For some reason, lately I've been feeling that the universe is trying to tell me that I'm supposed to be finding a better job. Or something to that effect. I had a horrible, spastic, unreasonable customer last night and it really made me rethink why I even like my job! I've been working in retail forever, the pay absolutely sucks and the hours vary so much depending on the time of year. I've really been considering other options, searching online for information about online classes, looking through the job classifieds. I saw 2 help wanted ads in the paper today that I was like... I could so get that job. But then I'd have to basically quit the job I have now, and who knows if the new job would pay any better? I'm not courageous enough to take that sort of a risk, I don't feel like I'm ready to 100% quit my current job. And I think if I had another job during the day, and could only work nights..... then I wouldn't really be getting any hours at all at the current job. It's a lot for me to be thinking about, but yes, universe, I've been getting your message!
UPDATE 4/27: My cell phone (samsung exclaim) has this really cool feature that lets me get my daily horoscope on my phone, guess what today's horoscope said? "You're going to have to become more adaptable, Scorpio, because there are more changes on the horizon, especially where your career is concerned." HA! Told You!!
Things I've Done!
- I stayed up pretty late (1am!) just having a great conversation with my husband.. That should be a more regular occurrence, if you ask me :)
- I am cooking dinner now, chicken breasts with chicken & broccoli rice and green beans. It's gonna be yummy!
- I washed a load of towels last night and I need to wash a load of work clothes tonight before bedtime. (I'll get that started as soon as I finish this post!)
- I went to a car wash and vacuumed out the inside of my car, yay! That hasn't been done in forever!!
- I bought a 3 pack of car wipes at Walmart that I am kind of excited to use! Haha.. there's a pack each of glass wipes, protectant wipes, and cleansing wipes. I am most impressed that the cleansing wipes can be used on the seat fabric! I also bought a pack of air freshener for my car.
- I bought hair dye! I might even use it tonight! Hah, if not, then soon for sure! It's Loreal excellence cream in medium brown *i think, i will double check!* I'm trying to get rid of the blond highlights that are still lurking in my hair!
- Dusted the entertainment center in my room, and realized that my bedroom is not nearly as in need of a good cleaning as I imagined it was.
- Paid bills online! I love that feature =)
- Bought sprinkles and cupcake papers.... but haven't baked any cupcakes yet!
- Wrote an entry in my journal.
So that leaves spend time outside, take pictures, dye my hair, and exercise... as the only things I really still have on my to-do list. Not bad if I do say so myself!
Things to Do!
I've decided that I've been super lazy the last couple of weeks and now I'm trying to motivate myself to actually get some things accomplished! Here's a list of things for me to do over the next couple of days. Don't you feel so much better about yourself when you actually do things? lol
My List of Things!
My List of Things!
- clean bathroom & bedroom
- buy some hair dye and dye my hair?!
- spend time outside!
- take loads of pictures! of anything!
- exercise! workout dvd or take a walk!
- laundry
- pay bills online (free bill pay through the bank is about the best thing ever!)
- write a long entry in my journal
- make cupcakes?!? (chocolate cake, chocolate icing... of course!)
- give my car a good cleaning!
Quotes from "My Sister's Keeper"
I finally rented "My Sister's Keeper" and watched it last night. I bawled through oh, 90% of the movie. But it was really good, and was full of awesome dialogue that was just screaming to be quotes! So I'll now list a few of those awesome quotes here, for everyone <3
"It's about a girl who is on the cusp of becoming someone.. A girl who may not know what she wants right now, and she may not know who she is right now, but who deserves the chance to find out."
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)
There are some things we do because we convince ourselves it would be better for everyone involved. We tell ourselves that it's the right thing to do, the altruistic thing to do. It's far easier than telling ourselves the truth."
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)
"I have only known her for two years. But if you took every memory, every moment, if you stretched them end to end-they'd reach forever."
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)
"In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who loses a child."
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)
"See, as much as you want to hold on to the bitter sore memory that someone has left this world, you are still in it. And the very act of living is a tide: at first it seems to make no difference at all, and then one day you look down and see how much pain has eroded."
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)
"Life sometimes gets so bogged down in the details, you forget you are living it. There is always another appointment to be met, another bill to pay, another symptom presenting, another uneventful day to be notched onto the wooden wall. We have synchronized our watches, studied our calendars, existed in minutes, and completely forgotten to step back and see what we've accomplished."
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)
"Tradionally, parents made decisions for a child, because presumably they are looking out for his or her best interests. But if they are blinded, instead, by the best interests of another one of their children, the system breaks down. "
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)
"When you have been with your partner for so many years, they become the glove compartment map that you've worn dog-eared and white-creased, the trail you recognize so well you could draw it by heart and for this very reason keep it with you on journeys at all times. And yet, when you least expect it, one day you open your eyes and there is an unfamiliar turnoff, a vantage point that wasn't there before, and you have to stop and wonder if maybe this landmark isn't new at all, but rather something you have missed all along."
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)
"But this is inaccurate. A runaway train is an accident. Me, I'll jump in front of the tracks. I'll even tie myself down in front of the speeding engine. There's some illogical part of me that still believes if you want Superman to show up, first there's got to be someone worth saving."
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)
"An oncology ward is a battlefield, and there are definite hierarchies of command. The patients, they're the ones doing the tour of duty. The doctors breeze in and out like conquering heroes, but they need to read your child's chart to remember where they've left off from the previous visit. It's the nurses who are the seasoned sergeants-the ones who are there when your baby is shaking with such a high fever she needs to be bathed in ice, the ones who can teach you how to flush a central venous catheter, or suggest which patient floor kitchens might still have Popsicles left to be stolen, or tell you which dry cleaners know how to remove the stains of blood and chemotherapy from clothing. The nurses know the name of your daughter's stuffed walrus and show her how to make tissue paper flowers to twine around her IV stand. The doctors may be mapping out the war games, but it is the nurses who make the conflict bearable."
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)
I really want to read some of Jodi Picoult's books now, REALLY. All quotes found on goodreads.com, they also have about a million other quotes from Jodi!
"It's about a girl who is on the cusp of becoming someone.. A girl who may not know what she wants right now, and she may not know who she is right now, but who deserves the chance to find out."
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)
There are some things we do because we convince ourselves it would be better for everyone involved. We tell ourselves that it's the right thing to do, the altruistic thing to do. It's far easier than telling ourselves the truth."
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)
"I have only known her for two years. But if you took every memory, every moment, if you stretched them end to end-they'd reach forever."
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)
"In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who loses a child."
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)
"See, as much as you want to hold on to the bitter sore memory that someone has left this world, you are still in it. And the very act of living is a tide: at first it seems to make no difference at all, and then one day you look down and see how much pain has eroded."
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)
"Life sometimes gets so bogged down in the details, you forget you are living it. There is always another appointment to be met, another bill to pay, another symptom presenting, another uneventful day to be notched onto the wooden wall. We have synchronized our watches, studied our calendars, existed in minutes, and completely forgotten to step back and see what we've accomplished."
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)
"Tradionally, parents made decisions for a child, because presumably they are looking out for his or her best interests. But if they are blinded, instead, by the best interests of another one of their children, the system breaks down. "
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)
"When you have been with your partner for so many years, they become the glove compartment map that you've worn dog-eared and white-creased, the trail you recognize so well you could draw it by heart and for this very reason keep it with you on journeys at all times. And yet, when you least expect it, one day you open your eyes and there is an unfamiliar turnoff, a vantage point that wasn't there before, and you have to stop and wonder if maybe this landmark isn't new at all, but rather something you have missed all along."
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)
"But this is inaccurate. A runaway train is an accident. Me, I'll jump in front of the tracks. I'll even tie myself down in front of the speeding engine. There's some illogical part of me that still believes if you want Superman to show up, first there's got to be someone worth saving."
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)
"An oncology ward is a battlefield, and there are definite hierarchies of command. The patients, they're the ones doing the tour of duty. The doctors breeze in and out like conquering heroes, but they need to read your child's chart to remember where they've left off from the previous visit. It's the nurses who are the seasoned sergeants-the ones who are there when your baby is shaking with such a high fever she needs to be bathed in ice, the ones who can teach you how to flush a central venous catheter, or suggest which patient floor kitchens might still have Popsicles left to be stolen, or tell you which dry cleaners know how to remove the stains of blood and chemotherapy from clothing. The nurses know the name of your daughter's stuffed walrus and show her how to make tissue paper flowers to twine around her IV stand. The doctors may be mapping out the war games, but it is the nurses who make the conflict bearable."
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)
I really want to read some of Jodi Picoult's books now, REALLY. All quotes found on goodreads.com, they also have about a million other quotes from Jodi!
Straight From The Camera Sunday
I got a couple of pics for you guys this time! I seriously just went outside for a couple of minutes and DONE! Seriously, this blog meme is sooo easy to participate in :)
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