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I don't really have much to say or share right now, but I have virtually no work to do so I'm going to post anyway.

School starts today. I have some friends (mostly old friends!) that I want to spend more or some time with, but with my mandatory boxing and hiking added to work and school it gets pretty difficult. What are my priorities?

Detail - wow this is easy. I still haven’t been given any work since a letter 2 days ago. They have been busy on crises and lacked the time to train someone new. I’m making sure I’m 100% available, but I’m not fussing that I have nothing to do. It’s a nice break.

New job. ( Read more... )

This is a great opportunity if I can pull it off. They are constantly hiring HR Directors at many GS and SES levels in the government, and Gov HR Dir are marketable to the private sector as well. Add in a law degree and we have employment security for life.

I’m amazed by how many people I know that don’t save for retirement. I’ve been plugging away at retirement funds since I was 25 or so. I might be more flexible with money if I had rich parents or owned property to fall back on - but I don’t. Do you have a retirement plan? If not, why? My plan is to own property and have 2mil in principal to draw interest-only from. It would leave modest to comfortable living in retirement, which seems a reasonable goal - not too skimpy, not too demanding either.

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Shit. I know a girl in my law-class who has more experience than I do in MSPB, EEOC, and other hearings - she works in Homeland Security. She applied for the same job that I did in the NLRB. She may well be better qualified in some areas. I doubt she has a MA or ten years government experience, but who knows what else she has outside of her law experience. Fuckity fuck fuck. Glad I know she's an applicant.

When did I buy into the system?
When did I go from hating part-timers in the clubs to mocking people without "real" jobs?
When did I stop watching what I spent, finding much money normal and comfortable?
Why do my goals in the gym keep going up, when met to be replaced with new goals?
Is it a good mix since I'm not eyes on the prize, modest goals by my standards?

Tracie just called me while I was trying to dive into this line of thought. She's got a boyfriend, thinking of settling down. I've thought of doing just one post of all the insane shit I've gone through with that one friend - probably the friend who treated me shittier than any other, and I've had some shitty ass friends. She...settling down. Cokehead Tracie. Age is a funny thing.