waiting in this bush

I take it back. The amount they are offering for my salary is well beyond what I expected, so waiting another month isn't totally unbearable. Granted, my expectations are habitually incredibly low (see also: pessimistic realist), but as someone once said one time or another, that just makes it mind-blowingly awesome when you get offered a salary $5k better than your last full-time job.

I am ready to get my cat's matted fur all groomed out, buy a new bed, outfit our apartment with all the cleaning supplies I've been neglecting to purchase, update my closet, donate to some worthy causes, and buy everyone who's taken pity on me in the last year something nice and/or a few rounds of drinks, PLUS start adding to my savings account rather than slowly starving it. But I still have to wait another month.