Oh man. I have been so TERRIBLE about keeping up with my blog - it's ridiculous! I have a very long New Years resolutions list going already and it's not even December yet. xD
Anyway - lots of changes going on at the moment. I dropped my classes a few weeks back because I was so overwhelmed. I found myself hating my classes. I wasn't attending class regularly or doing my homework. So I decided to withdraw from them and work for a little while until Mike graduates in May. We are so broke all the time, it makes us both crazy. I hate having to scrape together pennies at the end of the month to pay my insurance etc. Besides, I think it will give me some time to figure out what it is that I want to do for a living.
I applied for a job at Sears Portrait Studio, because I love photography and I knew they would teach me how to pose, but it turns out my photography skills are irrelevant; as long as I know how to sell. That kind of defeats the purpose of photography for me. I was called into an interview and it sounded like I was hired, but she said she needed to get the go-ahead from her boss to take the time off to train me in sales. I called a week later after hearing nothing and they said that they may not be able to hire anyone because it's so slow this season. Don't know if that's true or not, but whatever. I also put in an application at Hobby Lobby and at Sally Beauty Supply. The manager at Sally's said that the district manager would be in on Tuesday (tomorrow) and most likely want to interview me. She said she would call me that day. I am HOPING to get a call! I'd really like to work - it's been nice having a little time off to paint more shoes for Peach's Neet Feet, but other than that, I don't want to be sitting around on my butt. Mike and I really need the money.
I've looked at my options and what I am interested in. When I was little, I wanted to be a teacher. I would set my dolls up on my bed, pull out my chalkboard/easel and play school. I loved the thought of helping kids learn, grading papers and using stickers xD I helped my cousin teach her 1st grade class for a day last year and I LOVED it! Those kids had so much character. They all came up to me, gave me hugs and had the most interesting things to say! I adore children. So I've considered studying to become an elementary school teacher.
A few years back, I did an internship at the opera where my Dad sang (Gaertnerplatz Theater Munich) and had the most fun in makeup. I sat down and made a mask with clay completely from scratch with no knowledge or any idea what I was doing. They liked it so much that they ended up using it for one of the operas! My dad's girlfriend observed that I had natural talent, but at the time I really wasn't interested in doing it professionally. The past few years though, I have spend hours and hours in my free time watching makeup tutorials, nail tutorials and experimenting on my own. I love it! I actually did someone's nails for 30 bucks a session a few times because I had taught myself how to do professional nail art. I watched closely when I had my nails done and thought: "Hey, I can do this easy". So I practiced over and over on paper, fake nails and my own nails until I could paint equally well with both hands. I have also bleached and dyed my own hair and others's hair all sorts of different colors with decent success and little practice. The only area I have no experience with is hair cutting. I'd love to learn. My fiance's sister studied cosmetology and let me borrow her book - I spent all last night flipping through it and actually found it sort of exciting! xD
I won't know for a bit 100% what it is that I want to do (for now! haha), but I have a little time. It could be that in the end after my decision, I end up doing something completely different again, but that's okay. I've thought of even getting a degree in everything so that I could just pick and choose xD But I would be in school for a long time and I don't know if I want to do that.
Well, I should get off my blog and back to my life. But I figured I would drop a line or a hundred :) Cross your fingers for me tomorrow!! I hope I get that job...I need it!
Elle-Belle
