Today started with me sleeping through 20 minutes of my alarm. I was so sure I hadn’t heard it that I asked my wife to see if it had been set properly. It was; I must have been very sleepy. I rushed out of the house to have Wednesday morning breakfast with my friends. The breakfast, as always, was good, though recently the restaurant has changed the radio station from 70s / 80s music to Country. Blah!
I had a nice conversation with a pastor-candidate this morning, did a little call committee work and at least thought about applying to some teaching jobs. I just wasn’t feeling it today, so I wound up doing more stock research. My goal is to finalize my research by Saturday so I can make some intelligent decisions about what to do with the option money and the 401K-turned-IRA account. With the stock research done, I can then concentrate on my job search.
Oh ya, I got my stock option check in the mail today. I’d like to say that it was the largest check I have ever deposited in the bank, but it wasn’t – it was the second largest! The largest deposited check came from refinancing my home last year. I didn’t tell the cashier ahead of time that the check was a large amount. She processed it like any normal check until it was time to type in the amount. She stopped, did a second take, did a third, looked at me, looked at the check, and then called for the manager to finish the transaction. I thought it was pretty funny. Because the amount was so large, there was a 10 day hold put on the check. I guess I have 10 days to find that pool of ideal stocks that this money is destined for.
Day 38 mood: Happy.