There's a state tax credit that I'm applicable to recieve based on my status as a low income homeowner. I was keen to apply for it, but this was March of 2017 and you don't apply for specific tax credits until you file all your taxes, right? So I shelved the literature for the time being. Fast forward to yesterday. I bring up the tax credit information. Oh, look! It could actually save me $2,500! Now how do I apply... oh fuck. The deadline was in September of 2017. And that's when I realized that not all taxes and their credits revolve around the April 15th federal deadline. That was a gut puncher: Unexamined assumptions about how tax credits work precluded me from a few Gs. Right there, in the literature, big letters (though on the second page...) SEPTEMBER 1 DEADLINE. I’m still gonna apply. Who knows. Other than that, life is peachy. School starts next Monday and I’m the most excited I’ve ever been for a semester. It’s all that’s on my mind. It’s gonna also be the toughest semester yet, but I’ve been preparing all winter break. Have money squirreled away so I won’t need to work part-time. I’m not drinking this semester in order to concentrate and save money, but also to challenge myself and be healthy. I also spent the break setting up my basement as an office for studying. Got a big shag rug, a couch to make it feel cozy, and a monitor for dual screening. Now if I could only will myself to cook...
In the text, Faustus is reading the Vulgate of Saint Jerome, and comes to Romans 6:23: "The wages of sin is death," he quotes, and stops right there, despairing, without turning the page. Dr. Hemple looked out at the class. "You're all good Christians, right? What's the rest of the verse? What would Faustus have seen if he'd turned the page?" There had been no answer. " 'For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.' Don't you understand? Faustus was eternally damned because he was a bad reader." It's a bit more extreme, but this made me remember a scene from The Solace of Leaving Early.When they finished the play, the professor asked the class, "What was Faustus's real sin? Where did he really fall?" And there had been the standard answers: He was greedy. He desired power, knowledge. He was lustful and blasphemous. Dr. Hemple agreed Faustus had been all those things, but that Marlowe had very carefully planted a clue in the first scene in the play; he had revealed the trap from the beginning.
I’ve got this app called Mealime that gives you recipes and builds grocery lists which actually makes the whole thing more enjoyable. There’s also a website called Cook Smarts that I haven’t signed up for but the free trial was preeeettty cool and they still send me tips on cooking. I found it a lot more enjoyable when I could actually make something interesting.
That app looks cool as hell. I'm gonna check it out tomorrow when I do meal planning. Thank you!