T-Minus One Month.

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Countdown to Vegas trip #4 of the year in full effect now.

Nothing really has changed in the planning. Good eating, questionable drinking, bad gambling. The usual.

Have a bit of a life change that will affect Vegas a bit, going to get myself a car now that I'm licensed again. Too damn likely to die as a pedestrian in the City anymore, few days go by that I don't almost get mooshed while walking to and from work. Going to buy one outright via a 401k loan, so the only long-term financial impact is repaying the loan (bout $200/month directly debited from pay) and the insurance payment, which for all the cars I've modeled is less than $50. Looking at used Mercedes or Audis, I've always wanted a real car, no more crappy American or Japanese 4-bangers, and now that I have the means to do it finally, I'm going to make it happen.

Good loan rate from Vanguard, less than 5%, better than I could get at any dealership so pulled the trigger. Still leaves a nice chunk in account in case of...whatever, over $7K. Got a $5500 loan and hoping to put at least 1K of that toward the Xmas trip.

Other than that nothing to report, just playing out the string at work, trying to keep my head down otherwise and hopefully will lose a little weight after the Thanksgiving break I'm on. 3+ weeks to try to lose some chubb.

Tick, tock...

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