Insane Random Ramblings

So far we haven’t come up with anything to do this weekend. Gas is so expensive that I don’t think we’ll be driving anywhere far. We’ve been going to Ohio a lot lately but it’s getting expensive since my piece o’ crap car gets horrible gas mileage.

Yesterday we rode around and looked at homes in a very expensive area. When we got home, we looked up property values for that area. Most of the homes sold for $400k and higher. The commercial real estate in that area was even higher. We might drive around another expensive area and look at homes and dream.

I don’t think we’ll really do too much of anything though. We have to go food shopping this weekend but I think that will be the bulk of our travels. We live such exciting lives I know. Once I’m done with school and I have more disposable income. I’ll still have to concentrate on savings though. I’m using my money to pay for school so I’ll have to beef the savings back up.

I am kind of tired today. Maybe we’ll just relax all weekend.

I’ve only been at my job for 2 years so I only have 2 weeks vacation. That’s definitely different for me because on my last job I had 3 weeks. That extra week doesn’t seem like it would make a big difference but it does. I have to take 5 days together for my first week. Then I can break up the second week and take the days how I like.

Those days go by quick. You might get a couple of 3 day weekends and maybe one 4-day weekend if you’re lucky. But that’s about it. It’s not really enough time for a vacation especially since I don’t live near the beach. No Myrtle Beach, no Outer Banks, or even Wildwood would be nice. But with so little time off, it’s probably not even worth it to go. By the time I would get to my destination, it would be time to turn around and come back.

Maybe when I look for my next job, I should negotiate vacation time as well as my salary.