This month is known to many as NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. Thousands and thousands of people embark on an intense journey to write 50,000 words in 30 days despite full time jobs, school, kids and whatever else they have going on. I have joined the masses this year with a clear goal in mind. I plotted out a story and made plans for my characters. I finally started writing in a point of view that I don't find myself hating after three pages and being crippled by. My dialogue doesn't blow chunks as it has in the past. I feel good about what I'm writing and I am hoping for one more thing. Catharsis. Only the end of the month will tell if this was a bad idea, or if it was liberating and extremely joyful. Maybe it could be all three. I don't know.
In the world of jobs these days, I have picked up enough shifts the last two weeks because of other people getting fired (yay for stupidity and laziness?) that I have had around 35 hours. Lately I have only been getting around 20-24. Not nearly enough to do what I need my money to. We have three new people in our department in three weeks, and are losing our manager. None of this is a bad thing. We have two new assistants who I think will be great. It's just a lot of change all at once. It's exciting, though.
Outside of my current job, I have decided that since i have not heard back from the jobs I am only applying for because they will be better than the one I have now, I have decided that regardless of whether theyare hiring or not, I will only apply to places I REALLY want to work at. Jobs that I know will make me happy aside from paying my bills. I figure almost anything I choose outside of retail will pay me more than I'm getting now, so the money part shouldn't be hard to fulfill. In finding a place to at least apply to, anyway. I have decided to write a kick ass cover letter, obviously tweeking a few things based on where I apply, and find people to write me reccomendations. After that, I have to figure out what I can to with, or to, the application to make myself and it stand out. I get to be creative right now. Super creative month. It's what I like to do so I should be happy.
Which, by the way, I am. On a random note, I again feel the urge to write how happy I am with my life as a whole. Yes, money is stressful but honestly, I don't really see a time where we won't be at least a little concerned as to where money will come from, or how to use it the best when we have it. Especially if and when we start adding more kids to the mix. However, I know that I have found the right person for me to go through all of this with. Andrew cares for me deeply and he doesn't just assume I know it because he's with me.
Blah blah, mushy icky gooey stuff. I will probably be staying at my mom's tomorrow night because of the late hour I will be getting off of work and she will watch Logan. I am going to ask her if we get Christmas decorations like we did Halloween. I want to start decorating soon. It might seem a little early, but it takes a lot of work to put it all up and take it all down. it hardly seems worth it to enjoy for a short month. Especially when Andrew and I aren't here as much as we'd like to be. I am also just wanting to enjoy the Hoildays. So there.
Guess this update is over. Better chug my coffee and get the kid dressed to go to daycare. Good luck to everyone doing NaNoWriMo, and I love you guys.
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