Exciting Things

Here is a list of exciting things that are happening in my life right now:

1. I picked up a shift on Friday morning, so I am working a double.  This means, I will probably be done working earlier than expected, and I might actually get to do something fun for New Year's Eve!

2. I am probably going up to Long Island to visit Andrew's family next week.  It will be a short trip because my bosses get nervous when I'm not there (haha), but it should be nice to spend some time up there when there's not a wedding or major celebration to put on!

3. I got my first freelance editing gig!  Andrew's mother does a lot of freelance stuff, and she put me in contact with a woman who is starting a spiritual website/blog and self-publishing a book.  Its not a major project, but I spoke with her about it a few times, and she decided to give me the job!  I am officially a freelance editor.  Which is so much better than simply being a waitress.  Its not enough to pay the bills, but hopefully its enough to get me more jobs!

4. Today I started returning all the things I didn't give for Christmas.  I'm not good at making decisions in stores, so I buy a bunch of stuff and decide later.  Today I returned $70 worth of stuff to Target.  I think I need to work on this.

5.  In less than one month, I will be headed to Las Vegas with my family!  About this, I am super pumped.  I love my family, and we always have a great time together.  Plus, Andrew and Michael get to come, so I will have lots of opportunities to get in to trouble.  That sounds odd, but I always have wonderful times with Emily, Michael and Andrew, and there's always an element of adventure.  Adventure in Las Vegas sounds like it comes with a little trouble.  I believe a little trouble is always healthy, so I am excited about the prospects.  Plus, AJ likes a healthy amount of trouble, too, so the odds of a good time are great.  Probably better than my odds of winning any money in the casinos.

6. At the Uno's Christmas party, my boss gave me a Starbuck's gift card (with an as-yet-undetermined amount of money on it), a hug, and promise.  We were in the bar and he said "get used to this environment," which Andrew and I both took to mean that I would soon get to move to the bar.  No sober mention of this has been made since, so my boss might just be the kind of guy who promises things when he is buzzed that he wouldn't ordinarily say.  I can understand that, because I sometimes promise things that I just flat-out don't want to do because I think people will want to hear them (that's something I'm working on).  I hope my boss is working on that too, and that his comment will soon come to fruition.  I'll keep ya updated.

So, six exciting things sounds pretty good to me!  Add to that the remnants of Christmas frivolity, a bit of a sugar high, and the discovery of an awesome new snack (Oreo cookie bark) and I'd say I'm in a pretty good place.  I hope y'all are too.