Someday soon I will get better at updating...

So my Spirit bonus ($1049) went to rent and Xmas instead of a car :( So still no car, and it is really really depressing. Speaking of depression...I had a doc appointment yesterday and Dr. Urbanc suggested putting me back on Effexor. I liked the results, but I hated going off it when I lost insurance and couldn't afford it anymore. But I tried to wean myself off, so therein was the issue, I guess. She made me promise if I had to go off it again, I would do so under her guidance, even if it was just by email to save money. So giving it another shot. Hoping it will make me more motivated. If I'm not depressed, I tend to be more motivated, so I think it will work.
In other news, I turn 50 in 1 month and 4 days and have NO PLANS yet! WTF! Some ideas were tossed around last year... Jacob said a cruise (can't afford), I thought maybe a reserved table at Barrel Room (Chloe thinks that's lame), I have no other ideas at this point.
I made a bunch of food on New Years and it was mostly just me and Chloe, with Gabi stopping by for about an hour and a half. I need more friends. Hard to do when you live with someone who almost NEVER wants people to come over, and going out usually requires money and transportation. John and Gabi came over a few days later and helped polish off the rest of the food (and booze)..with roomie's permission! Well, she was at her friend's house for most of it.
So I've started making to-do lists for each day in the hopes that it will get me more motivated. Setting goals for the day and listing things I have to do. My today list is almost all crossed off, I just have to haul my butt up to Freddy's to get my prescriptions and get some necessities before the snowstorm due next week. I think I'm going to add "journal entry" on the to-do list for at least every other day for now and maybe go up from there once I am comfortable writing all the time again.
I need to if I'm ever going to make a living at it. I used to be a good writer. What happened? Years of being out of the habit, I suppose. So. Fix that. Stat.
Ok! And I need to get off my ass and get to Freddy's so I can get my Effexor! Bye for now!

December already?

It's already day 3 of the last month of the year.. But next year looks promising, and 17 days (approx) until I get my Spirit bonus, and hopefully a CAR! The landlord gave me until the 3rd week of January to either fix the Magnum or get rid of it. Thankfully Chloe should have her financial aid by then and will buy it from me and get it fixed. Otherwise I have to find some way to get rid of it. Which sucks since I'm still on the hook for 8 grand to Reliable because of the damn thing. Which is their fault, really, for refusing to refinance me. Next car=no financing. Hopefully my bonus is hefty. Not expecting it to be though, they tax it to hell because it's a bonus. I'll be happy if it's over a grand. It should be. But the more over it is, the more I can either buy xmas gifts or get caught up on rent.
This not working thing is starting to get to me..sooo hard to motivate my ass to get shit done. I wish I still made lists like I used to. I don't even know if that would help though. I feel so dumb sometimes. I'm like wtf happened to me I used to be smart! Or so I was told time and time again.
This is a horrible time of year to be out of work. I'd rather it was in the summer.
Ok, gotta go figure some shit out to help me reach my goals. Something other than Pinterest, that is, lol.

Some days are great, then there is this moment of suck..

I had a great time doing several voices for an audiobook yesterday, got paid at the end (with royalties to come, hopefully), super awesome. Had Thanksgiving leftovers for dinner and caught up on some more episodes of Black Lightning to prepare for the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover event coming on the CW. Then I went to bed. Dreamt of Shane. I woke up sad.
I wish things had worked out differently for us. I wish he hadn't died, especially before we got a chance to end our not speaking to each other thing, whatever the hell that was. I will allow myself a few moments to grieve again, but then I must move forward, hoping that wherever he is now, he is at peace. Maybe our tragic story will inspire my writing someday. Not yet though. Too soon still.
I could write a story of what could have been, maybe. Or just write it as it was, maybe gain perspective of where things went wrong. Idk.
BUT. I do need to write something, a short story, something. I'm worried that I've forgotten how. I think I need to become a reader again. I seemed more inspired to write when I read all the time.
My mom said she thinks I'm one of the best writers she has ever known. To have your hero say something like that...but. She's my mom. Of course she's going to say that. :) She's never been one to bullshit me though, so there's that.
I'm really looking forward to hearing the final audiobook when he's done editing it. Plus he said I could use a sample on my voice profiles. Then I need to get more work! If I could make this my career...no more dead-end jobs YAY!! No more thankless retail jobs on my feet all day that damage my physical and mental well being, YAY!
And as I typed that, the Superman theme song came on the classical station that I listen to. Epic. LOL.

OMG!!

I just booked my first voice gig! Doing voices for an audiobook. The writer is someone I know peripherally from the electronic music scene, and if this project is successful, he is planning on starting an audiobook production company and will want me for even more work! WOOOT!!
I am so freaking excited right now!! Did I mention it's a paying gig? Whheee!! We start on Friday. Will update more soon!!

On my way!!

My voice demo is done! Vicky Mazzone, an old friend from my KPSU days, produced it for me, she's amazing! I would post it, but it has my phone number in it, and this blog is a little too public for that. BUT. A step closer to my RV life goals!
In health news, I apparently have plantar fasciitis, as well as a BONE SPUR in my heel. So no more retail jobs where I am on my feet all day. And my Spirit bonus next month is DEFINITELY going towards a car. Time for a desk job and a gym membership. On the plus side, my A1C actually IMPROVED since my last test, which leads me to believe that the crappy Kroger monitor was, in fact, the issue. Since I'm back on OHP, I am back to my nicer, more accurate monitor. The strips for it are INSANELY expensive, so I had to use the cheaper Kroger one when I had no insurance.
Thanksgiving will be interesting, either Chloe and I are going to Annie's and we're getting Chinese, or Annie and Brandon are coming here and I'm going to cook. (Annie's oven is broken) I really wish food stamps gave you like a supplemental bonus in the middle of November. We'll figure it out. If I had a car I'd go get a food box.
Not working is already making me stir crazy. Not just because of the lack of funds, but because although I now have the free time to work on other projects, I'm having trouble MOTIVATING myself to do them. For example, I've been working on this one blog entry for THREE DAYS. Ugh. I need a spa day or a vibration cleanse or some such thing. I need to be renewed mentally and emotionally. How do I do that? Time for some research.

Avoiding the hard things...

I'm not quite ready to talk about the ordeal that was Spirit yet. So instead, I'm compiling my Xmas Wish List 2019.

Once again, I’m not expecting anything. Just putting this out into the universe.

This entire administration removed and replaced with sane people.

A CAR. Or an Rv and moped.

New underwear (size 7 or 8/L or XL)

New clothes since I shrunk (A gift certificate to Ross or something would work)

Bye Bye Under Eye concealer by It Cosmetics in Light

WATERPROOF 3D fiber mascara in black

Sex Kitten Eyeliner by Tarte in black

*A working printer with extra ink!* (or just ink for Chloe’s computer)

An in-home planetarium (to sleep under the pretend stars!)

Gym membership (must have pool and treadmills)

*A waffle iron !!*

A house with a yard and a garage (no more apartments!!). Covered big front porch for bonus points

Victoria's Secret Love Spell perfume (bonus points: in a gift set! :) )

ALL the Buffy comics that are out, SEASONS 8-12

ALL the Angel, Spike, Faith, et. al comics

Supernatural related merchandise

witchy stuff

novelty socks

pretty outfit for new years (2X-I think)

LED hula hoop (great exercise!)

A battery/power source for my CPAP so I can take it camping next summer!!

New pirate garb since I can’t seem to find mine anywhere.. :( (have hat, need the rest)

For more, see:

https://www.pinterest.com/reverendkate/wish-liststuff-i-want/ Pinterest Wish List

https://amzn.com/w/2AM6TI2GFAC73 Amazon Wish List

https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/wishlist/271831/list/1 This Is Why I’m Broke Wish List

*Stuff in bold is the more realistic wishes

Kinda freaking out a bit.

So for some reason Chloe got denied financial aid. She's appealing (again) on Monday, but if she doesn't get it....we are completely fucked. She is almost $2000 behind on rent. As lenient as our landlord Tim has been, I don't think we could survive this. We will get evicted for sure. Being homeless right now would really fuck up my work life a lot. I am so close to having the life I want, this would be such a huge setback. I REALLY hope she wins her appeal. She was planning to buy the Magnum from me with her financial aid, and I was going to use the money to get another car. I NEEED a car, I'm seriously going crazy without one. My feet hurt so bad because I walk so much. I'm in agony at the end of every single day.
I just want to curl up in a ball and cry. But I can't. I have to be strong, and figure shit out. I'm trying SO hard, the universe wouldn't just fuck me like that, right?
Fingers crossed.

Today. On Why The Fuck Did I Do This...

Omg why did I get this tablet? It seemed like a good idea at the time. I'm going to need it on the road. I guess I'm just making shit happen as its presented to me. RV nao!!! Just saying.

The futures so bright..

...that I need to replace these rose colored glasses with shades.

Went to the RV show at the Expo Center today. Alone. Has a blast though. :)  And narrowed down what I am looking for in an RV. I also joined a Pokemon battle raid with a bunch of TMobile employees, lol. So here's what I found:

 I like this one a lot. It's called the Lepruchaun.

 Seems like it would feel like driving a UHaul, which I have done MANY time.

 Lots of extra storage space too.

 There's also no slide outs, which I LOVE (I don't like slideouts), and its under 30 ft.

Now I can't remember which pics go to which RVs dang it. So I'll just post them, screw it.

 This one was the Minnie Winnie. About 25 ft.

 Kind of what I want for my office.

 And this is Omar, at the TMobile booth. He hooked me up with some good stuff then we went on a Pokemon Go Battle raid with like 4 employees, lol.

Good times.

So. Thoughts after the RV show. Fuck I need to fix my credit. Oh and also make a LOT more money. I need to get my voice over work started. And my writing (hence the blog post even though I reeeally need to go to bed). Time to put plan into action, not just Pinterest pinning.

Ok though seriously I need to go to bed. Floor cleaners are coming to my store at 8am, which means I need to be on the 7:17am bus, which means waking up no later than 5 so I can shower and make breakfast and be out the door by 7. Ugh. Why did I go back into retail? No matter, it will be in the past once I'm on the road.

What comes around, goes around...

..So my Spirit store is open. A lot is different than before. But a lot is coming back to me. The whole being the manager part is not coming back as quickly as I expected. Maybe it's because my assistant was the manager last year at this location. And my other assistant doesn't seem that enthused to actually work. To be fair, they both have other jobs. And so does the person I want to make the third assistant. Nineteen years ago, when I last managed Spirit, people didn't need two and three jobs to survive. Oh how things have changed.
My only complaints so far is that the zone manager seems to want the impossible. Reset all the sections to planogram. Ok, then what do I do with the ten tons of product that we were sent that is NOT in the planogram? Can't store it because we have minimal storage space. Oh, and she wants that cleared out. But I have no where to put it because she wants all the sections to planogram, like WTF. Oh and we got a metric shitton of clearance merchandise, but my store has NO clearance section.
Basically its been a bit of a shitshow. But you know what? Still better than working at Fred Meyer. Just saying.

Why I love Pinterest

Ok, so I have been researching a lot for my upcoming RV Life...and most of it has been on Pinterest. YES, I have actually read a lot of the articles, not just pinned them. But, like, pinning is my favorite part. It's kinda like when I was a kid, marking things that I wanted in the Sears Toy Catalog. OOOH this is neat, save for later. But when is "later"?
RV Life isn't my only board. I save a lot of Diabetes friendly recipes. And dream homes for the future, after my traveling is done. As if I will EVER be able to buy my own home. But I never expected to get all the things I marked in the Sears Toy Catalog either.
I save things to my survivalist prep board, as if I will actually have access to it if the SHTF and we go all Walking Dead and shit.
I wish I could just ABSORB information. Like, I could just read it once and it would forever remain in my brain.
I've been taking French lessons. Duolingo, a free app on my phone. Dunno if it's actually sticking. But its fun. I want to learn ASL, too. ASL.. American sign language. Is french sign language different? Or spanish? If I learn one sign language, doesn't that break other language barriers? It seems like it should.
BUT. Why I love pinterest. Because I do. Why do you love Pinterest?