Today was the first day of the Spring 2017 semester. I found $.21 in change today, but not on my walk. I found it on various trips to the bathroom or the cafeteria. I also found $.02 while cleaning the garage this weekend. More words in the textbook.~~TSG
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Jan
17
one word at a time
14
Jan
17
out in the wash
This morning, I found $.62 in the washing machine. Since neither of the guys carry change and my pants weren’t in this load, I can only assume that it came from something I found in my scheming and washed before donating to charity. More words in the book.~~TSG
12
Jan
17
finally registered
CPI has now registered for his classes. I guess I can use the three pennies I found today to buy another word out of that textbook I was talking about yesterday. Maybe a “the”, since it is less than the dime. At a cent a letter, maybe the dime could get an “everything”.~~TSG
While walking with CPI across the Texas A&M campus, I found a dime. Considering the cost of schooling, it seems an awfully expensive way to obtain ten cents. Well, maybe I could buy one word out of a textbook for him.~~TSG
10
Jan
17
in-coming
Tomorrow, we are going to CPI’s in-coming student conference. It is a two day affair, but I can only attend one because of peak registration at the college I work for. So, I am going to the day we talk money. As in, how we am going to part with ours. Our goal is to keep CPI from having to take loans. This may not be possible, but I’m going to give it my best shot.~~TSG
07
Jan
17
first friday
Found another penny today in the same general place I found yesterday’s, the area where students line up who want to see an adviser. I’m guessing they get dropped when people go into their pockets or purses to get out their picture ids.
I also dropped by my Friday dumpsters. Looks like someone updated their computer systems; lots of routers, circuit boards, etc. CPI likes the ATI card I found. It is an older one from 2009, but looks to be still good. We’ll have to test it out. Most of the things will be parted-out for scrap. However, the new-in-the-box Bunn coffee maker just missing the carafe will be staying here if it works. Carafes are really easy to find at resale shops.~~TSG
06
Jan
17
back to work
Today, the full-time workers returned to the college from winter break. We were packed. I found a penny on the floor, though.~~TSG
03
Jan
17
a little bit closer
Went out today with FMP since it was his normal day off. Found $.10 in the parking lot of the mall. Not a lot, but every bit gets us closer to our goals. We were going to take some things to the scrap yard, but a recent thunderstorm has left things a bit muddy around here.~~TSG
02
Jan
17
the scheme continues: 2017
Believing it is best to begin as one means to go on, I went dumpster diving today to places I would normally have visited Friday on my way home from work. The college is out until January 5th, so I am not keeping my usual schedule. At one of my stops, I found $.50 on the ground. Looks like a good start for The Scheme 2017.~~TSG
02
Jan
17
happy 2017!!!
I have been a bit neglectful of my blogs. I will be trying to rectify this in the new year.
CPI has been accepted at Texas A&M University. This fills me with great pride and a little bit of panic. As you know, a university education is rather expensive. I am really glad that my new job will help pay for that. In addition, I will be directing “The Scheme” towards that end. Since I have not really kept up with it, I will just give you the end total as far as I can tell. I took in about $173.77 by finding money and scrapping metals I found.
For an anthropology class I was taking, I wrote an ethnography (study of a society or group in a society) about “side hustles”; things people do outside their regular jobs to bring in money or other items of value. I interviewed people who had various hustles. The only hustles I got enough information on to write about were dumpster diving and buying storage units. My experiences in looking for things to scrap or use became part of what is called “participant observation”, an anthropological technique. I got an A+ on the paper; a nice little bonus. I was taking the class to determine if I like anthropology enough to take a master’s degree in it. The answer is “yes”. Of course, I may have to delay this a bit as CPI needs a bachelor’s more than I need a master’s. On the other hand, The Scheme may eventually generate enough to let me do both at once. That would be really cool.
For the time being, however, my new plan is to put the boy through A&M on trash. Won’t that be fun?~~TSG
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