Productive night
Feb. 6th, 2008 10:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
innerslytherinI was super productive last night, despite having to get offline twice for thunderstorms. I filed both federal and state taxes, and have a significant amount coming back from federal. My state refund was so tiny I considered donating it to the Indiana Non-game Wildlife Fund, but hey, every little bit helps, so decided against it. It'll buy me a couple gallons of gas if the price drops a little. ^_~
I also went through the SFFWA list of professional paying markets and went to all those magazines' websites to print off their submission guidelines. I made up a three-ring binder with all the guidelines printed in alphabetical order, then I selected two magazines that I've actually read, that I thought would be appropriate for my two most polished stories. Prepared both submission packets last night and sent them off this morning.
I also cleaned off my desk, because it would have been impossible to do my taxes or make up submission packets without doing that first. >.> I am always surprised at having to clean my desk off every week, but then I remember that 98% of my social life, as well as 90% of my writing life, is spent at the computer. *grin*
Major flooding across Indiana today. The driveway feels like a mire from how soggy it is, and the downstairs toilet won't flush again. I'm sick of rain, but I suppose it's better than snow! Still, thunderstorms in February are a bit much. I love thunderstorms, but since I have to disconnect the modem every time it storms, I do get annoyed at them. We lost our cordless phones to lightning at about 3:10 Monday morning, so now I can't tell if the phone call is Discover harrassing me for money (or possibly Sallie Mae), or if it's actually important.
I'm taking advantage of being employed at the moment by making huge payments against things (my savings account has $20 in it right now) but it seems like I'm hardly making any headway at all. The tax check will pay off 3/4 of the hospital bills from the tachycardia stuff, so that will help. I know I've got a job through the end of this month, and quite possibly through the end of March...so I'm trying to get one of the credit cards paid off, as well. If I could devote two whole paychecks to that effort, it would work. Too bad my bank still wants my car payment every month!
I also went through the SFFWA list of professional paying markets and went to all those magazines' websites to print off their submission guidelines. I made up a three-ring binder with all the guidelines printed in alphabetical order, then I selected two magazines that I've actually read, that I thought would be appropriate for my two most polished stories. Prepared both submission packets last night and sent them off this morning.
I also cleaned off my desk, because it would have been impossible to do my taxes or make up submission packets without doing that first. >.> I am always surprised at having to clean my desk off every week, but then I remember that 98% of my social life, as well as 90% of my writing life, is spent at the computer. *grin*
Major flooding across Indiana today. The driveway feels like a mire from how soggy it is, and the downstairs toilet won't flush again. I'm sick of rain, but I suppose it's better than snow! Still, thunderstorms in February are a bit much. I love thunderstorms, but since I have to disconnect the modem every time it storms, I do get annoyed at them. We lost our cordless phones to lightning at about 3:10 Monday morning, so now I can't tell if the phone call is Discover harrassing me for money (or possibly Sallie Mae), or if it's actually important.
I'm taking advantage of being employed at the moment by making huge payments against things (my savings account has $20 in it right now) but it seems like I'm hardly making any headway at all. The tax check will pay off 3/4 of the hospital bills from the tachycardia stuff, so that will help. I know I've got a job through the end of this month, and quite possibly through the end of March...so I'm trying to get one of the credit cards paid off, as well. If I could devote two whole paychecks to that effort, it would work. Too bad my bank still wants my car payment every month!
