Dark Days Ahead

The Winter of Discontent is January for me. I get paid twice in December due to the holidays. I get caught up, buy a few presents, and then try to ride out January without another big check untill February. My car is a disaster. I won't put anymore money into it at this point, and it could die at any moment. My truck is in limbo untill Harmon recouperates so that's a no-go. And even if it were to be fixed, I can't pay for it. I have just enough food and cash to make it through. I know that my returning to college relys on my ability to A). Get financial aid, and B). Have a reliable means of transportation to get me there.

On the positive front, I talked to my manager at BB. She'll give me more hours if I open up my availability. I'm cool with that so long as I don't have to run into the idiot I've had problems with. Since he mostly works in the morning, I don't see that as a problem. He could mess it up for me though, so I might need to just explore other options.

It looks like my RPG days are over. I put out an offer to run a game for awhile and nobody went for it, so I give up. I've tried to get a group together with miserable effect in the past and I refuse to put such effort into something like that again. I'd consider walking into a pre-assembled group, if the situation was right.

I think my healthy step this month is to drink more water and plan healthy meals for lunch and breakfast. I think 1/2 cup of oatmeal or an egg will do. Lunch will either be grilled chicken or pork, or a salad. Sugar and starchy foods are my weakness. When I cut out sweets and bread I drop weight like mad. Next month might be exercise time. Since I won't be hosting a game now, I'll take the junk room I was going to convert into a game room, and make a wieght room. I need to be in shape before I shave my head.