Splurge

Money is not a thing I can just get rid of whenever I feel like. BUT the girls & I have a tradition and I allowed myself to splurge on myself this one day. I spent a good bit on charity this weekend. I will spend the next month buying things for my Mom, my Dad, Jess, Cristina, and lots of others people. Today was for me. I bought myself dinner. Jess, Sara, Liz, and I went to Sakura, that Hibachi place. The food was DELICIOUS. And it was so nice to catch up with the other two girls again. I am quite content with how I chose to spend this money.  I work to spoil myself every now and again. Bless :)

Money Getting Solved

I went to McDaniel today and handed them a nice check for my housing deposit, right on the deadline. I did my taxes with my Dad and it turns out I did them right the first time! I got a nice little surprise for someone today that I am very excited about. I am learning to manage my finances and plan ahead for important things. It's a really nice feeling :)

Ongoing Process

Life and plans and such. Constantly moving forward. So here is how things stand.

• I AM HOME FOR FALL BREAK. HALLELU! I shall be here from, well, Friday night, to early Wednesday morning, since I have no morning classes. MUCH NEEDED break at home
• Spent last night and all today with Karla & Cristina & Eric. Twas lovely as always. Oh how I missed that little girl. Missed her with all my heart. And time with Karla is always just so healing.
• This Monday my Dad and I are going to get my passport stuff sorted. I highly doubt I can, on account of this fun little government shutdown. My Dad doubts it, too. My Mom says we should check anyway. It is in my best interest to get it, and I'd rather say I tried. So, as things stand, Monday is passport day.
• SHOULD MY PASSPORT COME BEFORE JANUARY. Yes. I am going to Europe. The most amazing trip ever. And it will be glorious.
• SHOULD IT NOT COME. There shall be an alteration of plans.
• Europe 2016. Possibly no Doctor Who experience, but basically all the restaurants and tours and shows are the same. The trip will come again and I will be able to have the most memorable senior year ever.
• Toronto 2015/2017. That is a goal. Assuming I'm using the extra year(s) to save up, I should at some point get enough for my much wanted trip to Canada. It will happen within the next 4 years, I am determined. Hopefully the prices aren't ridiculously higher than they are now.
• No more BufferFest. As incredible as the whole experience is. No passport. No free transport now that Kimberly is not going. And the expense of the tickets for all the events. It's a Youtube convention, not a concert. So, I've made a decision. Until a Youtube convention reaches DC or Baltimore, or I just happen to be in the assigned area at the convenient time, I won't plan on attending.
• thisroutehastolls will be up before the end of 2014. One way or another. I doubt I will ever have money to buy my own mic and camera, so unless I am gifted these things, I should stop waiting for that to happen. HOWEVER I am seriously debating getting a smartphone. Specifically for the camera. Lord knows I HATE smartphones and it's not like my Dad and I can afford data anyway. But tons of people do iPhone vlogs. Maybe my quality won't be so great but I'm sure we can make up for it in content. And that way, your sister and I have more or less the same quality in our videos. We'll work our way up to better visuals later. Honestly, our focus just needs to be starting the channel.

Like I said. I'm a dreamer. Maybe this is just where I write everything down. So that I jinx it. Or just remember it. Or have witnesses to hold me to my goals. I dunno. I plan on keeping you updated. These things are pretty major events that I want in my life. It's only right that you stay updated on it all :)