I am currently enrolled in my last semester of college. I’ve already applied for graduation, and everything’s just in the works. I never thought it would ever get here, it’s been so long. And now that I can see that I’ll be out by Christmas, I’m a little worried about what I can do with my degree, but too much more happy to just be done and over with it so soon. I couldn’t ask for a better Christmas present.
danielleabelle's Life List
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1. make it work, no matter what
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2. make more people laugh
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3. finish college
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4. find a job i really love
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5. help my boyfriend stop smoking.
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6. show my brother how to be an adult
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7. save $400 for a new tattoo!
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8. be financially independent
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9. close out old accounts
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10. budget and live within my means
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11. rebuild my credit
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12. take more trips with my boyfriend.
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13. walk the dog more
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14. go to more concerts!
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15. find the green thumb that i know is in there
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16. do something adventurous
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17. smoke out in an amsterdam coffee shop
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18. Learn to surf
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19. learn to pole dance
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20. get dreadlocks
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21. encourage my bf to get a job.
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22. Start making stuffed animals for sale.
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23. Contact guy about making puppets.
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24. Get puppet making videos from Uncle Paul.
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so, while this one was a heartfelt want to be healthy and make the dogs healthier, too, it has erupted into a full fledged destruction…of my ankle that is. just a few days ago, took the dogs out on a run, and decided to run in the grass, and actually stepped wrong (half-pavement, half-grass step) and not only fell and scraped everything up, I wrenched my ankle so damned bad that my whole foot’s swollen up three days later, still. it’s crazy, and I’m immobile, too, so it sucks a lot. I suppose that I’ll save the running for the more solid, trusting ground when I’m okay to be on it again. I might have been pushing myself farther than I usually do, but it was a complete random, awful, painful accident, and I just have to get better soon.
oh well. I just want to get off of the crutches.
the last step is about to be made soon. i’ve already paid in full my debt, and all i have to do is make the call. now i just have to wait.
