Decisions, decisions…

Too many decisions.

Texas? California?

gymnastics coach? teacher?

Ya know, if mom/dad, christina/jimmy/james/elle all moved to California too i probably wouldn’t be in this dilemma of where to live. SOO EVERYONE MOOOOVVVEEEE!! i know J & Steph will back me up on that one too =] haha just dooo it! Christina, think about how much fun taking the kiddos to the beach all the time will be… and Disney Land! Oh the things they would see! ;] What kind of mom would deprive their kids from said experiences? I mean really. hehe. Start lookin for jobs out there and move! Oh and i noticed Christina you have a goal of wanting to live in Hawaii in 10 years… well, start in California, it’s a step closer to your dream! Think about it! And California is pretty close to Hawaii, which is kind of close to Guam… think of all the family visits we could have if we just met halfway in beautiful Hawaii! =] Convinced yet? I am! LOL!

Now on to my next dilemma… everyone knows i have a passion for gymnastics… coaching is the one job that never really felt like a job to me, time passed so fast when “working”, and i enjoyed bonding with my kiddos. What are the things keeping me from pursuing it further? Well, my anxiety issue is one reason… and will i be making enough money is another reason. I guess i could always do some pet sitting on the side for extra money right? Ohhh life.

Any questions, comments, & concerns are welcomed.

Ohh what to do....

I need opinions...

Is it better to do something you enjoy and are making a lot of money doing? Or is it better to do something you not only enjoy but are passionate about, but then are in debt and not making as much money?

Cause even though i enjoy pet sitting and the money is absolutely amazing, i can't help but dream of the dreams i had before.

I don't know what to do.

Any advice appreciated. Thanks!

it's been awhile...

UGH! This is why i usually don't start a journal/diary/blog... i always forget to write in them, and when i do remember i realize how much stuff i have to say and i just dont feel like typing all of it out so i just put it off another day LOL... and eventually it just sits there with like only 5 entries in it... so be excited that i came back to write on this haha!

Pet sitting has been slow since the new year started, but i'm still making more money than i would be doing anything else, so it's nice. But i'm looking forward to summer time when my checks will be around $3000 :]

So, if you know me, you know i change my mind a lot about everything. Well, just recently, i came up with a brilliant plan. In a year from now, when my lease at my apartment is up, i think i'm going to buy a franchise of Privileged Pets and move it to Southern California with me :] Fiona (my boss) keeps sayin how i should buy a franchise, but little does she know i wanna take it to Cali! haha, i'm gonna bring it up to her tomorrow and see if she freaks out LOL! But yeah, after purchasing said franchise, me and Steph (my sister-in-law) will own and run our pet sitting company in Orange, CA... then a few years down the road we will be rich and have people working for us while we enjoy all the benefits HAHAHA it'll be great! I have to have something to look forward to, so yeah, one year, it'll happen, you just wait and see :]

updates

First of all, i cannot believe it's almost 2009. Like wtf happened to 2008!? Secondly, i HAVE to post this super cute video of my niece, Elle, because it's too cute not to show. She was bouncing in her jumper (which she looooves to do) and watching the Doodlebops and all of a sudden i look over and i see her starting to nod off a little bit, which was cute in itself, but then she would like JUMP awake and keep jumping... it happened enough times for me to be like omg i'm getting my camera... she did it 3 more times for my camera, 2 of which are on this video... James says hello in it too :]

 

Lastly, i just wanted to comment on my job and how super awesome it is, especially during the holidays (even though i have no life b/c i'm so busy)... so here are the upsides and downsides to being a professional pet sitter that i've recently discovered and thought i'd share...
UPSIDES-
* super easy job... i pretty much play with other peoples' pets all day long
* exercise - a few of my regular weekly clients request decently long walks... one of which is around a nice lake, and it's so peaceful
* not only do i get paid per pet sit, but a lot of clients like to tip :]
* my last 2 paychecks (which are bi-weekly) were over $1100! not including the tips. i'm going to be even busier for christmas so i can't even imagine what my next paycheck will be!!
* so far for Christmas, i've gotten a $50 Macy's gift card from one client, a bottle of wine & $30 cash from another client, some christmas spray smelly stuff from another client, and i haven't even started a lot of the sits i'm doing for Christmas yet.. so we'll see!!

DOWNSIDES-
* i pretty much live in my car
* i sometimes drive over 100 miles a day
* i have to fill up my gas tank every other day (thank God gas prices are low again!!)
* when we're super busy (like holidays), i'm the busiest... so it gets depressing when i can't spend the whole day with my family like most everyone else
* a dog pulled out of its collar/leash one day to chase another dog that was loose, so i had to run around trying to catch her... not fun
* having to do those long walks for my regular clients when it's 30 somethin degrees outside is pretty brutal... i'm skinny, i get more cold than most people, and i absolutely HATE being cold... like it makes me wanna just kill myself to end the torture lol
* Fiona (my boss) accidentally left a pet sit on my schedule that wasn't supposed to be there, so i end up going thinking i'm supposed to be there, but instead i walk in to find the dog's owner laying in bed with a woman... haha talk about awkward!!! luckily they weren't naked LOL it was so funny though, and we all had a great laugh.
* i locked myself out of a house at 8pm tonight... dark, cold, nooo clue what to do... i tried to get the dogs to unlock the back door (b/c they know how to open it) but it wasn't happening... so i went to the neighbors cause i left my phone and keys on the kitchen counter (im such an idiot)... and we tried calling the owner's cell but it went straight to voicemail... and i was like omg i really dont know what to do... THEN i remembered that the owner wanted me to put their key in the backyard freezer after my last pet sit... so i went and checked the freezer and low & behold, a spare key in an envelope was there!! woohoo! haha don't judge me.

So there ya go. Some inside info on pet sitting. People may think it's a totally lame job, but this is like my ideal job! The money is awesome, the job is easy, and the downsides are things you laugh about when you're depositing your check and enjoying the tips/gifts owners give you haha! My dream is to one day live near Hollywood and pet sit for all the celebrities! I could totally do it! Watch me! 10 years from now, that's where I'll be! ;]

K, well, i have a pet sit @ 6:30 tomorrow morning for diabetic dog... i have to poke him to get blood to check his glucose level :( and then give him an insulin shot... poor thing. So anyway i'm going to bed. Sorry this was so long.

i'm just a girl trying to find a place in this world...

I don't know what I want, so don't ask me
Cause I'm still trying to figure it out
Don't know what's down this road, I'm just walking
Trying to see through the rain coming down
Even though I'm not the only one
Who feels the way I do
I'm alone, on my own, and that's all I know
I'll be strong, I'll be wrong, oh but life goes on
I'm just a girl, trying to find a place in this world
Got the radio on, my old blue jeans
And I'm wearing my heart on my sleeve
Feeling lucky today, got the sunshine
Could you tell me what more do I need
And tomorrow's just a mystery, oh yeah
But that's ok
Maybe I'm just a girl on a mission
But I'm ready to fly

"A Place In This World" - Taylor Swift -

here we go again...

Well, here i am again contemplating decisions i've made and decisions i need to make... why does life have to be so damn complicated!?

I miss coaching... a lot.
I still want to move to California... soon.

I'm so sick of going through this. It always happens. When am i ever going to be truly happy, and not just temporary happy?

Apparently my meds don't work.

And i'm tired of feeling lonely.

updates

Well, it's been 2 weeks since i started pet sitting... and even though i'm exhausted and workin my butt off, i'm loving it! My 2 week paycheck is going to be like $874! Which is like super awesome for just starting out. I'm making the minimum per sit, so once i start getting more experience i'll be making much more! <33 best job ever! :]

Update on Tobe from the last post... turns out the owner who i thought was fostering him actually adopted him :[ So i don't get to have him. But that's ok, i don't think i have time for another dog right now anyway.

I cannot believe it's almost Thanksgiving. Like i seriously don't even know what happened to October, and it's already halfway through November. Craziness.

Ok, for those of you who don't know, i have been going through some mental issues for awhile, and i finally went to an actual psychiatrist on Monday... b/c my primary care doctor sucks, you wait in the waiting room for 3 hours and then he talks to you for 5 minutes and just throws prescriptions at you without even really asking any questions... so i knew i needed to go see a psychiatrist. So i went last Monday and after talking to her for an hour she seems to think i have Generalized Anxiety Disorder... although she doesn't like to "diagnose" on the first visit, she said she could definitely see a lot of anxiety in me. After looking up GAD, it seems pretty accurate, although she said a lot of symptoms are the same for other disorders so it's hard to really tell, so she's gonna keep monitoring it. But i really liked her, she was so nice.

Anyway, that's probably too much information, but whatever.