That is a real picture of Sauvie Island taken with my fantastic LG (lame) phone. It was a nice breezy morning so I spent a couple of extra hours working from the bed. I job searched and sent off a resume while the wind blew across me and filled the room with fresh, lovely cool air. Being it was such a cool morning I decided to check the weather forecast. The heat was definitively on its way so I decided to skip town, as mentioned yesterday.
Sauvie Island was my destination and my saviour today. It was hotter there than here but there was also a huge body of water a mere five feet from my own feet. I dipped a bit here and laid around a bit there and thumbed through a couple of magazines. Before I headed down I had told myself that I was going to study math and so that going to the beach for the day would be acceptable. Well, it was hot as hades on the sand, so too hot to study! So...I guess I'm starting over next week.
Math? Yes, Math. In case I've been vague... one of the reasons I'm here (in Portland) is to afford working for cheap while going back to school to start all over. Yes, start all over again on a new career path. The old one just stopped working for me at some point. Anyway, since I haven't really been to school in a very long time and math was the subject I sort of avoided back then, I have to start all over and take a stupid math placement test. UGH! So, I figure if I study before I take that test, maybe I will test out at a higher level. I'm good at math, just slow and I really dislike it. I also resent having to start math classes from the beginning at 41 years of age. I don't see how it will help me on my new career path in any way. Hmph!
So, I guess you could say I kind of took the day off. Yes, you hear guilt. I always feel guilty when I'm not "doing something." After all, I came here to finally "do something!"
So what am I doing now? Eating cherries and drinking mint water, Oh, and blogging.
So if school doesn't start until fall, I don't have a job but I'm looking and I am sort of working on some art projects on the side... what will I do to make myself feel like I am doing "SOMETHING?" Good question. I have some ideas. But for now, it's Friday at 6pm and I think I'm going to take the weekend off with the rest of you working folks, to think about it.
Cheers to doing something great and wonderful and impactful! ~ Renee
Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential. - Barack Obama
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