I did, in fact, get the call center position my lover was referring me for. Orientation is Tuesday. I’m getting 8.15/hr during training, then 8.55/hr when I switch to second shift in a few weeks. I’m just glad to HAVE a job. As in, bringing in money. Not yet, obviously, but a couple weeks. I can finally feel less like a mooch. Yay!
Jadelyn's Life List
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1. Write a novel
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2. Learn to consciously co-create my reality
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3. Buy and wear a bikini
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4. Complete "The Artist's Way"
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5. Finish C25k
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6. learn to belly dance
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7. Learn gymnastics
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8. Get more tattoos
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9. snowboard
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10. Buy a sailboat and live on it
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11. create a language
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12. learn capoeira
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13. Teach English abroad
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14. Grow my hair down to my hips
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15. learn photography
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16. learn web design
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17. Send handwritten letters to friends and family more often
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18. go to the gym three times a week
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19. Take my Mom to see the Aurora Borealis
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20. Be fluent in Italian
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21. Start a website
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22. get out of debt
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23. learn to communicate with my spirit guides
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24. stop procrastinating
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25. try being a vegetarian
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26. sail around the world
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How I did it: At first I tried to teach myself out of Sylvia Woods' book. I made a bit of progress, but stalled. Then, though, my mother gave me a few months of harp lessons with a local teacher for my birthday, and that went awesomely. I progressed so much faster! I'm not great or even good; I'm still a beginner for sure. But, the point is, I know how to play, and it's just a matter of getting better from here! Read how I did it…
I ended up not adding the scalloped border, because I’m not all that sure of my ability to make it work, and honestly the whole thing looked pretty without adding more. It’s the four-color rainbow blanket, and I added two rows of shimmery white in single-stitch around all four sides (gods was THAT a pain in the ass, since I did double-stitch for the rainbow stripes and had to find places to anchor the single-stitch down each side) for a contrast, and it really brought out the colors and made the whole thing more vibrant.
I know it’s not totally even (some of the rows waver a bit), and to anyone who actually crochets regularly it’s probably pretty amateurish. But the point is, it’s made with caring. I’m taking pics of it tomorrow to post, and then it’s in the mail, and actually BEFORE the kid is born, no less. Damn, I’m impressed with myself.
Well, I’ve started again this week, after a three month hiatus. So far this week I’ve hit the gym four times, Mon-Tues-Wed-Thurs. I’m doing the C25K program, which takes you from not running at all to running 3 miles (5k) in 30 minutes, three times a week. This was my first week of it, and last night I really stepped it up! Previously I’d done the intervals of walking and jogging at 3.5 and 5 mph, respectively. Last night, though, I did 3.5 and 5.5, and even went up to 6 mph running for two of the run intervals! End result was 1.45 miles in 20 minutes. Not bad, considering I’ve never before been a runner.
I won’t be going to the gym over the weekend, since I like to go between 11 pm – 1 am, and the gym closes at 10 pm on Friday and 8 pm Sat/Sun. I might go to the evening yoga class on Sunday though. Who knows? But I could really use the stretching.
I’ll mark this one done once I’ve completed C25K. What a great start!
