Whew. Finally a minute to breath.
Inhale. Exhale.
Inhale the good. Exhale the stress….
Trip is going well. 1 sale already and I have a decent chance at closing 2 more tomorrow. I’m in San Francisco now after working Sacramento yesterday.
I got pretty much the cheapest non-hostel hotel in San Francisco and it still seems outrageous. I had a budget of $600 for this whole trip (lodging/food/gas/donuts). I’m gonna go $100 over it looks like.
I haven’t heard anything official about winning the $1K bloghunt contest (UPDATE: I did win!), so we’ll wait and see. I think getting my Chapter 7 wrapped up and using the 1K for that is the best move. Getting the bankruptcy filed is my next big step on the debt side of things.
I got stuck on the big bridge getting into the city. Didn’t know it cost $4! (I had no cash on me) Some nice soul behind me got fed up with waiting for me digging around my car for $4 (I came up with about $2 in change) and paid the rest of my toll. So, thank you nice lady! I felt so stupid though. It’s my first time here!
San Fran is big
The city is huge! It has a similar feel to Seattle, though not as clean. I wish I had time to walk around a bit and take some pictures, but I just don’t. I need to move my car by 7am and then work San Jose and Oakland tomorrow. I’ll finish with San Fran on Friday and then start driving back home.
Fun, fun, fun. Sometimes.
Actually, this is hard. I drove 10 hours strait from Portland to Sac-town. I bought a frozen dinner for tonight and I have no microwave. I do have a really nice bed though, so I’m excited about that. I knew I had little chance on the apartment, but its still no good. Even if I could afford another place, I had no chance of passing anytime of screening. That limits my options to sublets that won’t do a credit check, or coming up with 6 months cash or something and asking for no tenant check. If this sales trip gets me 5 or more sales though….I’ll probably be traveling every other week anyway. So, guess I’ll just keep staying at the office and get hotel rooms every other week. That’s not too bad!
While I think this project has some legs, I’m still worried about a lot of things. The bankruptcy, the business debt that still needs to be worked on, my mom….etc. I know I’m going to be OK one way or the other, but I worry a bit what I will look like it 2 years… (not physically look like). OK, I’m ranting now, I just need to finish my carrots and go to bed.
On my weight note:
Speaking of my weight, I’m down to 169 (I was 176 before I got sick). I feel good though, but I don’t want to lose anymore weight.
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Have you thought about couchsurfing.com or one of those sites where you locate a place to stay for a night?
Watch out, there’s more toll bridges in the area. Pretty much any bridge in to SF has a toll on the way in and any bridge leaving the East Bay has a toll on the way out. If you’re heading south from SF then you might be toll free. To get back to Sac without a toll, you have to take 101 across the Golden Gate and head east on 37 to Valejo, but the tolls might be cheaper than the gas.
I’m glad you won the contest. Hopefully you can put it to good use and find yourself a place. Glad you’re getting some sales on your trip but will you hit your goal? I’ve never been out to the west coast but it would be neat to visit there someday.
Have you thought about answering an ad for a roommate where you are not on the lease but moving into someone else’s place (house or apartment)? With such an arrangement you don’t need to worry about the credit checks or utilities or such… added bonus, you don’t need to buy furniture or other stuff.
Have you seen this, somebody out there loves you enough to reward you.
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Hey Debt Kid,
Of course you messed up and deserve some scorn — you won’t ever forget that — but I admire you for you work ethic, and your ability to pick yourself up and dust yourself off. Please don’t get depressed over your detractors. You deserve to hang your head in shame, which is probably why you do so from time to time. Sorry, but life is like that for each and every one of us. But you are learning an important survival lesson that not everybody gets. Hang in there, I am hoping for the best for your eventual redemption.
Did you meet up with Casey Serin?
He is not man enough to meet up with Casey, he is too busy entering contests instead of working for a living. Loser, get a real job, get a life.
San Francisco is clean and beautiful! Just not so much downtown. You should check out The Marina area, Pacific Heights, and Presidio heights!