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This week I’ve done a few things towards a debt free life and my job transition.  Monday afternoon I took my computer in for it’s tune up.  You already know how that came out.  Last Friday I took my car into the shop for it’s regular maintenance and had to leave it for an IMA replacement and an oil change.  Honda provided me with a rental car until I picked up my little Insight on Tuesday.  The IMA is the integrated system between the gasoline part of the car and the electric part of the car.  If you want more detailed information than that, you’ll have to do a Google search.  When I picked up the car, the oil change cost $50.45, which was about $20 more than the last oil change.  But I saved a big chunk of money since the IMA system of my car was still under warranty.  My paperwork says that they replaced the IMA battery module and both computers.  Cost of that little job.  $6553.92.  I don’t see anything that indicates this price included labor charges.  I think when this warranty is up I’d better look for a new to me car.  I’m hoping to have all debts paid off and the money saved before making that purchase. 

Also on Tuesday I went to the temp agency and spent approximately four hours filing out forms, taking tests, interviewing and working through the hospice self module and test.  I had forgotten just how many tests you have to take to work agency.  Next Wednesday I’ll be taking a CPR for professionals there.  My company is supposed to provide CPR classes and TEAM training yearly, but it’s been over a year since I needed to become re-certified.  Then the next thing on the agenda at the agency will be their orientation.

Thursday I picked up Consumer Man’s paycheck and deposited it for him.  He’s also trying to work his way to debt freedom and made the decision to go back to a job on the other side of the state until at least the first of the year.  He left on Monday and I’m in the process of making adjustments back to living alone.  I stopped in the grocery and wondered why I bothered.  I really didn’t need anything.  I did buy a little produce, some yogurt and some cream for my coffee.  After I left the grocery I remembered that I would grocery shop only about every three weeks or so when it was just me.  Basically, I procrastinated with that chore until I no longer had any cream for my coffee and had used up at least one of the two tins of milk that I kept for backup.  Already I’m finding ways to economise more.  I’m not using the dryer except when I launder sheets and bath towels.  Everything else is put on a rack to dry in Consumer Man’s bathtub.  I’m not watching TV and have gone around and unplugged all kinds of things that used to be left plugged in to suck up the electricity.  I’m sure I’ll discover more ways to keep costs down.  Anyone out there with any hints for me?  Now that we’re heading into fall, in another couple months I shouldn’t have to use the A/C much.  I’m looking forward to temperatures down in the low to mid 80s and not so much humidity. 

I decided today that I needed to do one thing every day (Monday through Friday) for the job transition.  This afternoon I was wondering why I was going to work hospice through the agency.  Yes, I will probably make more per hour and they have medical insurance available after I work at least 30 hr/week for three weeks.  But why not apply for a position with hospice and do home health visits through the agency?  Made sense to me, so I filled out an online application after a phone call to the HR dept.

I’m on my way.  That sounds a bit like a Lionel Richie song.

Tags: debt free, Honda, Insight, job aplications, Lionel Richie, temp agency
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