miss2enns’ blog

I was going to vlog about this when I got home from work, but not only do I think I won't have time later, I'm also too miffed to wait that long.

A few months ago, toward the end of Summer, I signed up to do this home business thing.  I had just moved to this area where the cost of living is much higher than what I'm used to and, aside from being around more of my friends from college who also emigrated here, I didn't really know anyone.  I was single at the time and thought it would be a good way for me to get out of the apartment, meet new people, and try my hand at sales again... which is something I've always been good at going back to my old retail days at Victoria's Secret.

Now, I'm pretty sure I made it clear to my higher-ups that I was just doing this as sort of a hobby, especially once I had a boyfriend in tow.  I already have a full-time job at a place that I love - not only is it my job, it's my career; a lot of people who graduate with a degree aren't as lucky as I am to boast that they're doing something in their field.  I love my major, I love my career, and I never want to quit and do this home business thing full-time.  Ever.  I knew from day one it would just be a hobby for extra income.

As the months wore on, a few things happen.  As I said, I got a boyfriend who I love spending time with, I was reconnecting with all my old college friends, I travel a lot on weekends to visit family and friends, I've partnered with an IT friend of mine to start our own web design company, I've also decided to start my OWN company and freelance on top of everything else, and I also own a crocheted/knitted hat business, so I travel a lot for that doing PR and craft shows, not to mention having to make all my items by hand.

I'm not saying I'm too busy for this aforementioned home business because the person directly in charge of me has a lot going on, as well.  Basically, I'm not using those side projects as an excuse to say I'm busy.  I'm just saying that this stupid home business hobby of mine isn't a priority for me.  So when I get emails from her saying "Some of you haven't submitted ANY shows for November, which means December is going to be hard for you," I kind of want to hurt people and things.  I know I didn't submit any November shows.  And I don't care.  I have a show going on as we speak for December, which I've told her, and once again she seems to forget.  The people in this home business company don't seem to listen when I speak.  And if I remember correctly, she's the one who told me I could take a hiatus until Spring when my other stuff died down a little.  I'm pretty positive the beginning of December doesn't constitute as Spring, and I know for a fact that my freelance business are more important than this home business I had absolutely no interest in doing until I decided to do it for extra cash.  Sure, it was great when I had an extra $500 in my account last month, but once I have to manually do taxes for it in April, how much did I really make when I then subtract the money I spent to do the home shows, buy the folders, etc?

Really, I'm not complaining about the financial aspect because I know that if I did more, I'd make more.  However, I don't want to right now.  I have enough other things going on that I deem a higher priority (hi, building a web site can take 10+ hours for me).

I feel like it's the holidays and I don't need to deal with this crap.  And frankly, if it doesn't stop, I'm going to quit.  It's a home based business, which means it's supposed to be built around your schedule.  That's what they tell you in every meeting, every booklet, every month.  Why don't they practice what they preach and just leave me the fuck alone to do what I want to do with it?

I can't get enough of I Love New York.  I've seen all of the episodes about 25 times and I would probably drop some green to buy each season on DVD, thus continuing my obsession. 

There's also this show on Fox Reality called There's Something About Miriam, which I've never seen.  But it's about these guys competing to date some chick.  Turns out she has a penis.  The boyfriend and I are convinced that the show is amazing and we're very sad it's on at 1AM on weeknights.

If I didn't have a successful career, a nice apartment, and a good family background, my recent TV obsessions would have me believe I'm white trash.

But I'm also in love with Adam Green's music, which also means I'm pretty awesome.

So I was watching a MADE episode where a girl from outside New York moves to New Zealand and starts life over at a new school.  Her English teacher, who hates Americans, decided to talk about the US in class that day by asking her what life was like.  When she couldn't answer, the teacher asked other students what their idea of America was based on what they've been exposed to.  All the kids nodded when the one kid answered, "Laguna Beach."

No wonder other countries fucking hate us.

As we all know from a recent post of mine, I just laid down some crazy cash-money to get myself a nice, new car.  This is my first car purchase on my own (my parents leased my last car for me because I was in college and couldn't afford one on my own).  Right now, I'm driving a Corolla, and it's a nice car.  However, the lease is up in January and I have no interest in paying it off to own it.  The Compass will be my first real big-girl purchase (sans finding an apartment or whatever).

If you couldn't tell, I'm pretty excited about this.  Yes, it's going to cost a shit ton of money over the course of 72 months to pay it off, but it's going to be worth it to me.  All I remember is getting stuck in 16" of snow last year while SUVs roared by me free of problems.  I refuse to ask random strangers on the street to help push me out of every snow pile caused by idiot plows putting snow in my alleys.  I wanted a big car with all-wheel drive, and that's what I'm getting.  I also got a deal on it because it's an '07 that's coming with all the perks, but it's priced to move for the '08's coming in.  Because I'm buying, not leasing, it's even cheaper, and comes with gap insurance.  I did the math and figured I might be strapped for awhile, but I could afford it and it's worth it to go without some luxuries for a couple months (so long, iTunes).

Then why is it that people are treating me like a fucking idiot?  A couple people have told me there's no way I can afford it, and kind of rolled their eyes when I broke the news to them, but I'm pretty sure they don't know what my income or cost of living is at the moment.  I'm getting a 10% raise starting, I think, this Friday, as well as a holiday bonus.  My dad has also saved up about $3000 in savings bonds for me, so that's a couple payments right there.  Boyfriend and I will (most likely) be moving in together once the lease is up on my apartment, so that'll be $500 I'm saving on what I pay for rent now.  Toss in the freelance work I do on the side, as well as Pampered Chef, and I'm pretty sure I'll be okay.  I'm not saying it's going to be easy, but I know what I have to do to keep the cash flow steady, and I'm willing to work for it because I've been lusting after this vehicle for about a year now.

Maybe it's just me, but I absolutely hate when people I don't know comment about my financial situation.  Like at my last job (where I got paid absolutely nothing for over a year while I worked like a dog) when I complained about my bank account always being overdrawn... the campaign manager/billing person/human resources department/whatever-she-was-because-we-were-too-cheap-to-hire-someone-else went to IT and asked what I could possibly be spending my money on.  Meanwhile, I was dating someone from IT and he told me everything.  First of all, it's none of your business what I spend my money on.  Second of all, maybe it's not WHAT I'm spending my money ON so much as WHAT you're PAYING me.  I could barely afford to live out there my first year.  WTF?  Did they expect me to walk in every day skipping through fields of daisies with rosey cheeks singing their praises?  FUCK NO!

That was my first time encountering people other than my parents thinking they had say in what I did with their money, and it's tiring.  Maybe it's not so much the money thing as it is people acting like I'm a complete moron.

I think I surprise people when they find out I'm smart, and I think they'd be amazed at what I really know.

I think it's about time for this four-day weekend of festive fun to be over.  I need to head back to my apartment and start decorating for Christmas because my mother is driving me insane.

Today, she told me my boobs were too big and that everything I wear sets them off and I need to tame them.

I'm wearing a turtleneck, size large.

I give you... my new car:

Jeep

I used to think I'd never do the Stickam thing, yet here I am - a member and posting live video of myself.  I'm a slave to the internet society.

Visit and friend me here.

Hey, guys!

I just uploaded the intro to my YouTube channel... and it's chock-full of exciting information!  Not really, but I couldn't really think of anything to talk about on this fine Thanksgiving day.  Perhaps an optimist could have risen to the occasion and created a list of what they're thankful for.  I, on the other hand, am exhausted and stuffed after eating too much turkey and irritated from horrible holiday drivers... so you get nothing.

Why is the blogging illustration for a link a pair of sunglasses?  Like, I realize it's supposed to be a chain, thus making one think of links on a chain, and blah blah blah.  They just look like sunglasses.

Once again, I apologize in advance for the horrible sound quality.  But the picture is freakin' high-def in comparison to the other thing I had from like 1999.  I'm glad I spent some cash on myself (as if I spend it on others, ha!) and bought myself this wonderful pre-holiday present.  Now I'll have something to entertain myself with while I continue to become a stereotypical "football widow."  Something other than craft nights and Pampered Chef meetings.  Not that I don't enjoy those.

Honest to Jesus, I really have nothing to say or discuss.  I need some inspiration, so please - give me some!  I should hopefully have some free time this weekend to play around with my new camera some more... and I want an excuse to do something "real" with it.

I use a lot of quotes.

Happy Thanksgiving!