Grand Plans

written: April 15th

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My copy of The Red Queen by Ravynne Phelam arrived today from Australia. And she was awesome enough to include the pictured “Faith” card from her Dreams of Gaia tarot deck. I really may have to pick up that deck, now that I’ve seen a few cards from it. Brandy (my Canadian twin spirit) has the deck and says it’s great. So now, I just have to wait until my birthday so I can afford to get it.

My bill from my trip to the ER clinic back in March finally arrived – thankfully just $532 – my insurance took care of the rest (without insurance, I would be looking at a $2k and change bill instead). So while it pained me to pull the money out of savings, I just didn’t feel like going through the hassle of setting up a payment plan. Besides, I HAVE the money, so why not just go ahead and pay it off and get it off my plate? Now I just have to work to put that money back into savings as soon as I possibly can.

I am just grateful that I did work at Starbucks for 2 years, along with my after school program, which allowed me to save as aggressively as I did at that time. I do wish I had been more aggressive with saving, but I’m doing ok to be honest. Just reminds me again why I am working on this damn degree and the financial security I am hoping it grants me when I get a job within the library field.

I talk of grand plans, of working for the Vatican Library for a year on their digitization project. Of landing one of the paid internships at the National Museum of the American Indian. And while I will continue striving towards those two lofty jobs, I do need to begin looking at more realistic ventures. I guess this summer I’ll visit the local library and see about getting a volunteer position there. I have to log so many hours (as a practicum for the degree) and it has to be done before I take my End of Course Exams, so I should get to cracking on that soon. And I need to figure out what courses I want to take next semester (no more budget shit!), and get those submitted for department approval soon. I missed out on one of the classes I wanted to take this semester because it was full by the time I got my punk ass motivated to start inquiring. ::chuckles:: So I need to do that soon.

So a fun thing I’m planning for this summer? I’m finally going to put some lavender in my hair! ::chuckles:: I know, it doesn’t sound that wild, but I’ve always worked in child care and have never been “allowed” to have “unnatural” hair color. During the summer, I work in the warehouse, so it shouldn’t be a big deal. I plan to have a hairdresser bleach the bottom 2 inches of my hair and make them lavender. That way, when summer is over, all I have to do is cut those 2 inches off, and I’m “school appropriate” once more. ::chuckles and winks::