The joys (no really!) of being adult

[mizarchivist]

Things that are great:

• Tax refund, and not even all of it!


• Paying bills all and early because of cash infusion.


• Being excited to be able to do that bill paying without anxiety.


• Spreading the wealth to quiet_elegance a bit.


• New sneakers, courtesy of aint_it_hard in honor of my birthday, which are totally black (Asics). No neon. (This is my third time around with this style/brand. Nobody else seems to get the concept of all black sneakers)


• Being able to leave my old shoes behind at City Sport, as they apparently recycle or donate them.


• Fancy coffee drinks normally not purchased, but I'm rich today.


• Free lunch, courtesy of work. Tasty bbq chicken. Good thing I like it, as there's still a lot of left over. They brought us a bucket of butter. Butter pats, actually. Bucket of Butter is my Paula Dean cover band. I don't even care that she doesn't have a band. If ever she did, she has a ready-made cover band waiting.

I did mention the coffee right? Yep! 

Comments

[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

I tabbed this a while ago (back when you posted it) because it resonated. And then it promptly got lost. Le sigh.

But oboy do I hear you on these points. Because (I think) so much of being an adult and doing the Grown-Up thing contains anxiety - we have to worry about the stuff that we didn't have to when we were kids. We know that the other side of that coin is having the freedom to make one's own decisions, as well as the responsibility. I wouldn't trade that freedom/responsibility for all the non-agency security in the world.

All of which is to say, I hear you. Having a bit of money come in to alleviate the general anxiety levels? Priceless.

::clinks coffee mug with yours::

[mizarchivist]

Right on, right on,. ::Clink::

So, my anxiety currently surrounding the temporary loss of the majority of our savings account in the wake of the move (OMG, not even looking at my cr card bill right now...), knowing that QE started a permanent, full time job with a HUGE pay raise, that there was no gap not even one working day... We can fix this lack of safety net almost immediately. Not perfectly, but just keep building back what was used up.

Hey, the savings account! It served its purpose: being there when we needed a ridiculous amount of funds in short time. Sigh. :)

[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

HEARS THIS.

After a year of J being on unemployment, and my dress business barely breaking even, we blew through our savings too. And when J finally started getting paid from the grant that he'd won (started coming in May, when it had been originally promised for the previous November), my thoughts were exactly along the lines of yours.

We have a lot to be thankful for, and a lot to celebrate. Every freakin' day.