Painful WSD

Went home for lunch yesterday and moved the piano music from the livingroom to the closet in prep for Steve's move. Got to see Steve briefly when he returned from the Chagall exhibit. I won't see him again until his stuff is moved in on Thursday. Then I was back to work. Work was busy. Had a morning meeting that went ok, and another afternoon meeting that went ok. Got home around 4:30pm.

I finished moving stuff out of the livingroom and then headed to WSD for their Monday night class. We had enough for two squares, so that was good. Dave Murphy showed up, and he's always nice to see. Ron called extremely slowly, which makes it painful. Dave probably won't return on Monday nights because of it. I'm considering not returning as well. They only have 4 more classes to go, though. Only 10 weeks doesn't seem like much, especially with the slow calling. These poor students probably won't be able to keep up with someone who calls at a normal pace. Went to Starbucks afterwards. Eleven of us. Wow.

Saw on the news that some put hoax bombs near Chuck's office & home down in Carmel. They mentioned layoffs as a possible motivation. Interesting.

Expense management

"Expense management" is what they call it at work when referring to layoffs.

In an effort to reduce my own expenses, today I lowered the monthly amount I give to my church. The amount I was giving was in proportion to the amount of "entertainment" I was getting from the church each month. I've gone from attending 10 services monthly to 4-5. Guess that's my justification.

I've got to find the paperwork for my cell phone and have that stopped. I hate talking on the phone, and I rarely use it. Definitely not worth the expense.

I'm also thinking of dropping my gym membership as well. It's so expensive for the little amount of time I spend there. It's convenient to work, and the occasional steamroom adventures are to be worshipped, but it's an extravagance that is hard to justify. At the YMCA, it doesn't cost me anything extra to stop and then start up again (due to a work perk), so may at least temporarily quit.

Guess I should stop my $4.95 AOL access as well. That was helpful for a backup, but it's yet another extravagance. No, Gary, it's not a necessity in life to have email access 24/7."