I have tomorrow off. I am going to use it to get my car inspected. Although the merged departments are being separated again, we are still on the stupid randomized schedule. You rarely get two days off in a row, making planning for non-work activities very hard to schedule. You can’t really do anywhere or stay out late, because you are too tired when you get home and then the free day can’t run late because you have to be back at work at 5am.

It will all change on the 20th, tho. I will go back to having weekends off except for optional overtime on game days. Those are not so back. You get time and a half for 4 hours of work delivering barrels of ice.

Despite having to take my car in for inspection, it will only be about $30. Not too bad considering how much I have to pay out this month. I have to pay rent and tuition but I worked it out. My rental company said they would allow me to wait until the 15th to pay my rent with no late fee. So I paid my tuition on the first of the month with that paycheck and then I will pay the rent with the middle of the month pay check.

I did have some disposable income to get some books tho. I know that is is a bit extravagant, but they were on sale.

Besides, I have a method for getting cash. I turn in books to a local shop for cash. I get the books from various departments on campus that give them away. I can sometimes get up to $30 on a load. That might no seem like that much, but it can buy a lot of groceries and can pay my power bill for the month.