Just some thoughts

One million dollars just doesn't go as far as it used to. At least, that's what I think. What led me to this conclusion is that the house across the street from where I live, is selling their house....for $1.25 million dollars. Keep in mind that in 1998, the same house was purchased for something like $300k. I get that, house prices have increased, but the selling price seems high to me in my "broke" self.

Just walking around my neighborhood, there's like 3 properties for sale. Keep in mind that where I live has large pockets of Asians. Sadly, I would not be able to purchase a house in Brooklyn in the near future. It's a hot borough. I mean, even Democratic candidate Hilary Clinton has leased a building for her headquarters in Brooklyn Heights. It's the epitome of coolness. Sure, if I'd won the lottery, I'd definitely opt for a brown house in Brooklyn Heights, it's classically cool. Well, one can dream I guess. 

In the meantime, working on my current plans which actually is sort-of coming along. I've managed to get a temp gig working for a few days as phone\email support for a tech start-up since they need people for the horse races coming up. The startup is a gambling app. The additional money will come in handy to pay off my credit card bill. 

I also have been getting more Lynxsy alerts in my mailbox. When I first signed up with Lynxsy, I was only receiving ONE job alert every month or so, now it's like everyday. Some of job alerts are ok...I received a few alerts that sounded really cool, such as Project Manager and Legal Funding Central Managing Editor. I've gotten to step two which is the last step of the application process, but haven't yet gotten further. I'm sort of optimistic that I'm a better fit for these two positions. Onwards to the waiting game....

And ugh, I heard through the grapevine that my cousin's family is about to have their third kid or something....I'm pretty sure this is the case because they've got two girls already. <Eye roll>. That is all I have to say. 

And on the programming front, I'm still working on it when I can get enough time to concentrate, that is....Dedicated like 2 and a half days towards helping Shelly, that's my neighbor's kid on her spring break homework. She's 8 and writing is not her strong suit. Between getting her giant-size appetite (scrambled egg sandwich followed by two waffles), helping her with to finish her math homework (which is not my strong suit) and trying to explain the difference between subtraction and division, I was seriously exhausted. Then, came reading comprehension followed by a writing "essay". 3 of them....Thinking back, as a kid, I didn't much trouble with creative writing. Came pretty easy until college.