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Congrats to me… I’ve got my first client (whoa, sound so… professional) yesterday. I would have wrote this entry yesterday, but man, was I tired.

After finalizing what I had to do until the next deadline, I ended the phone conversation. I will be working to redesign and implement D & E Technical, Inc.’s website. I forsee this project not going longer than a month, but really, I need to start looking for a second client as I go about this job.

This is where it gets exciting… and also worrisome… because I don’t really have to be here in Champaign for this job. It can purely be a telecommuting job, and so I could cut costs by going home and living there.

Food and rent would be effectively ZERO if I went back home. However, if I’m on campus, I will be most likely spending money on things like… eating out, coffee, gas, rent… oh man.

Let’s do a little cost analysis:

• $300 - Rent per month (Most likely)
• $50 - Gas per month (Estimated, Very likely)
• $300 - Food per month (Estimated)
• $50 - For phun?

Which means… I’m leaking $700 (minimum…) in being here. That’s how much I should pay for loans… which means I need to make 2x that as I’m here. So the real question is: where am I going to be next year? Where the freak do I need to be? Apple seems like they’re still having a hard time getting back to me… and even if they did give me a job, I won’t be as quick to accept it (seeing how it took them a month and a half to get back to me…).

I want to rejoin WIMPE, the gym on campus. I need to relieve some stress in a positive manner, and not by just sitting around and reading. It’ll be a nice $219… as long as I make it there 30 times, I’ll be fine. But if I’m not here on campus for next year… what was the reason for that? Hmm… decisions, decisions… [strokes imaginary beard]