employed!

I've nailed down a job. It's at the not-so-exciting firm: while I would have prefered to architect at the more exciting firm, they offered me a non-architecture job, and very low pay. In addition, a friend told me that she thought I would hate it there, so that sealed the deal.

I should be starting next Monday, if they can find a space for me, and I'm looking forward to having a regular schedule, getting out of the house, and learning lots of new stuff. I'm not looking forward to getting up early, not being able to go outside, and having to sit at a desk all day... but I'll happily swap all those things for a steady paycheque. I'm still ahead of the Vegan's first job (at Mr. Clean's workplace), so I guess I'm okay.

This paycheque thing... I spoke to my financial advisor about how much I would be making, and he broke it down to a monthly take-home. I'm stunned at how much it is, but a little less than half will have to be put aside to pay debts. I'm sure I'll still feel strapped for cash when I'm working, as it doesn't take very long to get used to spending money. When you add this to the fact that I've been spending with wild abandon lately (as il papa pays de bills) it might be a bit of a rude shock when I have to stick to a budget.

Anything else? Hot Dog and I are considering not submitting for PoTo. While I do want to do a competition, it's hard to stay motivated and we don't seem to be getting anywhere productive. We're going for a walk around Yaletown tomorrow to see if we get any great inspiration, but if we don't then we're going to drop it. Everyone is on vacation, even me.