Winter Blues Roundup

Today's high was 9 degrees, and that was before the 20 mph winds were factored in, on top of a constant, though light, snowfall. It made for a freezing 8 am walk across campus to class this morning, which I wasn't too happy about. The class routine is starting to settle in, though I still don't like the 830 am classes every day of the week :( I usually get a couple days to sleep in, though I suppose this will get me in a routine for my internship this summer, where I will have early mornings AND a long commute.

I have completed my work training, and begin doing the actual work on Friday. I am going to be busy: I received my finalized work schedule today and it means that 2 days a week I will be heading straight from class to work until 9pm, working 10 hours on Friday, and 8 on Saturday, for a total of around 30. I'm excited though, as I enjoy the work, though I am a bit nervous to meet with the first client completely on my own. I also know this work will help me prepare for my future potential career in the tax field, allow me to save a decent amount of $$ this semester, and give me something productive to do since my girlfriend is studying abroad in Africa for the next 5 months.

As for the apartment search, I am looking at one more place tomorrow, but believe that I will choose the one I looked at a couple of days ago, and may sign for it tomorrow evening, pending the final walk-through in the afternoon.

I'm looking forward to getting that first paycheck, and the training payment of $320 at the end of the month, as I have my credit card to pay off (which is high due to Christmas, books, and cruise deposit), and would like to make some contributions to my IRA now that my fund is back near it's all-time low after this week's massive stock sell-off :( Good thing I won't need this money for about 39 1/2 years, at which point I will gratefully reap the rewards of my early investing. I'd like to pump in another $500 into the IRA by April 15th, so that I can count it towards the 2008 limitations.