17:35 (GMT +10:00) Sydney
Hmm.. I am currently sitting
on hold to the
Australian Taxation Office (or
ATO as it is more
affectionatly known). Why? Because I ticked the box on my tax return that said "
I want my money put straight into my account", and then forgot the fill in my account details!
*slap* Oh well,
7 minutes and counting. I wonder if I'll get through
before I finish
writing this
node?
Oh well - today has been a mixed bag. I went and picked my car up from the garage this morning (even got up at the correct time, and didn't get lost on the way (see yesterday)
Oops - got through to the ATO, only 10mins on hold - thats got to be some kind of record. Apparently they will send my out a cheque, and it shouldnt slow down the processing - cool
but they did charge my $200
more than I was expecting - so now I have
no money again. No
suprises there. Looks like I'm hitting the parents up again.
I really don't like doing that - but I've got no choice, as I can't live on no money. That was the
good thing about university - if I ran out of money I could pretty much live on nothing for a week until I got more money. No such luck in the real world :P
Of course having no money for (lemme see) 18 days doesn't work at all - so I went and worked some magic at the ATM and made my cheque account cough up and extra $300 over drawn. That covers
1 speeding fine
rent
petrol/food/smokes for a while
So, I've got left
1 speeding fine
Rental on fridge/telly/video
Food and petrol for 2 1/2 weeks
to pay for. Hmmmm.... now I see why I was going to have to borrow money of my parents.
Well this does give me a good excuse to cut back on my smoking again (maybe even give up? unlikely - damn nicotine).
Nothing much else very interesting happened today
This seems to be the story of my life at the moment....