The Power of Free

Time for some honesty... a large focus of mine for the last couple months has been, well, men. I've spent most of my free time dating, and a lot of it. But I think I have reached that completely exhausted faithless moment where I need a break. But that's just a Jerry Springer-esque story for another day. In my pondering on the subject I realize that if I take a break from dating, my social life is going to take a huge hit. And honestly being social is very important to me. It's generally a good release for me from the stresses of life. So I thought well what should I focus my time on instead??? Well how about your crafting obsession? Great idea except you can't afford to even be spending anything on it. Sure you have a supply of tools/materials in a cupboard but not enough to get done the projects that you want/need to get done that should be on the list far before the I'm wasting crafting supplies so that I have something to do items.

So instead I've been thinking how can I get stuff for free?? Or at least practically free?? Latest idea?? Scour the ksl free section, pick up something, redo it (i have enough supplies to do some basic refinishing) and sell it for ridiculously cheap. It's a nice thought right?? I thought of it when I had to sell some furniture before moving into the van this summer. I sold my armoire and nightstand in like a day. Both for more than I paid. Now don't get me wrong, they were originally steals and I sold them so quickly because they were still great deals. So I'm wondering how hard it would be to do this?? Decided that I'd watch the free section today and see if anything good came up, so far, well it's Sunday. Not much luck. We'll see how far my resourcefulness can go.

Back to.... Boring

Well I'm officially settled in to normal life again... kind of. Enough that I no longer have crazy van life stories. And not enough that I've had much room for any fun crafts. I'm caught in between. Mostly because I can't afford to spend money on the several projects I'd like to get done for my personal space. So for those who follow.... things are pretty boring here. I moved out of my car finally. Live in a house. I have a tiny room off the kitchen. It's really quaint though and I love it. After working obnoxious hours at the roadshows I bought my first bed. I'm a big girl now. No frame but I have a mattress and box spring on the floor. Which are some lovely hardwoods by the way. My room even has a chair rail but it's mostly annoying cuz I'll sit in bed and bonk my head on it. I have a few things up on the walls in my room and bathroom but not enough for it to even be kind of considered finished. And after the roadshows finished my fundage came to a hault so no nightstands, floor lamp, bed frame. etc, etc. I did just start a new job. It is exceedingly frustrating. I feel entirely undervalued. My equals are 19 year olds who text and do zero work and ask me how much longer til I'm done doing the work. That's not even an exaggeration. And oh happy day I make 75 cents an hour more than the 16 year olds I "direct" for lack of a better word. I'm above them but it's not like I give them assignments really because generally they know what they should be doing. It's pretty simple. I'm noticing my boss seems to trust me more to get things done as she leaves me alone to get things done more and more but I like to think $8 an hour is a bit low for what I'm doing. Especially in comparison to my co-workers. But when you've worked somewhere not quite a month I can't imagine it's appropriate to ask for a raise. Don't you think?