Ira was definitely tired today. I was spared the official hangover, praise be to baby g, but I was *definitely* tired and sleepy all day.

BUT…work was done! I had this one project that for some reason was constantly crashing. I thought, reasonably, that there was some issue with the project file and so I spent a good two hours trying various fixes for that until I finally stumbled across the thought that maaaayyybbeeee the problem wasn’t with the project file…maybe it was with this latest install/update of Premiere. Sure enough…as soon as I uninstalled and re-installed that, we were back up and running. I lost about half my work day, but whatevs. The truth is that I was spacey enough today that I probably wasn’t going to get much more work done.

But I *did* get work done. Just not as much as I wanted. Ha! That’s basically the theme of the past three weeks, right? Work done, but not as much as I wanted.

I have tomorrow to get work done as well, however, and I will. Now that I (please be true) have figured out this project glitch, I can finish that one, clean up some tweaks on another, and rip through these other two stragglers and I’ll be right back where I wanted to be. Hopefully get a few done on Tuesday and Wednesday as well.

So, the place I’m staying, Ryan’s place…well, he owns this place and I can’t help but think about Liz and I owning our own place eventually. Now, don’t get me wrong, I know how much of a stressor and a responsibility owning your own dwelling (bc it can be either a condo or a house, you know?) can be…there’s no landlord anymore to fix anything for you, and the repercussions of hitting a rough financial patch are much more dire when you’re paying a mortgage as opposed to rent…BUT, I still find the idea very attractive. It’s something I really hope that the Ho and I will be able to accomplish together, to OWN our own place, you know? It’ll be OURS. Those payment we make, aside from the interest, are like putting that money into the bank…as long as real estate values are maintained, that is. But still…it’s a much, MUCH different position than renting, where you own nothing, and you’re simply giving money to someone for the temporary use of *their* property.

The trick, really, is to live within your means. That can be hard to do. We all want more, and often, we can’t afford more.

Not sure why tonight’s entry turned into a lecture on finances, but here we are 😛 It is something I think about quite often. The reality right now is that Liz and I just need to keep saving and we can see where we’re at in a couple years. That’s the current plan, and it’s a good one. There’s debt we need to pay off still, though we’ve made a HUGE dent in that regard, and more money that we need to put into savings. Then we can go from there. And investing money into a house isn’t always the wisest route, at least when it comes to appreciated…so there’s a lot to consider.

Oh money.

I’m spaced out tonight, y’all. I’m sleeping currently in the living room, which means I’m up as long as anyone else is up. I could honestly pass out right now, but other people in the house aren’t ready to – which to be frank is fair. It’s only 11:30 😛 I think I’ll read for a bit. Hoping to get up “on time” tomorrow and get writing done early-on. Then editing…and man, if I can rip through that, have the evening off to just chill. We’ll see, guys.

Time to check out some Stephen King advice on how to be a baller of a writer. Peace!