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Slowly eke-ing upwards...
Feb. 9th, 2010 03:18 pmWell, last night I found out that my grant application for composting-related projects was not funded. The committee wanted me to find a place on campus to do the whole thing. My point is that on-campus endeavours are going to fail because of poor oversight. So boo to that, although I can't say I'm all that surprised. I can just point at the program and label it as greenwashing. That program already funded a different composting project on-campus that failed. Instead, I will persevere with my current efforts and will thumb my nose at the university. I have enough other projects to tend to.
But! In other news, my funds for purchasing a replacement laptop for the one that was stolen last June are finally growing, albeit slowly. It took longer than expected to finish paying myself back for the trip to Australia, but by now I only owe myself $3.03. Hooray! It sure takes a lot of self-control to be deliberate about how I spend my money, and how I spend time with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
scrottie so as to not spend a lot of money, heh. I also finally wrote my annual check to my parents to pay them back for the funds they loaned me for my undergraduate education, and my annual check to the Giant Student Loan Corporation for those loans. They're deferred, yes, but some of them accrue interest, and I'd rather not have my interest accruing interest.
This year's sum was paltry relative to the last couple of years, but the balance was at least high enough to pay off more than just the interest on the Giant Student Loan Corporation loans. In percentages, it was about 0.6% of last year's total. I suspect this year's figures will be similar, because I will probably have to teach over the summer, and the associated summer pay is less than what I'm given during the school year. Ah well. Incentive to wrap things up here.
The best news of all comes from last Saturday: as I was riding my bicycle home from the farmer's market, I spotted some money that had been thrown in the road by somebody. I went back to collect it up, and came away with a whole $0.72! Not too bad for some free money, just lying in the road.
But! In other news, my funds for purchasing a replacement laptop for the one that was stolen last June are finally growing, albeit slowly. It took longer than expected to finish paying myself back for the trip to Australia, but by now I only owe myself $3.03. Hooray! It sure takes a lot of self-control to be deliberate about how I spend my money, and how I spend time with
scrottie so as to not spend a lot of money, heh. I also finally wrote my annual check to my parents to pay them back for the funds they loaned me for my undergraduate education, and my annual check to the Giant Student Loan Corporation for those loans. They're deferred, yes, but some of them accrue interest, and I'd rather not have my interest accruing interest.This year's sum was paltry relative to the last couple of years, but the balance was at least high enough to pay off more than just the interest on the Giant Student Loan Corporation loans. In percentages, it was about 0.6% of last year's total. I suspect this year's figures will be similar, because I will probably have to teach over the summer, and the associated summer pay is less than what I'm given during the school year. Ah well. Incentive to wrap things up here.
The best news of all comes from last Saturday: as I was riding my bicycle home from the farmer's market, I spotted some money that had been thrown in the road by somebody. I went back to collect it up, and came away with a whole $0.72! Not too bad for some free money, just lying in the road.
