Commence Countdown
Day 1 of 46 complete. $70 of $3250, 2.15% raised.
So today marked my first day of a real world work schedule, with the intention of buying myself a top-notch gaming computer before Christmas! Current progress puts my goal somewhere around Thanksgiving, depending on if I work Saturdays or not... Which I probably won't. My initial projection placed the goal around the end of October, but that was with an 8 hour day. What, you think I can't work an 8 hour day? Well, maybe... But here's my current weekly schedule for those of you who are used to me being on at certain times:
Sunday:
Wake up at 8am. Leave for church at 9am, which starts between 9:15 and 9:30. Church ends at 11am. I have free time before lunch, which is at any time between 12pm and 2pm, but usually 1pm. Free time until supper, which is any time between 6pm and 7pm. I will probably use this time to catch up on college homework, finishing up the previous week's Linux assignments. Free time after supper, shower between 9pm and 10pm, in bed at or before 12am-midnight. The hour or two after my shower will probably be spent watching any number of TV shows I have, including Earth: Final Conflict, Babylon 5 and Monk.
Monday:
Wake up at 8am. 2 hours of free time until 10am, when I go out to work. Believe me, I need every minute of those 2 hours to wake up completely. Dare I say time for an episode or two of a TV show? Work until lunch, which, of course, is between 12pm and 2pm. Whenever it is, take 1 hour for my lunch break. (This is what reconfigured my schedule from an 8 hour work day to a 7 hour work day.) After the hour break, return to work. Peter Heck Show starts at 3pm with highlights from previous shows, and an all new show from 4pm to 6pm. Very awesome highlight to the work day... Keeps things from getting too depressingly monotonous! Peter Heck Show ends at 6pm, work ends at 6pm and I eat supper. Free time after supper until 9pm to 10pm, which is when I take my shower, and then be in bed at or before 12am-midnight! Free time after supper will probably be used to scan over my math homework for my class on Tuesday.
Tuesday:
Wake up at 8am. Work at 10am. 1 hour lunch break. I will probably stop working at 3pm to scan over my math homework again before 5:15, when I leave for my class that goes from 6pm to 8:50pm. Come home, take a shower... Free time until I go to bed at or before 12am-midnight. I will NOT be doing classes, since I just got back from some crazy math.
Wednesday-Thursday:
(See Monday...)
Friday:
Exactly like Monday, except I'll probably stay up late like I used to, except I want 8 hours of sleep, and I want to wake up no later than noon, so 4am will be my absolute latest... Which is never a problem. Everyone wimps out on Friday nights anyway. Friday night will be my Skype/movie/game night. Plan accordingly! College classes may be scattered into the mix throughout the evening, depending on how pressing my schedule is.
Saturday:
Free day... Not really! Wake up at 12pm-noon and focus solely on any and all classes remaining for the week. TV shows will, of course, be scattered throughout the day, giving me some nice distractions from pure work. Shower between 9pm and 10pm and be in bed at or before 12am-midnight, because church is on Sunday.
Thus, my schedule is concluded... 4, 7-hour work days and 1, 5-hour work day (Tuesday) per week. That'll make it about 10 weeks until I have enough... In a perfect world. Halo 3 is due to come out and I just (re-)pre-ordered the Legendary Edition, so that'll need paid off. I also have some remaining funds on my credit card from college books and Xbox 360, but financial aid should take care of the college books and the 360 is mostly paid off already, so no sweat there.
Needless to say, I won't be doing National Novel Writing Month this year... oh well.