I stole this from Melissa and Claudia.

8 things I must accomplish before I die:

1. I have to agree with Melissa and Jen on this one. Travel. The two countries I’d love to visit are the UK and Canada, and a few states I’d like to visit are: Alaska, Maine, Vermont and Tennessee.

2. Get out of debt! (self-explanatory)

3. Actually finish a novel. The one I’m working on right now I’m at 9,000 words but I just keep on pushing it away. I want to finish this novel.

4. Lose weight. I am not happy about my weight and now that I’ll actually be able to sit down and have a lunch break at my new job (instead of eating on the go) I’ll be able to eat healthier things. Don’t you know that the most unhealthy things for you are things you can just grab and go?!

5. Get my Bachelors degree. I still can’t decide if I want to become a Teacher (as someone said, English Teachers are a dime a dozen) or if I want to become a Registered Nurse. Either way, I want to get my Bachelors, maybe even my Masters some day. The ultimate way to bring self-confidence.

6. I’d love to go to the Superbowl or Football game - and if I was able, I’d bring my Dad too! I think that the one thing my Dad has given me is the love of the Chicago Bears (awwww).

7. Meet Mr. Right. Though I’m not ready now, eventually I will be and I hope that everything I’ve gone through will make the experience of meeting Mr. Right be all the more sweeter.

8. Eventually (not now, and I know that there are people that are going to go “omg!”) but I’d really like to eventually have a dog; or someday if/when Birdeo is no longer with me (*sniff, sniff* He’s about 8 years old now), I’d love to have either a Whiteface Cinnamon Pearl Pied Cockatiel* or a Quaker Parrot.**

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Speaking of Birdeo, I had such a bad night last night! He needed his nails trimmed and his wings trimmed - so last night I was just going to do his nails. In case you didn’t know, it’s really important to keep the nails trimmed on a bird because they can get caught on something either in their cage or landing and really hurt themselves. So, I toweled him (basically you wrap the bird up like a burrito in a towel to prevent them from hurting themselves during the process, because it can be frightening!) and as I went to trim his nail, he jerked his foot and I cut the quick AND the skin around his toenail. I was so upset! I was able to stop the bleeding (with flour) after I cleaned up the wound. This morning all he would say to me is “Wanna come out! Deo wanna come out!” His toe looks much better this morning, although he still a little sore.

And I’ve got to go down to the school on Thursday and talk to the Financial Aid people. I don’t understand why this school does not keep in contact with its students?! I have checked daily to see if my Financial Aid had been finished “calculating” and it still said that its in progress. It’s been forever, and the payment has to be made by August 18th. If I didn’t get the loan, either the bank or the school should make me aware, so that I can drop the one class so I can pay for it out of pocket! This is important and I feel like I’m just a part of a crowd, I don’t feel that the school individually connects with its students, and that makes me irritated!

I also wish that my last week of work was going smoother. I know that one of the people is upset that I’m leaving and I just wish that she’d make my week go by easier. I also know that she isn’t feeling well, I try to understand, but I don’t. I really wanted to remember this job as a pretty good job and it’s not shaping up that way! I feel like I’m being ostracized. I am still an employee until Friday and I am more than capable of doing the work and just because I won’t be there after Friday does not mean and should not mean that I should slack off (and I’m not). These people are still paying me to do a job and I just wish that they’d understand. I really enjoy this coworker and I’d hate to leave on bad terms. Any ideas?
* Cockatiel image is from Cockatiels of Niagara
** Quaker image is from Wikimedia.org