Showing posts with label Unemployment. Show all posts
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Philadelphia Love

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If you even knew?!

How many pictures I have to share of all my new adventures!

You'd freak out.

FREAK OUT!

BUT.

I can't up load them to my new work mac (which I'm working on right now).

But as soon as I sit down to my own computer, which seems like forever from now, right?

I'll load those bad boys, they include new Moroccan bedding, exposed brick walls, homemade magnetic head boards and lots of other excitement!

Most important.

~Miss the Bertrams like Whoa!
~Falling in love with the City and falling in love!
~BEST STAFF EVER.
~Majorino and Shore are my new favs.
~BEST RESIDENTS EVER. (okay, well, arguable summer '09 was the best residents ever...but you know what I mean.)
~Miss my family like WHOA!
~LOVED getting to see NINA ninners.
~Le Target Boutique and I are in a LOVE AFFIAR.
LOVE.  AFFAIR.

And finally, my "sister" who has, at times, been referred to as annoying on the blog, will temporarily relieve herself of that status by bringing me the rest of my life from Massachusetts.

Hooray.

The City of Brotherly Love

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So you might remember, from say - the majority of my posting - that I've been looking for work.

Well…
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Interviews and Nana's

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I had an interview at my Alma Mater today.

I'd like to thank Mr. B and Jen for sitting through several runs of my presentation.

And Mr. Northeastern for checking out the powerpoint and making sure it was legit :).

I loved university.

LOVED.
IT.

I was so comfortable.
So in my own skin.
I was so free.
I was so loved.
If I could have gone forever, I would.
I managed to graduate in four years while failing to declare a major until my senior year.

I still get the same feeling EVERY time I drive up.
1400 acres of home.

 28 Stories of goodness.
2.5 million bound volumes of love.

 The oldest living Japanese Elm Tree of hope in the US.
Oh hi to our sister school in Hokkaido, Japan.

Old chapel full of faith.
UMASS Amherst.
You fill me up buttercup.

The interview went well.
We'll see if they offer a second round next week.

I'm still waiting to hear back form North Carolina.
So.
We'll see.
:)

My Nana is still recovering from her fall and seems so depressed lately.
Tomorrow I'm going to start something exciting with her for Christmas gifts for all the cousins.  She has so many stories that all need to be written down.

Interviews and belly aches

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You would not believe the morning!

First and foremost, I think it's important to share that it's FALL in New England and we're excepting 1-3" of snow this evening.

Did I mention it's AUTUMN?
And OCTOBER?
What the huh?

Anyways, for a gal who has an eternal love for all things fall, this snow is a little bit of a sad day.

Also, sad blog day.

I got everything the way I wanted could live with.

Then I started working on my testy blog because in truth, I really want a blank background, but everything else has to gel for that work.

Instead of working in my testy blog like I thought I was...I started deleting things from my actual blog.

It was 5:45am and I was ready to cry.

I'm not sleeping well...read...2-3 hours a night.
I'm nauseous.
Have headaches.
No appetite.
And no, unless I'm the immaculate conception, I'm not pregnant.

It's stress.
Which stresses me out because I'm trying my darndest to not let myself be stressed out.

I have the time and money to figure out what I want to do next.

But I keep getting called for interviews.

And that makes me nervous.

Will I have the willpower to turn down the next job because it's not what I really want?
Or, will I cave.

They called last night for a job I think I could survive for a little while.
But.

It's a 45 minute commute.  Boo.
It's not my dream job.  Boo.
There's travel within the job.  Boo.  Boo.

And you know what Oprah and I are thinking?
I'm scared I won't be good enough.

WHAT?!
It's true.
At least with teaching and my previous jobs, I KNEW I WAS GOOD.
Parents told me.
Peers told me.
Kids told me.

But.
This is all new.
What if I'm not great or even good?

Even scarier, what if I'm miserable?
I know I could hand miserable after a year like I've had, I could.
I'm stronger now, the question is - do I want to?

We'll see.

Meanwhile, when those College Counseling jobs I dream about (during my 1.5 hours of rem sleep) open up, I'll be applying.
:)
P.S: You wanna know what 1.5hours of sleep looks like at 5:45am after you delete your blog:
Yeah, I know, that ain't pretty.


Oprah's Life Class #6

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Okay.
I can not tell a lie.
I didn't get to watch last night.
I've started cooking dinners (with my secret lover-CP) ;) for friends to deliver and surprise.

That means I'm not always here.
So.
I owe you a lesson tonight.
Instead, enjoy a little vlogging.
I had brain freeze when trying to think of a video to make for The Rosie Show.
This is what happened.
Meh.
Whatever.

Oprah's Lifeclass #3 - What you believe about yourself?

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Going to class?

How would you fill in these blanks?
The one thing I wished I had become is ____.
The one thing I will become is ____.*

^These statements are blowing my mind.  
BLOWING my mind.  
Tonight is starting right out of the gate where I feel like I am in my life.

Choosing to walk a way from a career I was uncertain about to find out what I'm really passionate about has opened a floodgate of being able to visualize my own success and then wiling it to happen.

  • Visualize your success and then make it happen.
  • If you can see it and BELIEVE it, it is a lot easier to achieve it.
  • If you wake up every day and ask yourself what you believe to be true about yourself and go forward through the 
It's never too late to become who you were meant to be.
Seriously.

Shut.
The.
Front.
Door.

The belief can not come from your ego self.  A lot of people of ideas or beliefs about themselves that have formed about you from others.

Your heart song is only yours.  That can only be expressed through you.

Hold onto your beliefs.

It's really important to know what you believe in YOURSELF.
Really, really, ego free, anger free, hurt free, BEST DAY you, what do you believe in yourself?


So much of wanting is living with the belief you never can, or never will.

YOU ALREADY have, you already are, HOW CAN YOU ACCESS that?

Deliciousness

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Links for the idea and recipe: Whatever which will link you to Crockpot BBQ Chicken recipe.

In LOVE.

Now that I am home, not working, crafty, enjoying the fall and the outdoors, walking, running, blogging, and simply enjoying a life I haven't enjoyed for quite a while; I'm also finding small ways to say thank you to my Neurotic Mother for letting me stay awhile, for virtually free..believe me, virtually free is better than the $600 she was going to charge me a couple of years ago.

Thanks mom.

So, NOW all I have to do is pay my bills.  That's pretty sweet.

So I cook/bake a lot.

A

lot.

Since I'm rocking' the gluten free/dairy free/tomatoe/citrus fruit/pepper/egg free life...I'm usually eating edemame or gluten free chicken soup or fruit smoothies from Jamba Juice (obviously I pick out the yogurt pieces) :)



My Neurotic Mother is adorable about all the restrictions.  
She thinks it's all in my head.  
That stress caused my psoriasis flare-up.  
Yesterday, about 2 months after starting the restrictions she mentioned that my skin looked like it was clearing up and what was I doing.  
I looked at her. 
Blinked twice and munched on some edemame.

Anyhoozle.

I made that chicken with some rice for her and gram the other day and they LOVED it.  
I keep thinking about Gram's 90th Birthay (May 2012) and I think this will absolutely make the short list of deliciousness we'll serve.  

Go try it tonight - it will not disappoint.


Pinterest Challenge #5 - Glitter Pumpkins

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Here the Link to the How To : Glitter Pumpkins

I saw these on Martha Stewart last year and I FELL IN L.O.V.E
I certainly didn't have the time last Halloween while teaching 2nd grade and the community potluck.

Unemployment.

Pure Crafty Joy.

Joy.

Since I'm broke.
And not just a little broke.
A lot broke.
As in, I'm not collecting unemployment, just because and I'm not insured.

Hooray.

But seriously, I need to pinch every penny until I get my rear in gear.

Therefore, glue from home and $3.00 thing of glitter from Michaels got the job done.
I only have one pumpkin here, but I did three different sizes.  
I opted for real, but small gourds.  
Something about the faux pumpkin screams YOU BOUGHT ME AT THE DOLLAR STORE and no amount of glitter could fix that.  
Even though these guys will only last the season, they were worth EVERY penny and look stunning beside the the gold thumbtack pumpkin.
Hooray.




It's uncanny.

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I have been thinking about this journey I'm on.  With more time for me and more time for scripture and more time for crafting this horrible year into a good year has been SPECTACULAR.


So I don't have a job.


I think Steve Jobs would say, "You also don't have a job you hate."


I've spent a lot of time in the last couple of years of my own journey worrying way to much about what everyone else thought about what I was doing.


I ask all women and mothers, daughters and sisters, and friends WHY we do it?  I know I'm not the only one.


We compare, we condemn, we condone.  It's not right.  Shawshank Redempton - GET BUSY LIVING or GET BUSY DYING.  We need to support one another.


No matter how ridiculous.  Or goofy.


Or uncool we feel.  I promise myself to stop listening to the voices in my head that tell me I'm lame and someone thinks I'm uncool.  And start living.


It's a journey, folks, no one said it came with a manual.  Although, the following is now added to my happy book and I will stand on these happy words and breathe deeply the air of unemployment and reckless abandon.


"You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle."
-Steve Jobs

Unpaid Internship?

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I'm 28.

I have a B.A and an M.Ed.

And.

I'm unemployed.

Boo.

But I'm not down about it.  Really, I'm not.

I'm joyful.

Do you hire a 28 year old for an unpaid internship?

I HOPE so.

The Rosie Show

I made a video.  
I'm not sure I like it.  
I also have some ridiculous outtakes.  

I may turn those into my real video.  

We'll see.

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