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02/04/2003 Archived Entry: "Growing up"

My family was dirt poor when I grew up. Scratch that: we were "powdered-milk poor", "cashing in the bottles poor" and "no-name macaroni and cheese poor".

So with some large amount of trepidation today, Jen and I put money in an investment that we can't touch for 18 months. We want a home (thinking that we really want to build one) and have to force ourselves to have this money put away so that maybe we can do it someday. We decided to do this, even though I am currently unemployed (and Jen is not yet allowed to work) because we have to, if we don't we will spend it on things that aren't really necessary (we've got enough for rent and food and transportation aside from what we've locked in). As you can guess, I've ne'er done this before. The only investment I have is some old stocks that were started up in the midst of the dot-com boom but never got to the the point of initial public offering because the people in charge of it were Too Damned Slow. Even if those were released, they wouldn't be worth a whole lot. We're talking 600 shares of what is likely a penny stock. My tiny portfolio is in better shape if they never release it than if they do.

If I hadn't married Jen, I wouldn't have done it. If she hadn't married me, I doubt she would have done it either. That's a small part of what Jen is to me: a reason to live my life right and an impetus to make goals happen. Pretty damned cool, eh?

As you can see, I've re-designed quite a bit. Hopefully it's a bit nicer for you to read, but mainly I'm just glad that it doesn't look like a large dill pickle exploded any more. There's still quite a few tweaks to make, and I want to get a little more artistic on it, but this makes me happy for now.

Waiting for news on whether I have a job is hard...maybe even harder than just looking. I'm really looking forward to what I think is going to be good news. Even if it isn't though, I'll be happy to see something final so I can move on. Keep your fingers crossed for me?

Replies: 3 comments

It's a...a...well then, I guess it's a typo :) Fixed. Posted by Greg @ 02/05/2003 12:46 PM PST

Eenterestink zat yoo should zink "dick" ven yoo zink of peeckle. Is zere zomezink yoo vould like to share with zee group? Posted by Sigmund Freud @ 02/06/2003 02:27 PM PST