DVR

Now that I live on my own, I obviously have to pay for everything. I thought Time Warner Cable was only in the northeast. Unfortunately it's here in North Carolina too. They gave me 3 months of DVR free when I signed up for cable and Internet. My three months is up and I decided to get rid of the DVR box. Now I can't tape my shows. I was trying to save a few bucks. The cost of cable and Internet is unreal. I now miss my DVR a lot, but I'll get over it. I almost got rid of digital cable too but decided to keep it because I can still get shows on demand. Gotta love 1st world problems!

Credit Card

I was looking at my credit card bill yesterday for the month and was not happy. As always, it's higher than I expected. Then I started thinking that next months bill would be smaller because I didn't plan on making any big purchases. I was wrong. I made two expensive purchases last night alone! Tomorrow, if my chair comes in like it's supposed to, I'm going to add several hundred more to that credit card bill. My month doesn't end until May 20. I'm doomed! I've used my credit card so many times online that I have almost memorized my 16 digit number! I know I'm good with numbers but that's disgusting! Maybe one day I won't spend so much money!

Cherokee, NC

One of the biggest things I miss from New York, besides my family and friends of course, is gambling. North Carolina has no off track betting like New York does. It doesn't even have a horse racing station on TV so I can watch the big races. Of course some huge races, like the Kentucky Derby, which is this Saturday, will be nationally televised. However, there are a lot of other races I am missing because of this. The closest casino in North Carolina is in Cherokee, NC. That is 5 hours away from me! I believe they have a casino cruise in Myrtle Beach, which is two hours from me. We didn't look into that though. I just booked a hotel in Cherokee so that my friend and I could go to the casino Memorial Day weekend. So I'll be traveling 10 hours round trip just to get my casino fix in. At the rate I keep spending money on sporting events and everything else I'm doing, I'm going to go broke soon! I don't care. I want to have as much fun as possible when I can. I can't wait until Memorial Day weekend!

Spring Break

As always, spring break flew by. It's amazing how much anticipation there always is for breaks. Everyone gets extremely excited about it. It always feels like it's so far away. Then it comes and goes quicker than a blink of an eye. The next countdown will be to the end of the school year. I believe we have 40 school days left. A few of those will be without students, which will be great. Unfortunately though, if I do summer school, that starts up immediately after school finishes. At least they will be half days. I hope this break has rejuvenated me for the rest of the school year!

One Plane

I've flown on a lot of planes before. I have never flown like I did today. I took a plane from Albany to Baltimore. Then I stayed on that plane and went to Raleigh. I've never stayed on one plane, made a pit stop, then continued on. They asked me to get off of the plane since it was an hour lay over. However, I was able to get on about 10 minutes before everyone else. That allowed me to sit right up front so I could get off right away. That didn't end of mattering too much since it took forever for my luggage to arrive. It was a different experience in my flying career.

Afternoon TV

I've been watching TV most of the day since I have nothing better to do while home in New York. I've discovered that afternoon TV is awful! There is nothing good on at all. That sure makes the day go by slower than usual. If I had my car here, at least I could have drove to the mall and walked around or whatever. Other than being bored today, I've had fun in New York but am excited to get back home to North Carolina tomorrow.

You Haven't Lived Until You've...

You haven't lived until you've cleaned up your grandparents waste from their lawn. I visited my grandparents today for the first time in a few months. I raked their lawn, which wasn't as bad as it normally was because it was just spinners and not loads of leaves. They have been having problems with the pipes where their waste travels through. There's a huge tree with massive roots that are growing into the pipes causing waste to backup and seep out into their yard. It's quite gross. I had no plans to clean it up. My mom called someone and they said it would cost between $200-500 for someone to professionally clean it up. I didn't want my grandparents to spend that much money so I stupidly volunteered to clean it up. I can't find a word to describe how disgusting this task was. However, I saved my grandparents a lot of money and did a good deed. The shower I took after never felt so good in my life!