Weekend

This is the first weekend since I have been in Sydney when I don't have to work or study ... and, Murphy's law - I'm sick. I did a lot of extra part-time work this week - (30 hours), so I had a number of very late nights. I think maybe my body is now telling me to rest! I felt pretty yuck yesterday but thought it was just a cold, but when I finally woke up this morning (after about 14 hours of sleep!) my back was killing me (which I guess explains the dream I was having that someone was literally stabbing my back).

I'm meant to go out tonight but even the thought of getting out of bed at the moment seems like too much of an effort. I'll see how I feel in a couple of hours.

If I'm feeling better tomorrow I will summarise June - and then the first six months of the year.

Feeling sick

It's 5am and I'm awake with a sore throat.

I used to get up at 5am before moving and changing jobs, but not anymore! I love the fact I live so close to work. I actually got up at 8:40am yesterday and was in at work by 9:05 (5 minutes late but no one else was there anyway!)

Oh, and it's Saturday.

Think I'll be making a trip to the chemist later today. I have an exam next week (my last one for the semester), and the last thing I need is to be sick.

Dentist bill

Last week I chipped a tooth, so today I had the fun visit to the dentist. Even with my private health insurance paying some, it still cost me just over $200 (that was for getting the tooth fixed, and a check-up/clean).

At the end of the day I know it is money well spent, the tooth needed fixing, but still, not a fun way to spend money.

Am definitely going to have to stop getting massages to get my medical budget back in line.

Medical/Dental costs

I have been sick for about a week and a half. Not fun. Went to the doctor's on the weekend and got some antibiotics, which obviously has a cost.

And, I have managed to chip a tooth. Well, it is either a chip or a hole, but it is not painful at all, so I think it's a chip. But I don't know how I did it, it wasn't like I bit down on something and felt the tooth break. It is at the back of a tooth, so luckily not obvious, but I can see it the missing bit when I hold a mirror in my mouth. So I have a dentist's appointment next Monday. I don't have a big problem with dentists, I always make sure I go every six months for a clean/checkup (my Mum spent enough on my teeth when I was a teenager that I want to take care of them!); but it still isn't exactly on my list of Top 10 fun things to do.

I'm concerned about the cost, my private health cover will cover some of it, so I'm hoping it's not too expensive. But I would prefer to get it dealt with now rather than wait in case it gets worse.

Pay break-down + gym fees

I get paid again on Thursday, but my pay slip is available online now. This is the first pay where my gym fees have been taken out (I salary sacrifice them) and I was interested to see the impact it would have on my pay.

The gym fees taken out were $19.82 for the fornight. Considering at my last gym my fees were $37.50 a fortnight, that's a big discount already. My tax has also gone down $8 as a result. So essentially, the "cash" cost of my gym fees are $11.82 per fortnight - much cheaper than I originally expected.

In my budget, I had listed my anticipated pay as $1,550, but it will be $1,567. Every little bit extra helps!