Movement Abounds!

Lots of moving going on here...and as a result my internet won't be up for another 2 weeks. Basically, Belle and I spent the holiday weekend moving. She starts her job tomorrow and I am slated for swearing in on June 6th. (swearing in for legal intern license). My new job at the D.A.'s office is great. It's the worst pay I've had in over 12 years and I've never been happier. I'm really glad I went to law school.
I'll blog when I can (because I'm sure my legions of fans [sic] will be sitting by thier modems in anticipation.

New Gig

Well I'm fresh after my first day on the job. It was fun. I can't believe how many people I knew...or knew me. (Stillwater is my hometown). It was great. Payne county has a great courthouse and they have brand new courtrooms this year. Construction is still ongoing for the attached jail.
It looks like I'll start doing the arriagnments first, then pick up traffic then regular misdemeanors. It might be "trained monkey" work..but it looks pretty fun to me. I was sad to see a couple of people I went to school with in orange jumpsuits yesterday. That is going to be hard for me to deal with.
My home/office will be about 1 mile down the road on the same street as the courthouse.
I love being back home. It feels great. (now I just have to move....)

DOWNPOUR!!!

When it rains...it pours. It has been pouring buckets here. Belle got the job she wanted from OSU! Hooray Belle! Then I got the internship w/the D.A.! Belle starts the 31st of this month and I start Wednesday.

So it looks like I'll be commuting until we can move (hopefully in a couple of weeks). Worst case scenario-either we both commute until July 1st (when our house will be available) or we find some temporary house in Stillwater. At any rate-these problems are miniscule compared to the hurdles over which we just leapt!

I'm soooo excited to be working for the D.A. Stillwater is a small town and I'll get to know everyone by being w/the D.A. Also with the Interns license I can try non-jury trials--Yippee.

Contributing factors...

I assume it is common for us aspirational solos to stay up worrying about money. I feel kind of like talking about myself behind my own back. (That Luke guy...sheesh man...I mean, doesn't he see that it just ISN'T going to work...jeez...it's the numbers man-they don't add up) Or something like that.
Anyway to compoud the problem of being broke and trying to start a solo, we have the added expense of moving. So that meant that Belle had to quit her job and look anew. I'm proud to say that Belle has two interviews in Stillwater today! Hooray! Both are with Okla. St. Univ. so those benefits would be nice.
I am still unemployed. I have yet to hear back from the D.A. (though his office told me he was out of town last week) so I'm hopeful. So while Belle is interviewing today, Luke is going to be out hustling a job for himself. So wish us luck!

Got loans?

Well I do. I'm graduating with about 100K in Federal loans and 40K in Private loans. It is terrifying. (because I don't have 140k). In fact I'm not even sure how to get that kind of money. Anyway...

If you have more student loans than money then I have just the place to go. GRADUATE LEVERAGE. (GL). GL is a not for profit loan consolodation conduit. It was started by a group of Harvard MBA students who were fed up with the 3 card monty games that loan consolodation companies play.

If you give these guys/gals your SSN (scary I know...but they are trustworthy...check them out on the Better Business Bureau). They will look up all of your loans, then tell you who has the best deal--and how to go about applying for it. In many cases they even do a lot of the paperwork.

In case you aren't hip on what is going on with consolodation--there is no more fixed rate options for us borrowers. However, GL was able (by using "leverage") to get last years lock in rates 2.85% for this years borrowers.

This is pretty involved and there are a lot of issues...but look into consolodation. And when you look. Shop around, then compare these guys...they will be the best deal by far.

Cheep Cheep.

I'm cheap. I'm frugal. I think that paying retail for anything is self-treason. So I bought these 4 office chairs for $35 bucks --total. I got them from a couple of Irish exchange students leaving the country. I like the style (Belle is vying for a mod look to match the office). The fabric looks ok. Belle will likely restain espresso and put Orange fabric on (remember we are in OSU - Cowboy land). So the money saving tip o' the week is this: check the local postings at nearby campuses. As the students leave, they dump a phenomonal amount of office chairs/desks/computers/printers/etc. So get yours...!