$711.50

We have a 5 gallon water jug, the kind you see in an office water dispenser. We put our loose change into it. Last time it was emptied, it was about a third full, and there was about $400. That was two years ago, right around the time we got married. This time, it was between a third and half full. We poured all the money into a pile on the floor, and started wrapping it into money rolls. I bought these neat little stacking trays that made it super easy to keep count. Grand total- $711.50. Not bad. It'll pay for our Wiscon hotel and a few fun things for our trip.
Today, I took it to the bank. As I laboriously dragged two very heavy tote bags to the door, a man on the sidewalk said "are those coin rolls?" I said yeah. "That looks like a lot!" I said it was two years worth. He said "wow, congratulations!" I thought that was pretty funny...


I quit the job on Monday. I went in to talk to boss guy first thing in the morning. He told me he could tell I wasn't happy, and it was bringing the rest of the crew down. The unfriendly, unhelpful, insular crew. I asked him not to mention it to people who didn't need to know, as I didn't want anyone asking me questions about it. He said, "of course I won't say anything", and I told him I'd finish out the day, since they were still really short handed. I went upstairs to do a run of delivering charts, and when I returned, everybody knew and was asking me questions. Gee thanks, boss. I was happy to turn in my badge at the end of the day.

I'm scared out of my mind for the future, but I'm relieved not to have to go back to that miserable, toxic place. It felt so good to leave, I made a cake the next day to celebrate!


Yesterday I cleaned and tidied all day, because we had dirtylibrarian over for dinner. Twas lovely. I made two quiches that turned out pretty darn good. Afterward, we walked down to the ship canal. Everything is in bloom, and the air smelled wonderful. dirtylibrarian - please send us that photo you took!

No photos from me tonight, Luke has the printer plugged into his computer in order to print out the LJ icon stickers for wiscon. I've been running errands during these last few work-free days. Bank today, post office tomorrow, to mail a box of clothes to my parent's house in Madison. We do this every year, we'll be stopping off at my folks before Wiscon starts, and I also borrow their big coolers for the LJ party. We have this whole Wiscon thing down to a science. The only thing that sucks about it is the terrifying airplane ride.