11.6.98

    ~/~ We're in the money... we're in the money ~/~

    I'm exagerrating just a little but I did get paid today. I got paid for the web work I was doing for The Company That Shall Not Presently Be Named and I got paid for walkin' the dogs. The check for the dogs was a big surprise. I had dropped off my W2 form yesterday and he gave me a check today. He said that even though he didn't have the form he went ahead and cut me a check. How cool is that? Them's the kind of people I like workin' for.

    It is so nice to get paid for work. You know, as opposed to doing work for an inept, irresponsible and illiterate manager and then not getting paid. That's lame. By the way, I have decided to change his name from The Jerk™, which is overused and easily confused with all the other jerks out there, to Vigorous Idiot™. You see, while he is definitely a jerk what he really is is an individual who consistantly and repetitively does incredibly dumb things. I know this because I recently had the pleasure of speaking to one of his former employees.

    It was really so amazing to talk to this person. I felt totally validated and finally secure that I wasn't the nut in this ordeal... just slightly naive.

    I'm still sick. I still have the sniffles and I'm coughing and sneezing. I've been sick for over a week and I'm fed up with it! And, of course, T. is now getting sick. I think we'll send him to the doctor like I should've done. I just hate my doctor. He's a patronizing old fart. Plus, you always have to pay $10 at the counter when you go and I only had $35 in my account. I told you I was broke.

    Everything has become neglected around here. I was sick all weekend and that meant I did a lot of sleeping and pill-popping. For some reason, T. decided not to take up any slack. The dishes are piled to the ceiling and we're knee-deep in dirty clothes. We have to do these chores tonight but how blah is that? I want to go out and spend a little dough. It's interesting when so little money suddenly becomes "rolling in it" — it's all about perspective.