Life got in the way...
Of writing posts more frequently. Sorry! I do have a lot of news to share!
First and foremost, thank you thank you thank you to everyone that sent their kind words and well wishes to my last post. I'm linked on Facebook, and wasn't expecting the outpouring of kindness and support. You guys are fantastic! It's really been helpful to me that when I start to get down, I just go read those comments again. Like Jody said, in three weeks I want to look back and see how much I've accomplished, not get mad at myself for being lazy.
Having said that, the walking project has been going well. I've been averaging about three miles a day, with a couple longer days thrown in there. Now, it's kind of gone downhill the last few days as the Husband has been ill and I've been taking care of him, but I'm going to be back on track tomorrow.
In other exciting news, I got a job! Starting on Tuesday, I'll be a stylist and assistant for Cutting Image Salon in Huntersville, NC. I'll be doing cut, color, perms, updos...and basically everything I was able to do on clients at Empire. For six months, I'll be an assistant, and then just be a stylist, starting at the bottom and working my way up! I'm very pumped and ready to start this new journey and new career. It's hard for me to market myself with confidence, so for right now I've been "faking it until I make it" to borrow an overused phrase. I've got about 100 cards giving anyone that comes in to see me 20% off all services, so if you or anyone you know is in the NC area, let me know!
It's also exciting as I'll be working 5 days a week, instead of 6 like I was when working at the restaurant. I'm also excited that my days off are Thursdays and Sundays! Sundays we have church and Thursdays we're looking to join a small group with our church so we'll still have activities on those nights.
In related news, I passed my theory boards for Cosmetology! I'm not allowed to tell you anything about the test, but I was very happy that I studied for the three days before, as I was more prepared for that exam than probably any test I took in college! Now it's onto the physical boards on March 1st, which I should be very prepared for now that I'll be working!
I'd be remiss to not mention the devastation that's been occurring in Haiti these last few weeks. I posted on my FB today a message I'll also share here. There were people on FB posting a status that basically said that we should be focusing only on our homeless in America rather than coming together for Haiti. And while I agree that we need to do whatever we can to help our fellow man, there's no reason to turn the horrible events in Haiti into a political movement. This is what I said in my status:
I have an idea. Rather than copying and pasting forwards about how we should be helping the homeless in the US rather than the people of Haiti, why don't we ACTUALLY help them? This is a time to reach out and love our fellow man, not spread messages of hate. Haiti needs us, and we're coming through for them. Let's take that as a step towards helping all who are less fortunate.
I also went through and cleaned out my Facebook. There's no reason to be friends with people I've never even had a proper conversation with, when I'm sharing intimate details of my life with them. I also want to surround myself with people that care about me like I do about them, and even through a mass social networking site, I can try and have boundaries. Now, I still have a LOT of FB friends, so obviously I wasn't too severe in my cuts!
I know my house mate and Husband are really going to miss the fact that now that I'm working I won't be cooking as much! This weekend I got us a rotisserie chicken and made it into a Mexican bake last night and then made chicken quesadillas today, along with cookie bars. I made banana chocolate chip applesauce bread as well to take to church today, and I guess it went over well, as when I went to pick up the bowl, it was all gone!
Speaking of church, we are so happy to finally find a church home. I haven't had a true church home since Riverside United Methodist (the church I grew up and was married in) and it's so comforting to find somewhere you feel you belong. We've only gone two weeks so far, but we've met a lot of great people and really been challenged by the messages. You can check out the church here!
As a final note...my Colts are going to the Super bowl! Woot!
Love,
Jesi
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