dog's temperament and we won't encounter a situation like Reesie again. Downside is that I'll have this dog alone when Bob is gone. I'll be it's sole provider. Am I ready for that? And if I am, how the balls do I actually obtain the dog? Fly to Little Rock and rent a car to drive him home? He sure as shit won't fit under the plane seat to fly his ass back here.
2/3. Fix my car or buy a new one. My car is dying a slow painful death. We're about to replace the power steering pump for the second time in a year and a half. And that's just one of it's issues. At what point do you stop putting money into an old car and just suck it up and buy a new one? Preferably when I have an actual full time, good paying job. Which means that is not now. With our financial situation and the deals we can get, now is not a BAD time to buy, it's just not perfect. And I wouldn't necessarily get exactly what I want (a Mom car). So I'd get another smallish sedan and hold out for a Mom car when I get impregnated. Someday.
4. Go to Vegas. I get free flights. My girlfriend, Elizabeth, gets free flights too. Another friend of hers called today and said, "Let's go to Vegas." So E calls me to tag along. Do I go? Or stay at home and save money for a new car/dog/whatever?
5. I have a hours guaranteed part time job. I can take off whenever I'd like. I get reimbursed for mileage. I barely get paid minimum wage and the person I work with/for drives me nuts. I am in the process of becoming a substitute teacher. In order to sub, I have to quit/take time off of current part time job. Do I rock the boat? What if I don't get as many hours subbing as I want/need to potentially pay for a dog and/or a new car?
6. Foot surgery. It's needed and my doctor says I need to have it now. Do I take time off work/push back subbing until fall/wait for summer to be cut on? Then it interferes with summer vacation plans. Bob's schedule is anything but easy to work with. We need to coordinate his time at home, plus time for another friend/family member to stay here with me when he does go back to work.
Gah. Balls. Shit. I hate being a grown up.
