not much
So not much has been happening in my neck of the woods, and yet a lot has happened all of the sudden.
Two weeks ago my phone died, or pretty much died, as I was receiving 1 out of every 3 txt msg's and I had to reboot it every day or it would freeze and then just die haha. It was a 3 year old "free" phone and the first cell phone I've ever really had (adopting my grandma's for 5 months before that was it for me). I miss it, but I've been ready for a new "cool" phone for AGES now. Unfortunately I don't have the money to drop on a phone *sigh* so I've been without for about a week and half now. It's not a HUGE deal, it just makes it hard for people to get a hold of me *shrugs*.
Hair business is going ok. I get a small amount of orders from time to time. About enough money to pay my phone bill haha. I might have a job as a receptionist at my friends new hair salon. She wants someone who knows hair and will eventually work with her. Speaking of my family grant will be done with by July so I'll have money for school again. This means I'll HOPEFULLY be enrolled into the first graduating class of the EUGENE hair school (eat your heart out Springfield crap school for hair). I am EXTREMELY happy about this and can't wait to get it over with and get to working. I will probably pick up some walk-in's for the first little while so I have some income, but after the word gets out I know I'll be busy haha. I have a few salons here in town that have been telling their clients about me and I have a lot of msg's via myspace and email about doing some extensions once I'm located in a salon. This makes me happy on the inside.
I have also picked up a web design job that will start here in a week or so, and possibly a second from the same girl. She has a designer that she is not happy with and so she posted on one of my hair extension communities about hiring someone to do some work for her. I sent her a run down of how much it would cost and what I would be able to do. I was 1 among about 20 who responded and she chose mine *squiggles*. This makes me happy as well. So I should have some money soon, which will be spent before I get it I'm sure haha.
I have decided to have an old fashioned birthday party this year. I haven't had one since I was like 12 haha. This will, of course, be the grown up version, as we no longer tent in the back yard and have pillow fights haha. A large group of friends and family, all FEMALE, will be going to get Pedicures, dinner, and then some drinking and dancing. I'm really excited to go out with the girls and just cut loose. The next day I have another huge party to attend, which will be a bachelorette party. All of us girls going are buying HIDEOUS bridesmaid dresses that we will sport to the throwers house where we will make them all over into presentable sexy dresses. We will then start our drinking there, then hit the new salon/bar for drinks, and then it's strip club hopping. This is all done in our wonderful made over dresses haha. I'm extremely excited for this whole weekend. Not only am I "free" (Charles will be away all weekend), but I get to spend it with lovely ladies I never really get to hang out with, but love all the same.
I think I will start having a ladies night every once in a while from now on, when my bank account will allow that is. Lord knows I love Charles, but sometimes a girls gotta surround herself with all girls for a night, just get out and do what girls do haha. I have recently come to the conclusion (not that I didn't know this before hand haha) that I need to stop using Charles as a crutch so much. I have noticed lately that there are a lot of little things about "us" that are driving me CRAZY. I have a real genuine WANT for more independence right now. I think a lot of it has to do with money for me, as I feel like I'm being left behind, in a sense.
I had a talk about it with my guidance counselor, AKA Melena, and I think what I really need is to just push away a little. I'm starting to loose who I am again, and I don't like the feeling I get from that, AT ALL. So I'm going to set goals for myself, the first of which has to do with my license, which I initially wanted before/on my birthday, but now that that is less then a month away I'm going to shoot for the end of July. I have been very motivated to work on this for a while, but when the time comes every night I have an inner freak out session and then bail out. I'm not sure why I feel like this, it's not easy to have a huge ball of stress and want blow up every night and then just turn the other way. It's almost like you want to say something but the inner you won't let you speak, it's very frustrating and hard to deal with at times. So I think I'm just going to put my foot down and just get it over with. It's gotta happen some day, so why not now?!
Tomorrow is Melena and Sarah time, which I've been waiting for for too long! So hopefully that will help ease some of my super stress and give me someone to talk to haha.
Two weeks ago my phone died, or pretty much died, as I was receiving 1 out of every 3 txt msg's and I had to reboot it every day or it would freeze and then just die haha. It was a 3 year old "free" phone and the first cell phone I've ever really had (adopting my grandma's for 5 months before that was it for me). I miss it, but I've been ready for a new "cool" phone for AGES now. Unfortunately I don't have the money to drop on a phone *sigh* so I've been without for about a week and half now. It's not a HUGE deal, it just makes it hard for people to get a hold of me *shrugs*.
Hair business is going ok. I get a small amount of orders from time to time. About enough money to pay my phone bill haha. I might have a job as a receptionist at my friends new hair salon. She wants someone who knows hair and will eventually work with her. Speaking of my family grant will be done with by July so I'll have money for school again. This means I'll HOPEFULLY be enrolled into the first graduating class of the EUGENE hair school (eat your heart out Springfield crap school for hair). I am EXTREMELY happy about this and can't wait to get it over with and get to working. I will probably pick up some walk-in's for the first little while so I have some income, but after the word gets out I know I'll be busy haha. I have a few salons here in town that have been telling their clients about me and I have a lot of msg's via myspace and email about doing some extensions once I'm located in a salon. This makes me happy on the inside.
I have also picked up a web design job that will start here in a week or so, and possibly a second from the same girl. She has a designer that she is not happy with and so she posted on one of my hair extension communities about hiring someone to do some work for her. I sent her a run down of how much it would cost and what I would be able to do. I was 1 among about 20 who responded and she chose mine *squiggles*. This makes me happy as well. So I should have some money soon, which will be spent before I get it I'm sure haha.
I have decided to have an old fashioned birthday party this year. I haven't had one since I was like 12 haha. This will, of course, be the grown up version, as we no longer tent in the back yard and have pillow fights haha. A large group of friends and family, all FEMALE, will be going to get Pedicures, dinner, and then some drinking and dancing. I'm really excited to go out with the girls and just cut loose. The next day I have another huge party to attend, which will be a bachelorette party. All of us girls going are buying HIDEOUS bridesmaid dresses that we will sport to the throwers house where we will make them all over into presentable sexy dresses. We will then start our drinking there, then hit the new salon/bar for drinks, and then it's strip club hopping. This is all done in our wonderful made over dresses haha. I'm extremely excited for this whole weekend. Not only am I "free" (Charles will be away all weekend), but I get to spend it with lovely ladies I never really get to hang out with, but love all the same.
I think I will start having a ladies night every once in a while from now on, when my bank account will allow that is. Lord knows I love Charles, but sometimes a girls gotta surround herself with all girls for a night, just get out and do what girls do haha. I have recently come to the conclusion (not that I didn't know this before hand haha) that I need to stop using Charles as a crutch so much. I have noticed lately that there are a lot of little things about "us" that are driving me CRAZY. I have a real genuine WANT for more independence right now. I think a lot of it has to do with money for me, as I feel like I'm being left behind, in a sense.
I had a talk about it with my guidance counselor, AKA Melena, and I think what I really need is to just push away a little. I'm starting to loose who I am again, and I don't like the feeling I get from that, AT ALL. So I'm going to set goals for myself, the first of which has to do with my license, which I initially wanted before/on my birthday, but now that that is less then a month away I'm going to shoot for the end of July. I have been very motivated to work on this for a while, but when the time comes every night I have an inner freak out session and then bail out. I'm not sure why I feel like this, it's not easy to have a huge ball of stress and want blow up every night and then just turn the other way. It's almost like you want to say something but the inner you won't let you speak, it's very frustrating and hard to deal with at times. So I think I'm just going to put my foot down and just get it over with. It's gotta happen some day, so why not now?!
Tomorrow is Melena and Sarah time, which I've been waiting for for too long! So hopefully that will help ease some of my super stress and give me someone to talk to haha.