$3000 + $4000

I missed a day or four, but I'm just going to stick with the $3000 that comes next. After a long chat with an Argentine former-coworker, I'm ready to go back to Argentina.

Looks like a flight is $1200 - done and done.

Do a package deal on Orbitz and I can get a MONTH in a fancy Buenos Aires hotel for another $1000.

That leaves only $800 for food, ground transportation, other hotels and shopping.... so I'm going to take the next $4000 and spend it today. I'm going to add a 14 Day south american cruise departing from Buenos Aires and going south to Ushuaia, around the tip and up to Santiago, Chile. That's just $1600, but I'm pretty sure between leather, tips, steak and incidentals - I'm going to blow through the $7000 in about a month.

Day 2 - $2000

I spent the afternoon with a home organizer working on turning my bedroom from a "stash and hide" room full of bank statements and old clothes into a place for sleeping, changing clothes and intimacy. I'm trying to turn it into a more relaxing, sacred home space.

To that end - it is time for my dream bed.

The Sheraton Sweet Sleeper - A queen size mattress for $1450 along with new linens and a duvet and a duvet cover. That goes just over $2000 and hits $2007, but I'm sure I have $7 in my wallet to cover the difference.

Start at the very beginning... $1000.

Today's ledger is at $1000. I'm going to use it to take the beach vacation that I've been thinking about all winter long. All-inclusive on a beach. Margaritas, fresh fruit, sand, sun and suntan lotion.

I'll sleep in late, read books on the beach, stay offline the whole time. Get sand in between my toes and a sunburn between my shoulders.

Dance, drink and be merry. Come back to the midwest glowing and ready for the rest of the winter.

Job change vibes

I have found a job that I am insanely excited about. I am so excited I am now nervous. And I haven’t even applied yet. I am supposed to be working on my resume and cover letter instead of blogging! So let me know if you know of anyone that works in text book publishing.

Open to the Possibility

of romance
of more israel
of flexible living situations
of prosperity

Some thoughts about the future

I don't want to post anything on my normal blog but I have been dieing to get some thoughts out there. So here goes:

I have decided that my purpose in life is to study mathematics. I have decided that I am going to go back to graduate school to get a PhD. I am getting worried that I won't make enough money doing this so I want to start sending out vibes that will put me in a position to get some side gigs going. I am doing a lot better at being organized and focusing my energy to get things done even when I don't want to. So I am setting a goal of the end of the summer for having done 3 interior decorating projects and starting a website to showcase it. There.

saving $50 to $100K

I'm the first to admit that I have strange ways of doing accounting.

My trip to Vegas with a gambling pocket and a hooray pocket. I came back with 200 in the hooray pocket and started with 200 in the gambling pocket. To me, that was winning 200, to others it might be breaking even. In fact, I'm still carrying a hundred dollar bill in my wallet.

The way I do math, I figure that the $700 I just spent on decorating saved me between $50 and $100K. How? Cause I thought I needed to buy a new condo. My 1 bedroom felt cramped and uncomfortable. But after letting loose Amy and Dondi, I love it and can see that I can live here a couple more years!

Thanks guys! I love it and feel that it is prosperity in its own special way!