Today is my first of 4 days off. I'm alone at home, watching a marathon of a certain reality show on tv ( I'm too embarrassed to admit which reality show it is!) Glad I'm not working today because about an hour ago it started snowing like crazy, and it's just so nice to sit here and watch it through my window rather than having to deal with it. I got my performance evaluation done at work this week, and it was really good. I really like to hear officially from my boss how I'm doing every so often because I tend to doubt myself even though I try my best 99% of the time. There were about 12 or 15 different areas my boss rated me in and in 3 areas I got "meets job requirements" and the rest were all "exceeds job requirements", so that felt really good. Still haven't heard whether my term will be extended or if they'll have to do layoffs for a while. My end date is Jan. 29. But I'm not too worried about it either way.
In other news, we'll be moving at the end of February, because we've purchased a little condo. Yes, we were finally approved for a mortgage. The place is not too far from where we live now, and it's a pretty typical 2 bedroom apartment style condo. Big enough for the two of us for now, and could also have room for a little one if that were to occur in a few years.
I think owning our place instead of renting is going to be a financial turing point for us, and I figured out that if we continue on with the same income, that we will be able to have our student loans and other debts (except mortgage) paid of just before I turn 30, which is just over 4 years from now. So I'm ready to focus on the task at hand for the next while, and try to ignore this crazy maternal instinct of mine until we're older and wiser and more financially secure. I'll probably still cry on mother's day though. But then , I'll probably cry on mother's day after I have kids too.
We had a great new year's eve. We hosted a small, impromptu gathering. We found out like 5 hours beforehand. One of our best friends, Mike, came over, as well as Matt and Melanie from Mike's small group. We had good food, played some guitar hero 2, rang in the new year while playing Settlers of Catan Cities and Knights. At midnight we had a crisis trying to open the sparkling apple juice on time for the toast. It seemed really funny at the time. It was a really enjoyable time. I love having people over, but I'm usually too shy to invite people.
That's all for now. Happy new year.
