I've been in Denver this whole week at the Tribal Energy Program Revue. I sit in a room all day and listen to what people are doing to invest in renewable energy and energy efficiency with the money provided to them by the Tribal Energy Program. I am learning a whole lot, and doing a little networking, surprise surprise.
I met some weatherization trainers, which is what I was hear to learn mostly about. They took me out to dinner and got really excited about a possible project with my work and tried to sell me (subtly) their company. I was a little wary b/c I really have no idea what I'm doing and I never really trust people looking for money. Even though that's basically everyone. Here's the ironic part...the guy who runs the company lives in or near Fremont. He knows and is related in a weird way to the Duers, as everyone is in Fremont. He camps out at the Hardy Damn every weekend. So we were able to relate very well in that we both understood our backgrounds and general lack of professionalism. I also realized that there are Fremont people everywhere. How can that be?
I went out two nights ago with Jonny Knapp my friend from college. He's always an adventure. Always. His car was in the shop, so I took a taxi, alone, to downtown (yeah, my hotel is out in the middle of no where) and met him there for dinner. He had already made friends with people from Michigan. Then his other friend from MI showed up, and we went to another bar. This one was very small and sort of 50's themed and there was great live Jazz music. On my way to the bathroom, I stopped by the singer and danced to the song. When it ended I went to the bathroom. She was so impressed that I danced before I peed, that she bought me a shot.
Oh side note. I went to the bathroom at the first bar too, and there was this guy talking to the waitress outside the bathroom door. I had to ask him to move, and he was all "Go do your thing!" While I was "doing my thing" someone tried to get into the bathroom (unisex), and when I left, it was that guy that saw me go in there!?!? And while at the Jazz bar while I was "doing my thing" and the jazz lady was talking to the whole bar (10 people tops) about how I was peeing, someone tried to get in! Really? Twice in a row? I'm telling you, these Denver people are something different. I won't even get into all the weird and super random conversations I've had with strangers so far.
So, in the Jazz bar, Jon makes friends with this boy who introduced himself as Tiger. Tiger is 20 yrs old. He moved to Denver in August and 2.5 weeks ago his girlfriend broke up with him. Now he is staying in a hotel and living out of his car. But that was great because he wasn't drinking and offered to drive Jon and I around. We went to Jon's friend from MI apartment for a few minutes to collect his brother, then we walked to the Thin Man bar....there were hundreds of Jesus pictures in there looking down at you drink. It made me happy, but I think it freaked Tiger out a little. He's out there "learning about life" instead of going to college. Basically he's doing something I was never brave enough to do. He asked me all kinds of questions like what it's like to be married as apposed to single, and what it's like having a real job, and how have things changed for me now that I am older. Yeah, to him I was OLD. :) I still get carded though! He also asked me how I managed and what it was like when my parents stopped paying for things for me. I think it surprised him and shocked him a little when I told him they haven't paid for things for me since I moved out. Which is slightly untrue, my parents would help out here and there in the beginning of college before the other siblings needed help out too. But nothing like paying a car repair bill or cell phone bill or anything...just maybe car insurance once in a while. Tiger's question about parents paying for things made me think that his parents are probably helping him out a little here or are threatening to cut him off if he doesn't move home. He's probably got a pretty good parent safety net going, so I thought it would be good for him to see that not everyone has that. Then, this was the dangerous part, I let him drive me back to the hotel. But is that more dangerous than taking the bus for 1 hr, if it was even still running that late at night, or more dangerous than a taxi alone? At least I knew I could probably beat Tiger up. Heh, he was just a very young boy trying to figure things out. It makes me happy to be this old now.
So those are my adventures so far. It's not living out of a car or anything, but I'm a hell of a lot more comfortable.
That's a lie, I've got a sleep number bed at the hotel and I hate it.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Emerald Ash Borer
In 2002 an ex-boyfriend and I were trying to get into Canada to go camping and see a Shakespeare play in Stratford. Because he was half mexican, we got search at the border, in immigrations. The mounties took all of our fire wood we were transporting with us. (Side note: I almost got arrested for having drugs because they thought my mom's 2 yr old baggie of venison jerky was pot.) Everyone there was mean.
Then in college, Elliot, and other people around, had bumper stickers that said "Don't move my fire wood, it BUGS me!" I didn't know what it meant, and that bugged me. My mom, or someone, told me that it's to prevent the movement of invasive species (bugs).
Through the years I've been aware of different bugs, fungi, and sicknesses that are killing different trees in our forest.
Once I moved to my new place in Nashville with a fireplace, I asked my parents to bring me firewood so I would have to purchase it. They would not b/c they were not going to move firewood across state lines.
All this to tell you that Emerald Ash Borer (and other invasive species) outreach is working! I told that to the speakers we had last week at my work's Annual Meeting, and they were happy to hear it. I was excited to see how their outreach and work has affected me and changed me through my life. Pretty neat to think about really. The speakers talked to the Natural Resources Committee about what the Emerald Ash Borer looked like, what it did, what they were doing to stop it, and the best way to stop it from spreading...stop the movement of firewood by humans.
Below is a paragraph stated far better than I could from the above linked website:
Then in college, Elliot, and other people around, had bumper stickers that said "Don't move my fire wood, it BUGS me!" I didn't know what it meant, and that bugged me. My mom, or someone, told me that it's to prevent the movement of invasive species (bugs).
Through the years I've been aware of different bugs, fungi, and sicknesses that are killing different trees in our forest.
Once I moved to my new place in Nashville with a fireplace, I asked my parents to bring me firewood so I would have to purchase it. They would not b/c they were not going to move firewood across state lines.
All this to tell you that Emerald Ash Borer (and other invasive species) outreach is working! I told that to the speakers we had last week at my work's Annual Meeting, and they were happy to hear it. I was excited to see how their outreach and work has affected me and changed me through my life. Pretty neat to think about really. The speakers talked to the Natural Resources Committee about what the Emerald Ash Borer looked like, what it did, what they were doing to stop it, and the best way to stop it from spreading...stop the movement of firewood by humans.
Below is a paragraph stated far better than I could from the above linked website:
"Emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, is an exotic beetle that was discovered in southeastern Michigan near Detroit in the summer of 2002. It probably arrived in the United States on solid wood packing material carried in cargo ships or airplanes originating in its native Asia. Because ash trees (Fraxinus spp.) in North America have no immunity to the insect, EAB has the potential to wipe out more than 700 million ash trees in Michigan. Since 2002, it has killed more than 30 million ash trees in southeastern Michigan alone. State and federal agencies in Michigan, and researchers in Michigan universities, are working to stop EAB from spreading. This includes the initiation of quarantines to stop the movement of infested ash wood and wood products, research to understand the pest's life cycle and what methods and strategies can control or eradicate it and development of educational and informational materials to help communities detect and deal with EAB infestations."
I was able to get one of those bumper stickers for my truck that was magnetic, so I don't have to worry about sticking it to it. I also received a key chain with an actual Emerald Ash Borer beetle in it!
Now, why is this interesting enough to write about? Well, doesn't it speak for itself...who wouldn't find this interesting?!
Well, there is another reason beside pure deliverance of knowledge...it was mentioned on my favorite tv shows last week (but I didn't watch until last night), Bones. Bones is a murder mystery drama show that is lighthearted. The entomologist (Bug Scientist) on the show located the murder site by finding "the Emerald Ash Borer, a rare bug only found in parts of high elevations of Virginia" on the body. RARE BUG!?!?! I am outraged!!! Outraged!! I heard that and I grabbed Josh by the collar and shook him, yelling that they're wrong. How can Bones let me down like that? It's like they weren't even trying! The least they could do is make up a bug name, like they did on Avatar and The Core with Unobtainium...not a real mineral, but didn't ruin things for me. Not like this. The government is paying good money to get rid of this bug and my favorite tv show is doing nothing to help!
Monday, October 4, 2010
Work Work Work
Work is hard this week and last week. We are preparing for the Annual Meeting and things are getting busy. I spent all day learning Corel...which I think is better than illustrator/photoshop, but I don't really know. I am having a real issue getting the graphics to remain clear and not pixallated. Pixallated is a word I don't know how to spell and neither does word. :/ Failings of modern society really.
Soon (as in directly after posting this) I will be working on making figures pretty for a paper Calvin is having me help write to be published in a peer-reviewed journal. The paper is on part of my Thesis Research, the sphene part. And really, the coolest and most interesting part. Basically, I am showing at what temps sphene forms in a cooling magma body underground and which Rare Elements it sucks up so that other minerals can't use them. In the future geologists can use this data and findings to estimate magma temps and composition just based on the presence of sphene or not. I promise you it's awesome.
Another good thing is that Josh found all my thesis research on his thumb drive the other day! I didn't really know where it was, and this way I didn't have to look for it. Poor Josh was unable to use his thumb drive though.
Ackbar Fun Fact: While Josh is sleeping, Ackbar will clean him. While I am sleeping, Ackbar will nibble on all of my exposed bits (toes, elbow, calf, etc.) No cleaning for me!
Soon (as in directly after posting this) I will be working on making figures pretty for a paper Calvin is having me help write to be published in a peer-reviewed journal. The paper is on part of my Thesis Research, the sphene part. And really, the coolest and most interesting part. Basically, I am showing at what temps sphene forms in a cooling magma body underground and which Rare Elements it sucks up so that other minerals can't use them. In the future geologists can use this data and findings to estimate magma temps and composition just based on the presence of sphene or not. I promise you it's awesome.
Another good thing is that Josh found all my thesis research on his thumb drive the other day! I didn't really know where it was, and this way I didn't have to look for it. Poor Josh was unable to use his thumb drive though.
Ackbar Fun Fact: While Josh is sleeping, Ackbar will clean him. While I am sleeping, Ackbar will nibble on all of my exposed bits (toes, elbow, calf, etc.) No cleaning for me!
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Lazy Weekend
The Gorillaz have come out with a new record!! Plastic Beach. There's a new video out for the song Stylo, and as usual, the Gorillaz have not only read my mind, but have read my soul. Not only is it a Gorillaz song, not only is it dark and hopeless, but it also contains Bruce Willis driving a red El Camino, and he is bad ass.
This weekend turned out to be a lazy weekend. I had hoped to go to Cedar's of Lebanon and do some hiking, but like I said it was a lazy weekend. Friday night we were watching a movie off the internet that Josh picked out. I was really hoping he was going to pick Law and Order, but he picked Thunderbolt with a younger Jackie Chan. Generally I would love a Jackie Chan movie, but this one was about car racing and that doesn't interest me so much. Luckily (not really) Josh's computer stopped working in the middle of it and I didn't have to watch the whole thing.
Today one of our new IT friends helped Josh fix it. All that had happened was the power cord had blown out, so it was easily and cheaply fixed.
Yesterday around 9:30 or 10:00 Josh was on the phone with a high school friend discussing his computer problems and I was reading. Then I got really tired and my eyes closed and my head fell to the side. I decided I would stay like that and pretend I was asleep and then when Josh got off the phone he would come over and wake me up to tell me about the phone call and I was go "Surprise" and grab him quick because I wasn't really asleep. Then it was 2 hours later.... Josh never came over because, duh, I was asleep, and we all know it's bad news to wake me up if I don't want to be. I sat up and was like, Josh ... What's going on? And Josh was like, you've been asleep for hours. I told him, no I was just pretending.
Great recap.
We then went to another friend's house for a game night where I preceded to fall asleep with my eyes open, but just for 4 minutes or so. Then we played Trivial Pursuit Millennium Addition. This was the most fun I've ever had playing this game. Josh and I were able to answer so many questions right!!! I think it's because we grew up during the time period that most of the questions focused on, and that Josh had just taken 2 history questions.
I watched America's Taste Kitchen or something, and I learned how to make chew chocolate chip cookies. I melted 10 tablespoons of butter and browned it on the stove. Then I poured it into a bowl and added 4 more tablespoons of butter. Then I dissolved the brown and white sugars into it and added the other ingredients. They turned out damn good for the type of chocolate chip cookies they were, but I prefer my chocolate chip cookies to have oatmeal in them and to be thicker and not so sugary.
This weekend turned out to be a lazy weekend. I had hoped to go to Cedar's of Lebanon and do some hiking, but like I said it was a lazy weekend. Friday night we were watching a movie off the internet that Josh picked out. I was really hoping he was going to pick Law and Order, but he picked Thunderbolt with a younger Jackie Chan. Generally I would love a Jackie Chan movie, but this one was about car racing and that doesn't interest me so much. Luckily (not really) Josh's computer stopped working in the middle of it and I didn't have to watch the whole thing.
Today one of our new IT friends helped Josh fix it. All that had happened was the power cord had blown out, so it was easily and cheaply fixed.
Yesterday around 9:30 or 10:00 Josh was on the phone with a high school friend discussing his computer problems and I was reading. Then I got really tired and my eyes closed and my head fell to the side. I decided I would stay like that and pretend I was asleep and then when Josh got off the phone he would come over and wake me up to tell me about the phone call and I was go "Surprise" and grab him quick because I wasn't really asleep. Then it was 2 hours later.... Josh never came over because, duh, I was asleep, and we all know it's bad news to wake me up if I don't want to be. I sat up and was like, Josh ... What's going on? And Josh was like, you've been asleep for hours. I told him, no I was just pretending.
Great recap.
We then went to another friend's house for a game night where I preceded to fall asleep with my eyes open, but just for 4 minutes or so. Then we played Trivial Pursuit Millennium Addition. This was the most fun I've ever had playing this game. Josh and I were able to answer so many questions right!!! I think it's because we grew up during the time period that most of the questions focused on, and that Josh had just taken 2 history questions.
I watched America's Taste Kitchen or something, and I learned how to make chew chocolate chip cookies. I melted 10 tablespoons of butter and browned it on the stove. Then I poured it into a bowl and added 4 more tablespoons of butter. Then I dissolved the brown and white sugars into it and added the other ingredients. They turned out damn good for the type of chocolate chip cookies they were, but I prefer my chocolate chip cookies to have oatmeal in them and to be thicker and not so sugary.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Lazy Saturday
What a Saturday. I've been feeling nauseous pretty bad all week, and today I was mostly better, but I'm still trying to take it slow. Heh.
I recently got a prescription for a sleeping medication, but I'm not so sure how much I like it. I mean, I like sleeping and all, but it pretty much ruins me for the whole next day. Even if I take half a pill, which I did last night. I fell asleep instantly and didn't wake up until morning and according to Josh I didn't move at all all night, but snored a little bit. Cute ones. So I got up and fed Ackbar and I swear to you the stove said 9:20. I went and woke Josh up and laid in bed a for a while because it was so comfy. He got up, shaved, got ready for the day, and then I got back out of bed. We lazily made cereal and ate it. Then we puttered around the house for a bit. Then we looked at the clock and it was 9:35. I kid you not. Either I'm going crazy or when we think we are moving slowly we are really moving at warp speed, and when we move quickly we are really moving at a snails pace. So we gained several hours to our day.
Josh had to run an errand in Murfreesboro, so I went with him so we could stop at the JC Penny's there because I had a gift card from Christmas. We went in (avoiding the rest of the mall) and turns out JC Penny was having a doorbuster sale that ended at 1:00!! Good thing we move at warp speed right? So I was able to get a new pair of work pants, grey corduroy, that fit me p.e.r.f.e.c.t.l.y. I'm skinny skinny in them. I also got a red and grey Aaaaarrrgyle sweater to go with them. Then I saw this jacket...it was dark plum coduroy, and it was exactly what I've been looking for for weeks now. It was all on super sale and I saved 66$ and with the gift card it was exactly in our price range. But all of this isn't even the amazing part. The amazing part is that I accidentally stumbled into the petite section, and all of these clothes are petite!!!
It was a very sunny warm day, upper 80's I think, so we had the windows in Josh's car open and the sun was shinning in. I am almost positive, due to several experiments, but the warm sunshine activates the sleeping pill during the day. I get huge yawns that hurt they are so huge and I get a little sick feeling if I don't lay down and take a nap in the sunshine. So the entire time we drove around I had the seat back and was just laying there relaxing and watching the tops of trees, signs, and light posts from the windows. Following, I cannot tell you when the last time was that I was that relaxed. I used to lay back and watch the scenery in the sky in cars a lot when I was little, but haven't in forever.
We ate lunch at this restaurant that looked to be (from the inside and the outside) one of the most fanciest places I've been to in a long long time. Josh promised me that they had an amazing blue cheese dip, that he read about in his school's paper, and I've been craving blue cheese. Well, it wasn't a blue cheese dip, but it was just as amazing. The waiter described it as spinach dip on steroids, and he was right. For 5$ we got enough spinach dip appetizer for 4 or 5 people easy... meaning, it was a much larger portion for what we paid than we were expecting. Then for being so fancy, the lunch sandwich prices were very reasonable...and those portions were HUGE too. I got a side of broccoli (for health and b/c my sandwich was mostly a cheese log), and the bowl of broccoli was easily twice as big as I was expecting. Josh says it's because Murfreesboro is a college town not full of rich kids. They wouldn't get any customers if they priced it higher....unlike Nashville restaurants.
We sat at a table where one side was a booth and one side was chairs, and I thought Josh was going to sit in the chairs, and we accidentally both sat in the booth at the same time, so we sat next to each other and watched the going on's in front of us. Which wasn't much, there was no one else eating in that section. But we did see a server clearing off a table outside and when coming in he dropped and broke a glass. Then the hostess was cleaning the door to the outside there and he flirted with her. Then another couple came in and they were going to be seated in a middle table, but they chose to sit next to each other in a booth/chair table directly across from Josh and I. So we were all sitting there staring at each other. But not for too long, because we soon left.
We got home at 1:30 and both fell asleep. Next thing I know it's 5:00. Yes, a 3.5 hr nap. I woke up, rolled over and realized my arm left itself behind. I grabbed it and shook it and my hand wobbled. I could feel nothing in that hand and I almost freaked out because I thought it had died. The weird part was that it barely tingled at all like it was asleep as I was regaining feeling in it.
I recently got a prescription for a sleeping medication, but I'm not so sure how much I like it. I mean, I like sleeping and all, but it pretty much ruins me for the whole next day. Even if I take half a pill, which I did last night. I fell asleep instantly and didn't wake up until morning and according to Josh I didn't move at all all night, but snored a little bit. Cute ones. So I got up and fed Ackbar and I swear to you the stove said 9:20. I went and woke Josh up and laid in bed a for a while because it was so comfy. He got up, shaved, got ready for the day, and then I got back out of bed. We lazily made cereal and ate it. Then we puttered around the house for a bit. Then we looked at the clock and it was 9:35. I kid you not. Either I'm going crazy or when we think we are moving slowly we are really moving at warp speed, and when we move quickly we are really moving at a snails pace. So we gained several hours to our day.
Josh had to run an errand in Murfreesboro, so I went with him so we could stop at the JC Penny's there because I had a gift card from Christmas. We went in (avoiding the rest of the mall) and turns out JC Penny was having a doorbuster sale that ended at 1:00!! Good thing we move at warp speed right? So I was able to get a new pair of work pants, grey corduroy, that fit me p.e.r.f.e.c.t.l.y. I'm skinny skinny in them. I also got a red and grey Aaaaarrrgyle sweater to go with them. Then I saw this jacket...it was dark plum coduroy, and it was exactly what I've been looking for for weeks now. It was all on super sale and I saved 66$ and with the gift card it was exactly in our price range. But all of this isn't even the amazing part. The amazing part is that I accidentally stumbled into the petite section, and all of these clothes are petite!!!
It was a very sunny warm day, upper 80's I think, so we had the windows in Josh's car open and the sun was shinning in. I am almost positive, due to several experiments, but the warm sunshine activates the sleeping pill during the day. I get huge yawns that hurt they are so huge and I get a little sick feeling if I don't lay down and take a nap in the sunshine. So the entire time we drove around I had the seat back and was just laying there relaxing and watching the tops of trees, signs, and light posts from the windows. Following, I cannot tell you when the last time was that I was that relaxed. I used to lay back and watch the scenery in the sky in cars a lot when I was little, but haven't in forever.
We ate lunch at this restaurant that looked to be (from the inside and the outside) one of the most fanciest places I've been to in a long long time. Josh promised me that they had an amazing blue cheese dip, that he read about in his school's paper, and I've been craving blue cheese. Well, it wasn't a blue cheese dip, but it was just as amazing. The waiter described it as spinach dip on steroids, and he was right. For 5$ we got enough spinach dip appetizer for 4 or 5 people easy... meaning, it was a much larger portion for what we paid than we were expecting. Then for being so fancy, the lunch sandwich prices were very reasonable...and those portions were HUGE too. I got a side of broccoli (for health and b/c my sandwich was mostly a cheese log), and the bowl of broccoli was easily twice as big as I was expecting. Josh says it's because Murfreesboro is a college town not full of rich kids. They wouldn't get any customers if they priced it higher....unlike Nashville restaurants.
We sat at a table where one side was a booth and one side was chairs, and I thought Josh was going to sit in the chairs, and we accidentally both sat in the booth at the same time, so we sat next to each other and watched the going on's in front of us. Which wasn't much, there was no one else eating in that section. But we did see a server clearing off a table outside and when coming in he dropped and broke a glass. Then the hostess was cleaning the door to the outside there and he flirted with her. Then another couple came in and they were going to be seated in a middle table, but they chose to sit next to each other in a booth/chair table directly across from Josh and I. So we were all sitting there staring at each other. But not for too long, because we soon left.
We got home at 1:30 and both fell asleep. Next thing I know it's 5:00. Yes, a 3.5 hr nap. I woke up, rolled over and realized my arm left itself behind. I grabbed it and shook it and my hand wobbled. I could feel nothing in that hand and I almost freaked out because I thought it had died. The weird part was that it barely tingled at all like it was asleep as I was regaining feeling in it.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Last Sunday evening/night I was driving home from my friends apartment. They live maybe a mile or two away by back roads! This really makes me happy because it is also one of the most beautiful back road I've ever driven on. It's is very narrow, with hills and twisty curves. There is also zero shoulder and the woods grows right up to the side of the road and has to be cut flat, so it looks like a giant leafy wall. The locals see no reason to go slow on this road. When I say locals I mean the impatient crazies that can't afford to live anywhere else, not the locals who live in the giant old school mansions that populate this back road.
So I was heading home, and up in front of me was the moon! It was a perfect crescent shape, the same as when you stereotype the moon shape so that everyone knows what it is. It was also glowing pure white. The truly amazing part was that it was HUGE! A normal moon is the size of dime, this one was the size of a half dollar or larger.
I only saw it for a second before it slipped farther behind the trees, and I wasn't even sure it was the moon. After a while I doubted what I saw and thought maybe it was a porch light. That moment I saw it though, it was like I was in a Neil Giamen story, like Neverwhere. There were definitely fairies and redcaps about.
The whole rest of the way home I drove slowly sure I would see the moon again after the next turn. I even drove past my apartment complex and down to the gas stations to see if I could see it down there. But I couldn't. I was a little sad because like I said, I wasn't positive it was the moon.
Monday I was driving home from East Nashville around 10 o'clock from visiting some other friends...and I came upon the view of downtown Nashville with it's bar lights and the tall Batman building and there it was!!!! The GIANT crescent moon!!! I got to look at it all I wanted until I went down a hill and it slipped behind the Nashville Skyline. And get this...War Pigs was playing!!! It's only one of my favorite bad ass songs to listen to while I drive my truck! It was one of the most beautiful and perfect moments I've experienced in a very long time.
So I was heading home, and up in front of me was the moon! It was a perfect crescent shape, the same as when you stereotype the moon shape so that everyone knows what it is. It was also glowing pure white. The truly amazing part was that it was HUGE! A normal moon is the size of dime, this one was the size of a half dollar or larger.
I only saw it for a second before it slipped farther behind the trees, and I wasn't even sure it was the moon. After a while I doubted what I saw and thought maybe it was a porch light. That moment I saw it though, it was like I was in a Neil Giamen story, like Neverwhere. There were definitely fairies and redcaps about.
The whole rest of the way home I drove slowly sure I would see the moon again after the next turn. I even drove past my apartment complex and down to the gas stations to see if I could see it down there. But I couldn't. I was a little sad because like I said, I wasn't positive it was the moon.
Monday I was driving home from East Nashville around 10 o'clock from visiting some other friends...and I came upon the view of downtown Nashville with it's bar lights and the tall Batman building and there it was!!!! The GIANT crescent moon!!! I got to look at it all I wanted until I went down a hill and it slipped behind the Nashville Skyline. And get this...War Pigs was playing!!! It's only one of my favorite bad ass songs to listen to while I drive my truck! It was one of the most beautiful and perfect moments I've experienced in a very long time.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
More Money More Problems
Less money, bigger problems.
I just realized today that if Josh does research with a professor, he will not have time for a job. This is okay with me because I always put school and research first, even for Josh. His education is technically more important than mine because he's going to need a very good job to support the non-working lifestyle I want to live.
So I'm trying to think of way for me to make a few extra dollars here and there. I know I can do it because I have more free time than I have ever had before. I'm just out of practice of using it productively.
Here are my ideas:
1. Dog walker
2. Tuter
3. Plant sitter
4. Secret Shopper
5. Personal shopper
6. Car washer/oil changer where I go to the hospital/rich person work place and they pay me to do it right there...I'm told that some coworkers pay $200 to have someone come and wash and detail their vehicles while they are at work. Biggest.Waste.Of.Money.Ever.
7. Muffin maker and seller...I make damn good muffins. You know that to be true! I can even make them mini!
8. Advertise to make something to bring to a potluck for people who don't want to cook something but also don't want to bring something store bought.
9. Teach kids in my apt. complex how to cook
10. Make posters/signs/flyers for people! I can totally do that!
I did not put babysitting on the list because I can't stand to babysit kids I don't know. Not that I've ever really done that, but lets say, you should sell your talents, and babysitting is not my talent. Unless it's an actual baby...I think I've matured up enough to be able to do that.
Most of this I'm only going to advertise around my apartment complex, and maybe the one next door. This stuff is time consuming, and it would be easier if I lived close.
What do you do to make a little extra money?
I just realized today that if Josh does research with a professor, he will not have time for a job. This is okay with me because I always put school and research first, even for Josh. His education is technically more important than mine because he's going to need a very good job to support the non-working lifestyle I want to live.
So I'm trying to think of way for me to make a few extra dollars here and there. I know I can do it because I have more free time than I have ever had before. I'm just out of practice of using it productively.
Here are my ideas:
1. Dog walker
2. Tuter
3. Plant sitter
4. Secret Shopper
5. Personal shopper
6. Car washer/oil changer where I go to the hospital/rich person work place and they pay me to do it right there...I'm told that some coworkers pay $200 to have someone come and wash and detail their vehicles while they are at work. Biggest.Waste.Of.Money.Ever.
7. Muffin maker and seller...I make damn good muffins. You know that to be true! I can even make them mini!
8. Advertise to make something to bring to a potluck for people who don't want to cook something but also don't want to bring something store bought.
9. Teach kids in my apt. complex how to cook
10. Make posters/signs/flyers for people! I can totally do that!
I did not put babysitting on the list because I can't stand to babysit kids I don't know. Not that I've ever really done that, but lets say, you should sell your talents, and babysitting is not my talent. Unless it's an actual baby...I think I've matured up enough to be able to do that.
Most of this I'm only going to advertise around my apartment complex, and maybe the one next door. This stuff is time consuming, and it would be easier if I lived close.
What do you do to make a little extra money?
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