MS and the Obvious

Mood: There
Song: Meet Virginia - Train
Cups of Coffee: 2.5

And, in the vein of the Great Harmondo, here's the countdown:


4 Days until payday

6 Days until a 3-day weekend

27 Days until my vacation

104 Days until a get my Masters

276 Days until we move


Ah, yes, it's that time of month again where I complain about the state of my finances. Don't you just love that feeling you get when you get your monthly bank statement; you balance your account; you notice some transactions that you forgot to include in your own records; and you realize that you have a significantly negative balance? Mmmmmm, hot damn that's a great feeling! I love bank statements: the monthly reminder of how bad the state of my finances are.

*le sigh*

Oh, yes, and I have found yet another annoying thing about a Microsoft product: I use MS Money to organize my finances. It's a great program, but a bit parental. After balancing my account, a message appeared on the top right-hand corner of the screen that read:

"Your total available cash has been decreasing."

REALLY!? Are you kidding? I mean, I didn't notice the large red number in parenthesis at the bottom of my screen staring at me as if to exclaim: "THIS IS HOW MUCH MONEY YOU DON'T HAVE, YOU LOSER!" I'm almost waiting for the program to berate me with a popup widow when entering a transaction:

"Did you really need that pound of Starbucks Premium French Roast?"

I think this would happen if my in-laws wrote an accounting program.