All I Want For Christmas...

This year, all I want for christmas is comfort. Financial, emotional and physical comfort!

Last year, we were struggling so bad, I had to work at walmart during the absolute most brutal time in this walmart's history. My mom was desperately searching for a job, her days consumed by resumes and phone calls. Grandpa's sleepless nights with grandma, it was all too much and we never decorated. Never pulled out the pretty lights or garland, not enough money to purchase food let alone gifts. As a family, we never even imagined hardships like that, yet it became our lives.

This year, I see the forces are on our side. It may not be a perfect situation, but it is definitely better than what we've fought with all year.

Today, we are all going to team up and venture into the unknown, aka the garage, to find our christmas decor. Also, I am attending a webinar addressing performance measure gaps in home and community-based services to support community living at 10 am, my time. Then, sometime today, we are supposed to hear from our care coordinator about my employment verification. Busy, busy bees!

I thought it'd be a good idea to document my goals while I'm in this mindset:

Short Term Goals:

1. Take Care and Wake up: Take care of myself, make appointments, eat better, exercise and enjoy.
2. Burden relief: Once I start getting paid, I can really take some of the burden off my gracious mother, financially and emotionally.
3. Clean and Organized: Start on keeping things tidy and create a habit to keep it that way.
4. Business vs Busyness: Prioritize my time better. I'd love to put my handmade things back on my storevny!
5. Small classes: Look into small classes to take at the workforce training center.

Long Term Goals:

1. Things are better: I've gotten my teeth fixed, I've been to the doctors and I'm all caught up!
2. Business woman: I have pretty pieces of paper that say I can do stuff. Hopefully, its pertaining to my business.
3. I have my license: Because everything has worked out so well, I was stable enough to get my license :)
4. Jackpot: I've won lots of money and I am currently working on the blueprints to my castle!

Haha, I have jokes! But, really, that last one should happen!!

Not too much, not too little. Those things are the heaviest that have been weighing on me for over a year now.

Papa keeps telling me, "Put your big-girl-panties on and do it!" 

Haha, yeah, I'll get right on that as soon as I can afford a pair!