My New Challenge

These challenges will reflect my new mandate of having to "Live poor" and the adventures I have in figuring out how to do it. Today's challenge: Dinner. My cupboards are actually quite well stocked, but my refrigerator is missing some key ingredients. My job is to figure out how to make do without those extras. (Partially because I'm too lazy to go to the store, partially because I'm poor, and partially because I always enjoy a good challenge, and since I don't have any more academic challenges, this is the next best thing.)
"What do you mean" you say? I'll tell you. Currently, I have tortillas, beans, salsa, sour cream....but no cheese or meat. No tacos. No enchiladas. No nachos. Any ideas? (I'm thinking i may have to make some dip). Or, pasta, milk, butter, garlic... no parmesan. Or... chili fixins, beans, tomatoes, onions.. again, no meat.

Accepting suggestions! (And no, I'm not interested in going vegetarian)

Homeless Garage Sale

Ok so I've graduated, and now I've come into my full reality, which is fairly sad. I am massively in debt and currently unemployed..... I have a couple of strategies to help get me through the next couple of months (i do have SOME summer money saved but I clearly need more). Short of working at target, I need some assistance. Does anyone know an individual who is willing to do the following: A) Host a Tupperware Party (free stuff in it for them), or B) Help me find a location to have a garage sale? Apparently, my building gets only one permit per year to have a garage sale, and they won't give it to me alone. I either have to wait till next month's HOA meeting to see if they would allow a MASS garage sale, or do it at someone else's house. I am ashamed that I own enough stuff to have my own garage sale, but that's a different point. I have a house full of stuff boxed up and ready to be sold, and nowhere to sell it. Any takers?

Productive I tell you!

I haven't been to work since last wednesday! (Mind you, it's tuesday of the following week). And in all that time,I've been quite productive. I've cleaned out my cupboards/closet/etc so that everything has a place INSIDE an enclosure (that's doing BIG things for me!), and I have lots of stuff to sell at my garage sale. (Too bad I have enough stuff to have a garage sale by myself...)I also recorded 2 songs and made a fabulous batch of chocolate chip cookies. I saw 3 movies, 1 graduation, and numerous comedians, live. I even used one of those days sprawled out on the couch in an illness induced haze. If it weren't for my running out of sick days, I'd take the rest of the school year off.(Mind you, that's 3 days, but who's counting?)

Curses!

I'm sure I'm being punished by the universe. Per my last post, I am using my sick days to simply be gone from work. Today is one of those days. Why then, did I actually manage to mess around and get sick!? How AWFUL is that?
It's not fair. It just isn't. (And what's worse: I don't feel all THAT bad, but whatever this phantom illness is has completely zapped my strength, so I can't really do anything productive or fun. And actually, on a day off, the two are indistinguishable)

Revelation:

I don't work any more thursdays or fridays.
Period.

Now mind you, I'm not REALLY that triflin, but I have sick days at work that I need to use up. Granted, I will only be on my job for two more weeks, but still, 3 day workweeks are quite nice when you think about it. For instance, last night I got to stay up late watching a movie, with no worries about not being able to get up in the morning. And when I woke up today, I sent a text message to one of my colleagues taunting them about "You're at work and I'm not.. nanny nanny nanny!" and then I went running. Now I'm going to buy accessories for my digital camera which arrives today, and then I'll go socialize a bit, before I pack for las vegas, to which I am headed tomorrow.

See all the productive things you can do when you're not working?!