math

[fox]

Okay.  Having added up my rent, student loan payment, cell phone, cable, land line, DSL, curling dues (including locker rental, divided by 12), chorus dues (likewise divided by 12), car insurance (divided by 6, since I'm billed in half-years), renters insurance, mattress payment (yay free financing), and car tax (divided by 12), it looks like if today's interviewers offer me the job I will in fact be able to take it, provided a) gas prices stay below about $5/gallon and b) I don't go off any end of any depth with respect to any aspect of my life.

I had the calculator do this math, so I know the arithmetic is right.  And I don't think I've forgotten any of my non-negotiable expenses.  So, bottom line, if they offer it, I think I'll take it.  (And look for some freelance something-else on the side.)


In other news, I thought it was impressive that I'd managed to lose a pen in my living room -- I was writing with it and then I couldn't find it.  Bizarre.  But it turns out I stuck it in my hair.  :-)

Comments

[thalia]

You left yourself some grocery money, right? [g]

Also, congratulations on the Kennedy Center thing! That's really impressive. I wish I could come hear you.

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

All those things I listed, added together, = x;
starting salary, less 23% (estimated taxes), divided by 12, = y;

y - x = $500 approx. Which is the entirety of the monthly eat-food-and-put-gas-in-the-car-and-do-fun-things fund. (Or the car-repair fund, god forbid. [knock wood]) It seems like it should be more than it is, but it's not much, really. But it's doable.

Also, thanks! :-)

[sanj.livejournal.com]

GOOD LUCK! Toes crossed. Also, ask about our Ellen Cooks Too Much program ;)

[cordelia_v]

Chorus dues? You have to pay to be in a chorus?

Also, be sure to add in groceries. Good luck!

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

It's a membership fee. Not a lot, not like the curling dues. Just, a volunteer chorus, you know, the membership kicks in to at least nominally help defray expenses (which are considerable).

Groceries are variable, which is why they haven't gone in to the list of everything. :-)

[lightgetsin.livejournal.com]

Regarding freelance work, drop me a line or catch me in person to chat about freelance editing stuff, if you want.

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

I was just poking around with that very thing in mind. :-) ftlog yes, please, reveal to me where a person finds people with stuff that needs blue-penciling. (Not, of course, that I'm trying to work your corner, or anything. There must be some other corner I could stake out. [g])

[merrycontrary.livejournal.com]

You've had a really good day, haven't you?

You deserve the best, so I hope you get it - one way or the other.