Etsy update!

I added five new photos to my shop tonight! I'm experimenting with framed and matted photos to see if they sell any better than the simple prints I had posted before. (I still haven't sold anything, sadly.) I really would love it if someone would buy one of my photographs. Or just if more people were looking at them. Probably just a waiting game... but still. It will just be awesome when I finally sell that first photo.

So anyway, check it out. And please tell me what you like! If nothing else, feedback = happiness. :)

In other news, this week will probably be crazy. Actually, the rest of my foreseeable life is probably going to be crazy. Thank goodness for days off -- like today -- when I can be productive!!

DeToxing

slash ridiculous facebook survey


Three Names I go by
1. KiBo
2. Wifey (love this one :))
3. Captain (I only let a few privileged people call me this)

Three Jobs I have had in my life
1. Waitress
2. Sales associate
3. Petsitter

Three Places I have lived
1. Greensboro, NC
2. Greenville, SC
3. Columbia, MD

Three TV Shows that I watch
1. Chuck
2. NCIS
3. Grey's Anatomy

Three places I have been
1. Italy (multiple cities including but not limited to Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Naples, Capri)
2. France (Paris, Nice)
3. Switzerland (Zurich, Lucerne)

Three places I want to visit
1. Australia
2. Egypt
3. India

Three of my favorite types of foods
1. Mexican
2. Pasta
3. Scallops/Shrimp

Three friends I think will repost
1. this is
2. a very
3. stupid question

Things I am looking forward to
1. more classes at the Washington School of Photography!
2. Disney World trip with the fam this summer!
3. giving Bailey (little puppy) back to her real mommy Rachel... love her, but I'm ready :-P

Three favorite movies
1. LOTR trilogy
2. Love, Actually is something I can watch again and again
3. Indiana Jones trilogy (I do NOT include the latest one -- enjoyable, but no classic)

Three favorite musicians and/or bands
1. Coldplay
2. No Doubt/Gwen Stefani
3. Billy Joel

Well, that was fun. Goodnight. :-P

Since I haven't actually said this yet...

Class is AMAZING! I love it already and am convinced this was a good decision. Which is good. Because it would have been an expensive mistake. :-P

The one thing that has me worried is that there is a LOT of homework and studying that I have to do, and I'm afraid that having two (three if I keep petsitting occasionally) jobs is not going to be conducive to getting good work done. This is a problem, since I've pretty much told both BAM and NY&Co that I'm available for them. And really, I am enjoying working at BAM and I think I will enjoy NY&Co too, so I don't even want to give one of them up... but at the same time, it is a little scary to think about the coming months. I've caught myself hoping that one of them will just decide not to keep me around or something... wouldn't it be nice if it could be that easy. But ultimately I think I will have to choose, and it will probably come down to money, which might mean really letting down the people at BAM. Gah. I don't know. I probably shouldn't worry about it until I've worked at NY&Co for at least a week or so and gotten to know that job better.

Speaking of which, I have to leave for work for the second time today in about 45 minutes, so I need to go eat dinner... I'm off. Have a great weekend!

Dreams

Very odd dreams the last couple of nights.

-I dreamed on Sunday night that I was Ryan Seacrest. Don't know if I really need to say anything else about that one. I woke up screaming. (Just kidding. But it wouldn't have surprised me.)

-I dreamed last night that I came home and there were random people in my house (different house on a different street) cleaning it, unsolicited, which I found suspicious, so I put my stuff down and went back outside to see their van... upon going outside I realized that there was a SWAT team examining the van and I became even more concerned, so I went back inside (dumb?) at which point I was told that they were going to take my camera and sell it on the black market. (Laughing yet?) I was EXTREMELY upset in the dream, like sobbing, and suddenly my mother was there and we were all upset and crying and begging them not to take the camera, and I asked how much they were planning to sell it for and they said $600 and I said I would buy it back from them for $600. (This is all still in my house with a SWAT team outside.) But they won't take a check and I don't have the cash, so I start handing them those little chips from casinos that you trade in for money when you're done, and they're like "we don't know if we can take those" but I'm seriously freaking out so they finally take them and leave. And the SWAT team lets them just drive away. And then I woke up.

I swear I'm not on crack.

Briefly...

Since I haven't posted in over a week...

Work at Books-A-Million is going amazingly well, actually. Turns out I am a brilliant salesperson. Seriously. They love me. When Manager A found out that Manager B had encouraged me to look for supplemental part-time work (at my interview before they realized I was so awesome :-P), Manager A CHEWED OUT Manager B. This amuses me. It also makes me feel a little bad for Manager B, who had no way of knowing whether I'd be good or great or a complete spaz... oh well.

I start class tomorrow.

*freaks out*

I just hope it turns out to be a good thing and not a total let-down. No reason at all why I'm anticipating a let-down. Other than just your run-of-the-mill paranoia.

Having two puppies in the house is rather traumatizing at times, and we will be glad to let Rachel take Bailey home when Easter rolls around... that being said, she is darn cute and we love our little niece. :)

Well, I said it was going to be brief. So there you go. The end.

Oh, also, I hear that there are issues with leaving comments. Ah well. Just my luck. I suppose I'll just have to trust that there do exist people who are interested, at least a little, in my goings-on. (Hi Jess and Em.) :-P

For serious now, good night!

Lots of Stuff

Don't really have time for a proper update, so here goes:

- Went down south for a roadtrip this weekend and saw my mom and dad, my brother, and Karen in Greensboro before moving on to Columbia, SC, and having a BLAST with Rachel, her boyfriend Brad, and our friends Ike and Tina (who are buying a house and we are extremely jealous).

- Got snowed in, in Greensboro of all places, and ended up not getting home until Tuesday.

- Brought home a new puppy, Bailey -- she's not ours, we are foster parents until Rachel is ready for a puppy (which might be as early as Easter, but it might be sometime in May depending on how ready she feels for her exams). Bailey is both adorable and good for Indy, but we are definitely already counting the days until she sleeps through the night....

- Officially working two jobs as of today: petsitting this morning, then my first shift at Books-A-Million tonight. This is good for the wallet, and probably for my self-esteem/sanity, but not so good for the hubby. He is stuck at home with the puppies all night. Plus after he leaves for work this morning we won't see each other again until midnight. Sucky.

- Might be adding a third job. Interviewing tomorrow for NY&Co. We'll see how that goes.

- Karen is coming to visit this weekend, and I'm both excited and nervous -- I'm just worried that I will have to work a lot. Nothing I can do about that, but it would still be kind of no fun.

- Andrew is also coming to visit this weekend, which means we are also supposed to have family time. This may prove to be far too much going on at once. We'll see.

- No one has yet bought anything from my etsy shop, which is somewhat disheartening. Additionally, no one ever comments on this blog, leading me to believe that possibly no one actually reads it, which makes the whole blog thing kind of pointless. If you do read -- the whole reason I took up blogging again is because I've been rather lonely, so the occasional comment would really put a smile on my face. Other blogs I follow end up being practically conversations between the blogger and the people who comment, and I like that idea, that connectivity. All of this to say, if you're reading out there, I'd really appreciate it if you'd let me know!

Almost time for my day to start. Wish me luck.