April 27, 2011

Well, the past couple of nights have gone well. Chris and I did a lot of looking around and all we need now is a motherboard and processor, which usually come together. We have everything else we need. We have:
250GB Sata hard drive
many fans
lots of wires
a power source
a tower case
a huge-ass screen with built-in speakers
windows 7
3GB of RAM
a mouse
a key board
a disk drive
sound card
I ordered a graphics/video card
chris is taking care of the network card
blue cathodes
And we got all of this for 20 bucks! The motherboard he's looking at is an ASUS with a quad-core. :D I think I'm going to love this computer, especially if it's uber cheap. If the motherboard that kara has still works, we may not even have to buy that! Wouldn't that be wonderful!? a $2000 computer for $20! My mom would be proud! hahaha.

Anyway, only two and a half days until I have to go back home. I really don't want to go, and I still haven't found any place around here that will take me for 2 months this summer, which really sort of makes me sad, but what-ever, I guess I figured that would happen. I'm going to work my ass off this summer to try and make a dent in my credit card bills. I owe so much money and I keep hitting and going over my limit! I decided to keep the phone, because that's how I keep in contact with everyone at school. I canceled my subscription to instyle magazine and I need to figure out how to cancel my health insurance too, since I'm covered under mom and dad. But I'll figure that out when I get home.

My list of things to do when I get home are as follows:
Go through the crap in the corner of my room and get rid of stuff!
Go through the separator next to my bed and toss all the things I don't NEED.
Go through the separator in my closet and toss some stuff.
Clean out under my bed.
Put clothes away.
Figure out how I'm going to move everything around to fit that computer. I can't really move that desk because I need the plug that's next to it. I might be able to push my bed into that corner where all my crap is, there might JUST be enough space over there. Then I can put my desk up against that wall and get an extension cord to plug the computer in. I don't want to put it in front of the window because the screen's too big.

My goal is to pay off at least $1000 of my credit bill. All of my Master Card and some of my Visa. Also, I want to put aside $5-10 of each pay check for future stuff, like a trip to see Chris next summer. I'm not going to use my creedit cards. I have to go inside the bank to deposit my checks anyway so I'll just take some out while I'm there for gas and my piggy bank. Also, no more buying food. We have plenty at home! (Accept moutain dew, I will still be buying this!) I think if I pay 100 toward my cards every two weeks, or 50 from each pay check, I can come close to my goal by the end of the summer. I'll at least be able to get my master card paid off.

So here's my list of OTHER things to do:
1) cancel citi credit card
2) take Visa out of wallet
3) pay $50 a week toward master card
4) set aside $5-10 a week for trip to see Chris next summer
5) Begin taking $40 out of checks every week/two weeks as needed for gas.
6) SAVE LIKE A MO-FO!