Coupons, Gas and More

I have started cutting coupons.  I don't know if I will use any of them, but somehow cutting them has seemed a worthwhile endeavor.  It seems that the price of everything has increased at a rate that my Debit card doesn't want to keep up with, especially the price of gas, unfortunately no coupons there.  If things don't start going the other way soon, I may have to re-think my route to work and possibly the car I am driving.  I am sensing that $3 a gallon gas may become the normal here in the short term and beyond.  I mean where I live it hasn't yet, but I certainly do see it on the horizon.  Money is one of this issues I don't really like discussing, but it always come up.  Just recently I have refinanced my auto loan to save money, in the now.  I am just not sure how much it will help in the long run, but ultimately, its about having more in the bank each month that really matters.  Now if I could just figure out some way to get rid of my student  loans without waiting 10 years or more.  Student loans are terrible, it seems you'll never get rid of them.  I am currently searching out electricity rates as my contract expires this next month, hopefully I can save some money there.  However water and gas are only provided by one company so no luck there at all.  Additionally, the Cable company raised their rates recently, so I am contemplating dropping several of my services and maybe just keeping Internet with Hulu Plus and Netflix, as this actually comes out to save me money.  Of course, who knows what I will actually do.  Then of course, there is a baby on the way, and honestly, I haven't budgeted for that at all.  I don't know how much anything is going to cost.  I am going to need to sit down and figure this out.  My goal and hope was to allow my wonderful wife to stay at home full time with the baby, however, right now I just don't think I can afford it.  I may need to take on a second job or find some other means of income.  No matter what, I think we'll be alright.  I suppose nothing can go as you plan it.  I just wish the future were more clear.

Consolidated

It seems the Consolidated just sucks. They provide this Copper Ethernet solution, which is essentially a bunch of coupled together DSL lines.  Anyway, three of our districts have this service and for one reason or another they keep going down, or rather crawl at abysmal rates.  Anyway, I do hope they fix themselves.

It's a ....

So, yesterday, we went to get a sonogram, but alas, the technician wasn't there.  So we wait one week and then we find out.

Kenny vs. 3 donuts

Dell + Fedex = FTW

I got an Outlet Laptop from Dell this past weekend.  I was amazed at the speed of the whole process.  It took roughly one day for to be I guess inspected and repacked or whatever it is they do for their certified refurbished items.  Then it went out Monday night to Fedex and this morning it is out for Delivery.  Now the cool thing is it came with free three day shipping, of course, that means three days after processing which would have been on Thursday instead of Today.  So now at some point today I will get my Laptop one day early and get to configure it, wrap it, and put it under the tree!

I am having a baby, well not me, but you get the idea

So, I haven't really mentioned it much yet, but the news is true.  Chelsea and I are expecting a child.  We don't know the gender yet, but will find out sometime in January.  I am actually looking forward to being a father, I am not sure why I am not even the slightest bit hesitant or afraid.  I think its going to be alright.

User Error

I have determined that most issues are the result of user error.  More specifically user error is the result of ignorance and impatience.  Users don't understand what the problem is, can't explain how it happened, when it happened, or in some cases what happened at all.  In addition they are too impatient to figure out what happened, before calling the help desk or sending in an email to RT.  I don't get it.  People, look, not everything is an emergency. We'll get to your problem when we can, but until then calm down.  It isn't my fault that you don't have a clue.  I am just saying.