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Saturday Workurday

So, I'm at home on this Saturday working on various things I need to get done.  I'm working on the following:

-Cover art for new tracks, working in photoshop on cover art for 2 new songs.

-Running the dishwasher (I run it once a week generally and hand wash in between).

-Working on things remotely at work, keeping my emails cleared.

-Stock research, everyone's talking bout Snapchat... They have negative earnings.  I don't invest in companies with negative earnings.  That's speculation.  Companies alliterative to SNAP that I do like?  Snap-On tools, Toro, Dr Pepper Snapple.  I plan to snap up shares of both Toro and Snap-On tools.  I've owned both in the past and stupidly sold for profits.  Now I'm kicking myself.  I keep waiting for the pull back that never comes.

-I have Word open and I'm working on my book.

-I have my music production software open and I'm working on other music related things.

-Dating site replies... I mean, you'd think I would have given up on this by now, but I guess I still have hope that one day... I mean I have a few friends that are like... "Oh I met my significant other on there!  It just took a LONG time."  SO, maybe it's just taking a long time?  Never know.  The day I disable my profile could have been the day that she finally signs up.  Then we missed each other by one day.  There's one girl I'm super close to going on a date with, that we've been chatting for a little while now.  Maybe something will come from that?  Never know!  Of course it's interesting because you talk forever usually, then finally go on a first date... and most of the time, the in person communication is nothing like what the online communication was.  And how you imagined the person is WAAAAY different from how their vibe is actually in person.  It's not bad, just different.  I hate meeting in person initially because I always imagine that the person is disappointed some how.  That's why second or third dates are better because you're over that initial shock of... the first date.  Which is why I'd rather meet someone in person, or date a friend.  Then you already KNOW each other.  That never happens though because everyone I know is already in relationships or married.  It's kind of hard to date someone if they aren't single!  That's kind of requirement number one when it comes to dating... Are both people single?  If no, you can't date each other... If yes, you can proceed to step two!  Kind of how it works.

-Replying to attorney emails about my mom's estate stuff.  We're still wrapping up things.  She had a lot of things.

-Making shopping list for grocery store

-Fixing broken things around the house.  Toilet ceramic cover chipped and I finally got the proper glue to glue the broken piece back on!  Woo Lowes.  (Another great stock I would choose over Snap Inc. hands down).  Lowes or Home Depot are both heavy hitting dividend aristocrats too.  And with lots of 20 and 30 something home buyers entering the market who want trendy run down homes in hipster areas of cities they can fix up themselves and Home Depot and Lowes stores have built stores just in perfect areas for city people to go buy supplies from.  Those two are a buy for me.  I hold Home Depot currently.

-Practicing guitar.

-Go to the gym later and the store.

-Just cleaned out the cat litter boxes.

Anyways, so yeah, my Saturdays are generally my stay at home and catch up and relax days.  I slept a good 12 hours last night.

Anyways but seriously I'm tightening down the budget hatches like crazy right now...

-I just paid 1500 bucks in property taxes.

-Need to replace my washer, dryer AND fridge.  That will cost me over 5 grand easy.

-I have to find a cat sitter and pay that person for when I go to Maine in June... Last year that cost me a good chunk of change.  I had over 3 thousand dollars in vet bills alone last year too.

-I have to pay my annual homeowner and car insurance.  So, that's a good 2 grand right there.

-My phone is an iPhone 5 that I bought back in like 2013.  I REALLY need to refresh that.  I want to buy one that I can fit all my music on and what not so that's another like 800 bucks right there.

-I'm going to need to make some house repairs, I need to hire a contractor to repoint the brickwork, I'm not sure how much that will cost but every time my mom had her contractor do anything it was a good couple grand at least.  Her final bill before she died was over 10 thousand dollars that was still owed to the contractor.  That was paid from her estate.

SO, spur of the moment Paris trip?  I wish.  Maybe some day.  I have too many other costs.  Plus my normal bills and groceries and fees for things like yoga and the gym?  And my co-pay for my dental cleaning that I have next week and things like that.

Plus I just don't have the energy for a spur of the moment Paris trip.  I mean, maybe because I have a house with 3 cats and what not.  Most nights the cats wake me up in the middle of the night so I never get a full night's sleep.  And the house is always making weird noises.  Don't know what THAT's all about?

Although this latest week since I didn't consume any alcohol and I went to yoga every night after work, I definitely felt a little boost in energy.

But still financially speaking, okay yes I COULD just book a random trip to Paris... But this money I've received from my mom's estate and the trust would dwindle and not be replenished.  Then my bank account would be back to zero.  And besides who wants to be that person who inherited money and then becomes the person who is talked about all like... "Oh, yeah, I heard they inherited money, but now it's all gone, it's a shame really.  Such a shame."

No thanks.  I want money that works for me, not money I have to work for.

Paris on a whim will have to wait.  For now I use my Saturday's to do work... SO, it's a Workurday to me.

Time to really hunker down and work hard.  There's music to be made, books to write, home repairs to be done.  Bills to be paid.  And 9-5 work to be completed.  And there's cats to tend to.