Actual Life Update

My last two entries have confirmed to me my recent theory that I never put anything that is actually important in my blog. To rectify this situation, I have decided to dedicate an entry to actual life events AKA what I would tell you if you asked what was up and actually wanted to know.

1. I got to see my family this month for our annual Thanksmas celebration. It was totally awesome. Everyone was there. I got meet my new neice Emma and play with my toddler niece Ellie. We even had shirts this year by a professional designer (my friend Richard). It was a very good time.

(I'm doing my super model pose, can you tell?)

2. I quit my job!! Since deciding not to go to grad school, I've realized that I need to leave my current amusing, but ultimately dead-end career path. And since having had my life changed by the brilliant philosophies of Ayn Rand and deciding that money is the ultimate good (aside from God, etc having added my Christian touch to Rand's atheist ideals) I've decided to enter the business world. Since my current education and and experience are somewhat limited in financial skills, I think that my best bet will be administrative work. I think I will a totally awesome personal assistant. My plan is double my income while helping people bless the world through increased financial freedom. It's gonna be awesome! Here is my memento photo of my letter of resignation, complete with company letterhead and everything:

Although this technically is my letter from the failed resignation attempt of October 2007 when my boss talked me into temporarily postponing my day of departure. Well it bought him an extra two weeks and I think everything worked out really well this way.

3. I get to go home for Christmas!! I wasn't originally thinking I would be able to since at my company we only get one day off for Christmas and it's Tuesday, and then once I quit I thought I would need to stay in town for temp jobs, but I've gotten a great job for December doing my roommate's job managing a food photography studio while she's off in California. I already know the boss and although the pay is comparable to what I'm making now I'll get three super yummy meals a day! Plus I know my schedule so I'll be able to go to Michigan to be with my parents for Christmas. Yippee!!

I guess that's all the big news. But don't let the scarcity throw you off--my life is very exciting =)

Bread Diva

Since this is my blog, please allow me the priviledge of bragging on myself. Today I arrived home from work at 5:45 and left my house at 7:15 have made THREE different types of homemade bread. Wait, now that I think about it, that's only one type every thirty minutes which I guess isn't really that impressive. But I made myself dinner during that time too. Which now that i think about it was maybe not the best idea because I was after all gettting ready to go to a dinner (more specifically pre-Thanksgiving) party. But one of the breads WAS a yeast bread after all. But of course, I had used a recipe that allowed me to make it in the morning and let it rise all day. But they did need to be rolled out and shaped. But the corn bread was from a mix. But the baking powder biscuits were from scratch. But baking powder biscuits are really easy.

Well I really wasn't expecting this blog to be such a philosophical argument! I was really just thinking of bragging about what a master chef I am. But now I'm not sure it was all that impressive. Oh well, i will be pleased about it just the same.

And I guess you people will want a picture:


This was taken after I got home while I was blogging about it when i realized that you people would want a picture. You can tell the cornbread was not very popular--but do keep in mind that it was competing again homemade rolls and baking powder biscuits (which I am quite popular for in my own circle). I will probably make cornbread stuffing this weekend. I've never done that before but I hear it's good.

Lunch Dilemma Solved

(I really wanted this picture at the end, but I can't get it to move. Darn it.)

Funny how news that is not worthy of a phone call or email is somehow worthy of a blog. Case in point: today i solved a lunch issue that has plagued me since beginning my career. Allow me to share: As those of you who know me well would imagine, I don't like wasting money buying lunch. When I can, I like to bring my own lunch. this poses two problems: 1)I don't always have time to make a lunch in the morning. 2) When I do bring my lunch, I tend to eat it around 9:30 or 10 which, before the end of the day, leaves me very hungry (or more likely, very lethargic). So I am either mentally out of it or have to spend money on food anyway. Finally this morning, an epiphany hit me! I took a jar of peanut butter to my office and two slices of bread. I bought a banana from the street vendor by the subway stop. Using the butter knife I mysteriously found on my desk one morning several months back, I constructed myself a sandwich around 12:30. (Also, I could have used a plastic knife but they are quite wimpy compared to the huge jar of peanut butter I brought which was largely already used.)



Anyway, from now on all I need to do to have a yummy, healthy, cheap lunch is remember to bring two slices of bread with me to work. I can even have some low-fat milk from the coffee supply. It is much easier not to eat something at 9;15 when it's not made yet.