Waiting

[onefixedstar]

Budget promised to call me back in ten minute to confirm my booking. That was almost ninety minutes ago, and I'm still waiting. Who knew that it took over two hours to book a truck?

I found out last night that yet another friend of mine is buying a house. She's the fifth or sixth one to do so in the past year. Apparently we're getting to that age, except that I'm not, because buying a house on a graduate student non-income shares a difficulty rating with breathing on the moon or persuading President Bush to admit that humans contribute to global warming. It's times like this that I question my decision to leave my life in a holding pattern for at least another four years, but then I listen to my working friends bitch about their jobs while I amble outside with a book and a cold drink on a sunny Wednesday afternoon, or remember that I get to spend my days charting my own course doing work that I love, and it seems like a good decision again. And hey, my new apartment building has a swimming pool. ;-)

Now if only Budget would call so that I could go to campus. If they call in the next twenty minutes, I can still get there in time for lunch. :D

Comments

[semiotic-trader.livejournal.com]

Why not call them back? You're well within your rights to say, "I called almost two hours ago, and haven't heard back. What's the deal?"

As for the house thing, I share your mixed feelings. While it would be nice to have a house and permanent residence, it doesn't seem to be worth the tradeoff. The other thing is that houses are expensive, so it seems a lot easier to get one you like if you have two incomes contributing to it.

As for the job part of it, though, I think the answer is to become a university professor. Then you can still take a midday drink/book break if you want, as well as doing work that you love :)

[onefixedstar.livejournal.com]

I did, in fact, call them back. Their excuse is that they were very busy, but the booking is now confirmed.

I think the thing that worries me the most about graduate school is not the delay in buying a house, but rather the delay in starting to contribute to RSPs. You don't benefit nearly as much from compound interest if you start saving in your thirties rather than your twenties. But there's not really much I can do about that--I don't have the cash.