My post-college life is boring, so what?
If my lack of blog posts says anything about me, it’s that my post-college life is pretty boring. So what have I been up to? Well, the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference (09NTC) was a blast. I wrote up a guest blog post about the conference for beyondwords.
This weekend I will be returning to San Francisco for TWTRCON. I’m super excited to dork out with a bunch of other folks who love Twitter as much as I do.
This past weekend I got new glasses for the first time in about 4 years. My new frames are Chanel (2118HB in burgundy to be precise) and I forked out extra for glare reducing lenses (which they always recommend for me since I spend so much time on the computer, but I have never been able to afford them). I paid for the glasses with money from my flexible savings plan. Best $500 I ever decided to put away; I managed to pay for new glasses AND a year’s worth of contacts!
Speaking of money, I have become pretty obsessed with managing my finances as of late. I have been using mint.com to set a budget and automate my savings. I have also been listing loads of stuff on eBay in order to make some extra money to spend entirely on myself (because of this, my plug collection is becoming quite stupendous).
The big news is that I paid off my private student loans from American Education Services (AES), so I now have 2 student loan payments instead of 3. My goal is to pay off undergrad debt before I start grad school. Which seems reasonable, except for the fact that I can’t wait to go back to school! And of course I work at a graduate school, which only makes it worse. I am so excited by the possible fields of study: human-computer interaction, interactive communications, design…I don’t know how I will ever decide! Good thing I’ve got at LEAST 2 years before I can even think about going back.
In other news, Nigel turned 2 years old this month, and he has officially been my dog for 1 year. I guess time flies when you are a super cute pooch!