Women-only group ride

My friend/ex-coworker Meghan never called me back--biatch. Oh well. I went on a women-only bike ride last night, and met four women. A couple of them seem pretty cool. It was a no-drop ride, so our pace was much slower than I'm accustomed to, but that was nice, too. The weather was basically perfect. I mean, it was still 90-95, but I've gotten so used to 100+ that last night felt almost chilly (kidding). We did 22 easy miles.

I finally got my books in the mail!! I've forgone the internet for reading. ;) I swear... my next house, I'm going to build shelves in a spare bedroom for a mini-library. I have this... problem... where I just can't sell or give away my books! Unless they sucked, anyway.

So, my brother-in-law started a financial blog of his own--http://ebdebtfreejourney.blogspot.com/ Check it out, there's some good stuff in there! I'm going to start using some of his tips, although my first step is to FIND A NEW JOB. I'm basically living paycheck-to-paycheck, so saving isn't something that's easy to do right now. I've cut back on a lot of expenses that I'd had in Omaha (gym membership, unlimited text messages, etc.), but it isn't enough, and I'm not going to rely on "bonuses" from this company. I have a few things in the works, so keep me in your thoughts! :)

Speaking of money, OPPD was supposed to fax a "letter of credit" to my utilities company in Austin (so that I could avoid a $200 deposit), and they said they would take care of it. I got my first utilities bill in the mail the other day and my jaw dropped at the $318 bill. Bad news: obviously OPPD f'ed up. Good news: $118 electric bill really isn't too bad in this heat. I had absolutely no idea what to expect when I moved into that apartment. So I e-mailed OPPD and asked them to take care of it. Gave them my info, etc., sent another e-mail a few days later asking if they had taken care of it, haven't heard back. ARrrrgh. I'm going to have to call them.