Well Adjusted

[rejectomorph]

My head was yanked today, and it didn't go too badly, so I might feel fairly good tomorrow. I'm going to eat a light dinner tonight, but tomorrow I intend to feast because I have stuff for tacos. I usually overeat when I make tacos, but not as much as I used to overeat when I had tacos from good Mexican restaurants. These days I'd strain my budget if there was a good Mexican restaurant in this town, so maybe it's a good thing I'm stuck with my own. They're not as bad as some I've had.

The gas and electric bill came today, and it wasn't as bad as I'd expected it to be. I'll have an extra fifteen dollars to save toward taxes and insurance. The next week is expected to remain mild, so unless the latter part of the month and early November turn very cold I might save a bit more on next month's bill as well. Odds are that I'll end up spending more on groceries than I'd planned, though, and wipe out the savings. I also have to remember that the price of my Internets will be going up in November. I must remember to call AT&T and threaten to decamp to Comcast. That usually brings the price down a bit, though I'm sure it won't come down as much as it did last year.

But enough about vulgar money. Early this morning I went out and saw Orion high in the southern sky. Tonight I might go out and watch him rise above the pine trees, if I don't fall asleep too soon. I'm not sure what time I fell asleep last night, but I think it must have been before eleven o'clock because I don't remember seeing The Daily Show. But I think I thought it was Sunday yesterday (because I never got around to reading the Sunday paper on Sunday) and maybe I just didn't remember that it was on. I can't remember what I did watch. Turning into an old guy with a bad memory is weird. I hope I never forget who Orion is.

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[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

Orion cannot be forgotten. He's a good, silent friend. (I paraphrase Owl in one of Lobel's books.)

Glad your bills weren't as bad as you feared. Oh, I'm still stuck with Comcast at the higher rate. Must do something about that...

Orion has no bills to pay

[rejectomorph]

I almost took Comcast up on the offer they made a few weeks ago of $14.95 a month for six months and $29.95 a month after that, but then I looked at the various extra fees laid out in a recent flyer included with my cable bill (and not mentioned in the Internet offer) and decided that those made it too complex to figure out what I would actually end up paying. But at&t doesn't need to know that. I'll try to talk them down to their $28.00 a month deal, which is only $8.05 more than I've been paying for the last year. If I can't get it at least that low I might have to go back to dial-up.

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's a great deal! Comcast is charging me an arm and a leg up here. Seriously, now that the world economy isn't about to go down in flames, I can relax my guard (heh) and start looking around for better deals.

[rejectomorph]

It was for their lowest speed, and for existing cable TV customers only— but it came with a $50.00 debit card that I could have spent on whatever I wanted. Tempting, but I still passed on it because of all the fiddly fees they've lately added for all sorts of things.