The funny thing is I don't FEEL like I'm on fire; I'm doing everything slowly and reluctantly. I'm at work and having a slowish day, and I just don't have the energy to chase down extra work. So I thought I should try to get some non-work things done. So far I have:
- Canceled a credit card via online.
- Paid the home insurance annual bill by phone.
- Paid a random little bill from my old dentist by phone.
- Tried to call our parking-space renter, whose check is late.
- Called a prospective new babysitter for my bday party, then followed up via email when she wasn't sure if she was free.
- Tried to call a vegetarian chef we're trying to connect with in Puerto Rico (had my Spanish-speaking friend call him first in case he only spoke Spanish; she got in touch with him, but then when I called later, he wasn't there).
- Wrote the first draft of a blog post for a site that contacted me to invite me to be a guest blogger!
- Submitted a daycare receipt for reimbursement.
Phew! For feeling completely unmotivated, I'm not doing too badly.
I attended the first meeting of our condo's new finance committee last night. People had some very interesting thoughts to reduce our operating expenses and eventually (hopefully) our association dues. I hope I can contribute some thoughts too; I was mostly there to listen. It seems to be a grassroots group formed by homeowners frustrated by the yearly increases in our dues (this year it was 7.7%!). I'm glad I'm not the only one! We meet again in March.
We're doing pretty well meeting our spending requirements for the rewards cards. Now we just have left:
NT Cap One need 300.85
AS BOA need 366.93
CJ Citi need 134.37
CJ Discover need 135
AS Citi need 265.29
NT Citi need 500
NT BOA need 500
CJ BOA DONE
CJ Cap One DONE & cancelled
AS Chase DONE
So we just need to spend $2202.44 more. $500 could be for the party, $483 for NT's outstanding ER bill, and the rest could easily be used up with bday and other spending.
I canceled a Chase Sapphire that I got the bonus for (before this latest group of cards), so we're down to 18. Slowly but surely whittling that pile down!
So close to our vacation! Tonight I may go to trivia, tomorrow I have lunch with a friend, Thursday is a normal day and Friday is a half day with a daycare event in the afternoon. Saturday we get our hair cut and prepare for the trip, and EARLY Sunday morning we head to the airport. Can't wait! Today was another miserably cold morning, but it should be the last one for a while. Tomorrow morning should actually be in the positives!
I'm on fire today!
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Geesh. Making me feel like a slacker over here.
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