I think I have mono.

at least that would explain while I've felt so run down lately. it sucks. I'm been going to bed earlier, oversleeping a bit... I don't do much other than work and sleep, it seems. I have been putting in about 10 hours a day, and it's been grueling this week. trying to do too much, still learning what I'm doing, blah blah blah...

I got a call from my former 401k provider. they're going to be sending me two cheques. the 80% cheque is rolled over to an IRA retirement fund. the 20% cheque will be made out directly to me, after tax withholdings. what worries me is the total they gave me. it's amount to $15,731.80. I wasn't aware I had that much in retirement. it has me wondering if they forgot to subtract the $2500 or so that was still owed against my loan. I have a bad feeling they're gonna come after me for that later on. that company has fucked up countless times, so it'll happen. it'll be nice to put a couple thousand back in savings and not have to worry about it. with miyuki hopefully starting work next month, maybe we can even leave it there without touching it. or heaven fobid, add to the nest egg...

I am thinking of using ING's feature of opening several sub-accounts to my savings. have one for a house, one for vacation fund, one for a vespa fund, one for a new computer, etc. I do wonder if it would be to my advantage to leave it all in one account tho, to benefit from compound interest. I'll have to do the math on that, see if it makes any difference. I don't think it should.

also crunched some numbers and realised if miyuki can find a job that earns just $11 an hour (which shouldn't be difficult given her office experience), we're gonna have enough income to put several hundred dollars per month away for savings, down payment on a house, vacations, and various fun. woo for fiscal responsibility!