the future
Am I the only one confused with the 401K?
I probably shouldn’t really be complaining since I am fortunate enough to work for a company that offers a 401K, but I am a tad bit lost. I spent the first hour today at work trying to figure out where to allocate my money that I won’t even see until I’m like 80 (if I live that long). What is all this economic mumbo jumbo talk? What is the benefit of a short term vs. long term fixed income form? Do I feel comfortable letting some invisible person put my money into some amazing company only for them to crash and burn?! Psht. My solution was pick the investors with the best looking pie charts (similar idea to bet on horses with awesome names, or picking books or cds with the coolest covers). I don’t think I would recommend this strategy, but we’ll see how it goes.
A weekend off?!
means that I don’t know what to do with myself. I’m so used to working when most people are having fun that I almost forgot that Fri and Sat are important. I’m sad to say that this weekend will be spent moving home to mom and dad’s. Wow! It is only for about three weeks – I have been subletting in the fan for the past 2 months (that has flown by!) and the girl who I have been subletting from is arriving back from Mexico Saturday. And, I have agreed to shack up with another one of my coworkers (I am bed hopping through the organ center), but that apartment isn’t available until mid-Sept.
It’s funny, I used to think of my parents house as a kind of safe haven and a nice escape out of the stress when the “city” was getting on my nerves, but now I feel totally sad and awkward and crazy when I’m there. I suppose this is just because I’m 25 and am not supposed to want to live with my family, but I never thought I would feel so out of it down there. I will keep reminding myself it’s only for a few weeks and hope that I can make lots of plans to try to stay out of my room that still houses all my porcelain dolls and strange furniture with doilies on top. eee!
OH! and my grade school classmate Brett Harris is playing the Camel on Aug 23rd, so everyone should come out and check him out because I discovered that he was making music and touring around and I thought this was just great.
By the way
I love the two girls I have lived with the last two months. Full stop.
Zumba…
is tonight and I could think of no better way to exercise – african caribbean beats, girls screaming and whistling, salsa mixed with the butterfly and booty shaking. all we need are a few fine fellas and tequila shots.
August 20, 2008 at 7:50 pm
I am just as confused as you are about finances; I totally picked the companies with the prettiest pie charts.