I've never paid for a haircut in my life, thanks to my mother who was a beautician. Now I'm trying something I haven't done since I was in elementary school - bangs. Not just any band. Straight across bangs. I'm super nervous. Pictures to come
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Pre Thanksgiving
So for the past 3 days my sisters and I have been cleaning the house like mad for the arrival of family for the holiday. Yesterday I donated blood and felt awesome. But today I woke up with a cold :( and I had to work. Thankfully my parents bought me Puffs tissues and DayQuil and brought me my Ricola cough drops to work. Now I'm home in my winter nightgown and a tissue up my nose. Ugh I'm ready for bed.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
As of today
It was brought to my attention that I actually have a blog and that I haven't posted in a long time. So here is an update.
I went to Southern Utah University for a full year, 2 semesters, before I realized that it wasn't for me. The thought of being in that much debt for something that I don't even want to do is just agonizing. They don't really teach what I would want to learn so, Uni isn't for me. My last semester, I didn't register for classes until the day school started, and I only took fun classes. So I have deferred until 2016 and hope to be able to pay back the $3,000 + that one year has cost. The only good that came from going is that I took a Stage Makeup class and have decided that I want a future in makeup. I have done some research and have found a 2 week course at a local beauty college that is less than what I owe SUU. So I'm planning on saving up for that and doing freelance work. I've already started a portfolio on my Facebook page here: Neilly-wa's Portfolio.
I don't work at the local gas station any more (THANK YOU JESUS!!!), but at one of the Best Westerns in town. I work the weekends, front desk, nights. Its hard sleeping during the day and being up all night - hopefully a change will be coming my way very soon. In the meantime, I am saving up for Phlebotomy School; I can be Nationally Certified in 50 hours for less than $400. (This price and the price of the makeup course is still less that what I owe SUU). I hope to be able to go in January, and then shortly after that I plan to move to Washington to be with my best friend and her kids who are my god children. I'm excited for this change!
While talking to my sister Trayci-la, her only advice was to get a car before I go. So I applied for an auto loan from my credit union. I mainly did it to see if I could qualify at all - as far as I knew, I had no credit and I only get paid minimum wage. Surprisingly I have great credit and totally qualify! So now I'm trying to decide what to do, what to get and the best way to go about that. Having a car seems...awfully grown-up and I don't know if I want to haha.
Sadly, since I've moved to Cedar, I've been struggling spiritually. I'm not going to go into details but I've been taking an Institute of Religion class called The Atonement, Repentance, and Forgiveness. It has been amazing and always seems to speak to me right when I need it. I have recently made the goal to be Temple worthy by late January before I move. I really hope this works this time. It seems that a two month mark is all I can do before I stubble again. I also hope to go on a mission but I don't know if a traditional mission is in the cards.
Um... lets see... I'm still single, much to my chagrin. So I have devised a plan for my future that doesn't involve a man, for once in my life. With phlebotomy and freelancing under my belt, I plan to save enough to move to Scotland. I've done some research and found a website that gives detailed instructions on moving there, I've also found an employment website and phlebotomists are needed. I have given myself 5-10 years to complete this - I hope to eventually move onto ancestral lands in a cabin and have a small farm. I'll live off the land and be able to do freelance and blood-work when I need or want. If I get married before this happens, great. If I get married afterwards, even better. But I'm not planning on it anymore. If I go by my sisters lives, I won't get married. So I'm preparing now, I'm gonna live my life and live it the way I want. If "he" comes along, great, but I'm not gonna sit around and wait for him anymore.
I'm on tumblr a lot more than Facebook these days and I enjoy it a lot. Feel free to check it out.
Anyways, I think that's it. TTFN!
I went to Southern Utah University for a full year, 2 semesters, before I realized that it wasn't for me. The thought of being in that much debt for something that I don't even want to do is just agonizing. They don't really teach what I would want to learn so, Uni isn't for me. My last semester, I didn't register for classes until the day school started, and I only took fun classes. So I have deferred until 2016 and hope to be able to pay back the $3,000 + that one year has cost. The only good that came from going is that I took a Stage Makeup class and have decided that I want a future in makeup. I have done some research and have found a 2 week course at a local beauty college that is less than what I owe SUU. So I'm planning on saving up for that and doing freelance work. I've already started a portfolio on my Facebook page here: Neilly-wa's Portfolio.
I don't work at the local gas station any more (THANK YOU JESUS!!!), but at one of the Best Westerns in town. I work the weekends, front desk, nights. Its hard sleeping during the day and being up all night - hopefully a change will be coming my way very soon. In the meantime, I am saving up for Phlebotomy School; I can be Nationally Certified in 50 hours for less than $400. (This price and the price of the makeup course is still less that what I owe SUU). I hope to be able to go in January, and then shortly after that I plan to move to Washington to be with my best friend and her kids who are my god children. I'm excited for this change!
While talking to my sister Trayci-la, her only advice was to get a car before I go. So I applied for an auto loan from my credit union. I mainly did it to see if I could qualify at all - as far as I knew, I had no credit and I only get paid minimum wage. Surprisingly I have great credit and totally qualify! So now I'm trying to decide what to do, what to get and the best way to go about that. Having a car seems...awfully grown-up and I don't know if I want to haha.
Sadly, since I've moved to Cedar, I've been struggling spiritually. I'm not going to go into details but I've been taking an Institute of Religion class called The Atonement, Repentance, and Forgiveness. It has been amazing and always seems to speak to me right when I need it. I have recently made the goal to be Temple worthy by late January before I move. I really hope this works this time. It seems that a two month mark is all I can do before I stubble again. I also hope to go on a mission but I don't know if a traditional mission is in the cards.
Um... lets see... I'm still single, much to my chagrin. So I have devised a plan for my future that doesn't involve a man, for once in my life. With phlebotomy and freelancing under my belt, I plan to save enough to move to Scotland. I've done some research and found a website that gives detailed instructions on moving there, I've also found an employment website and phlebotomists are needed. I have given myself 5-10 years to complete this - I hope to eventually move onto ancestral lands in a cabin and have a small farm. I'll live off the land and be able to do freelance and blood-work when I need or want. If I get married before this happens, great. If I get married afterwards, even better. But I'm not planning on it anymore. If I go by my sisters lives, I won't get married. So I'm preparing now, I'm gonna live my life and live it the way I want. If "he" comes along, great, but I'm not gonna sit around and wait for him anymore.
I'm on tumblr a lot more than Facebook these days and I enjoy it a lot. Feel free to check it out.
Anyways, I think that's it. TTFN!
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