I'm doing 41 things
I applied to one shelter which required all kinds of things, like personal references, vet and landlord calls, even a home visit. The fact I live in an apartment is not a good thing.
Mostly I got turned down for financial reasons. For over a decade they’ve been a mess. I only got my dog from my mom for my 14th Birthday and when it came down to the end my parents footed those bills too.
I’ll leave this on my list for awhile but I don’t think the situation will ever improve. That’s too bad. I grew up with dogs and three years without any is an empty life. However if I can’t afford vet bills then owning one would be selfish.
Timid Magick's Life List
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1. stop picking at my acne
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2. take one photograph a day for one month
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3. Photograph 43 Sunrises
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4. stop collecting art supplies and start creating art
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5. make this year's christmas cards
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6. Have a best friend.
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7. Finish Chapter 2
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8. depend less on other people
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9. make and furnish a dollhouse
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10. Master PHP
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11. Start my own business
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12. learn ruby on rails
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13. Create a budget, and stick with it
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14. pay off my debts
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15. Learn American Sign Language
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16. grow my hair long
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17. lose 10 lbs in 1 month
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18. have a portrait of me drawn in anime style
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19. Educate Canadians about scent allergies - WAIT, educate the whole world
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20. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
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21. replace chocolate with fruit
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22. Read at least one book a day
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23. own more books
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24. frame my posters
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25. fold 1000 origami cranes
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26. Write stories about all of my 43People.
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27. Send a postcard to Postsecret
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28. Start a Buddy Check 12 team here on 43things, in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. Do your self-exam the 12th of every month.
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29. drop 43 pennies in random places so that people can find them and feel lucky
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30. visit 43 things daily
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31. reapply for and get disability
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32. get my gluclose levels out of pre-diabetic range
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33. freeze/cancel all credit cards
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34. get another iPod
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35. pay "The Bank of Dad" back every red cent he ever "loaned" me
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36. get my credit report from TransUnion & Equifax
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37. Actually read and do the reviews for Librarything the day I get the book
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38. Log my eating faithfully into SparkPeople every day for the next week
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39. take the 100 things drawing challenge
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40. get my DNA analyzed
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41. rescue a puppy
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I got rejected a couple of years ago but now I may have more of a case. I’ve certainly got a lot more evidence of my inability to work full time like a normal person. Thing is I have to apply with my common-law spouse this time, which is also going to hurt my drug benefit program I’m in. He doesn’t even pay for my perscriptions, neither do I. My dad helps, and he will retire soon. So I need garunteed income for certain.
