Another Update, More Income Stream News and Income Report

Well, its Memorial Day (Federally) and I thought while listen to Dr. Gary Null on one of my various rides on the bus I would update the blog.

 The Podcast is sort of coming along. I have come to the conclusion that I need a co-cost but that does not mean I will not do any solo shows. Indeed there's plenty I have to say and rather than talk to (and sometimes answer...) myself, I believe some people would like what I have to say. So development is coming rather slowly but compared to when I first had the idea for a radio show back in 2007-2008, I have made some progress.

 It has been suggested that you give your potential podcast subscribers plenty of content when first starting out, so that has slowed its debut. I have interviews lined up, the problem is getting schedules to match so we can conduct Skype calls.

 Once that is sorted out a bit more, I will make the investment in the other parts of the podcast to make it work.

 My nine months on General Relief has ended. Ideally, it would have ended with a job and it sort of did. Given my desire to develop my blogs so they will generate income, I wanted much of my time to remain open. I decided not to pursue any IT related work, I may revisit that, but right now its too late in the planning stages for my trip.

 But as I said, I actually do have a job, working for a merchandising company, part-time. The problem is while I have been hired, the job I was originally hired to do was cancelled, so there's no work for me at this time. I hope it changes soon, but until then all I have is reduced GR and my previous income stream.

 GR has been reduced to $111 to cover transportation cost. 

 I am having problems with Citi's web site so I can produce an actual income report, so I'll just give my totals.

 As of May 27, 2013 -

•  General Relief Balance (last payment on May 3rd) - $245
•  Plasma Donation Balance (missed two donations) - $44

That gives me a total of $289. I will add $80 by the end of the week bringing my total to $369

 Ah, but I spent $524 on a recent trip to Mexico City 

 That cost included $322 round trip ticket from LAX to Mexico City. I spent $16 to get to the airport, $21(4.5 days) for a great hostel which included breakfast every morning and WiFi. Also Metro was $4 and I spent too much money on the initial taxi from the airport (because I couldn't find the metro station) for $21.

 I could have easily gone under my $500 self-imposed budget if I had to do it again. This includes loads of sight seeing I might add and the rave I went too, which I didn't pay for by the way :)

 Next post I will go into my detail about my major trip and what going to Mexico City had to do with it.