A little general news and information.
The first bit: The e-mail from Sallie Mae came late Thursday to make it official, Somara’s smallest student loan is now paid in full. Phew! It’s a molehill compared to how large the remaining three are but I succeeded through the strategy I proposed to her last Summer when I was made Treasurer of the Maggi Republic. We’ll receive something in writing within 45 days. We’ve killed off nine percent of her total balance too. If my calculations are correct, the next loan will take at least 20 payments to complete without any financial windfalls; escrow refunds, Vegas winnings, etc.
The second bit: Somara accepted a temp job working at Apple. Training starts after Thanksgiving and the contract is for a year with the iTunes Store. No, we can’t get you free music or recover anything you lose. It will pay a tad more than HEB and hopefully it could lead to something better if Somara likes it. Either way, it’ll help toward paying the bills/loans. I’m sure there should be overtime with all those people buying iPods for the holiday season.
Finally: What’s with the ugly color scheme this month? In honor of earning the position of Promotions Director for WMUR 20 years ago, I decided to use the station’s logo colors from a t-shirt designed by a guy named Mike “the Bax” Baxendale. When I was in Orlando for the wedding, Jose told me Bax received a mention in the alumni newsletter about doing the introduction to a talk-radio convention or something. Glad to read he went places. Bax was a very talented guy but I think most people didn’t like his tastes in T-shirt designs. Sometimes I wish I still had mine. It was rather worn out at the end and I threw it out probably before I graduated since I didn’t want to be reminded of the general unpleasantness that happened later on.
I’ll write another story regarding WMUR later this month because I wasn’t chosen for the Promotions gig until the station’s dinner party after Thanksgiving when John Bryson was named GM.