Yesterday afternoon my boyfriend came over. We rented a movie (Harold and Kumar go to White Castle), played chess, and then went- we couldn't resist- to White Castle for dinner. We talked a lot about me quitting my job, which is something I've been debating about doing for a while. On one hand, in many respects I'm not happy with the way I get treated at my job (no benefits, have to pay self-employment tax). On the other hand, it's a decent salary, and I don't know if I'd be able to find another job in my field, and how long it'll take to do that, and whether, even if I find another job in my field, it'll have the things I'm lacking at my current job. I'm trying to save all I can, but having '3 months expenses' or '6 months expenses' doesn't mean a lot when you don't know how long you're going to be unemployed.

Self employment tax comes out to about $5000 a year.
Health insurance comes out to about $2400 a year.

If I could find an employee job with benefits, I'd be able to make $7400 a year less, and still have the same take-home pay.

I'll see what happens in December. I think if my boss agrees to make me an employee, I'll stay, even if no health insurance. If he gives me a $6000/year raise, I'll probably stay, even if he doesn't make me an employee or give me health insurance. If he doesn't do either of those things, I'm out of there. Even Starbucks offers health insurance...

Friday/Saturday spending

Fri Aug 19 $76.00- Transit pass
$7.43- Lunch
$0.75- candy
Sat Aug 20 $3.00- breakfast
$1.97- ice coffee
$1.00- laundry
$4.89- Blockbuster rental