A Farewell to Booky Wooks: A Quick and Boring Update

    

        Hello all!

            I know, I literally just posted yesterday, but I have updates and I don’t see much point in waiting a week to write about them. This’ll be a quick one, especially since I just bombarded my invisible/imaginary readers with freaky pseudo-psychology.

            Anyway, as the title implies, I am leaving Booky Wooks for a new job. I’m really sad to be leaving, because I love everybody I work with and retail is just an endlessly entertaining environment. However, retail’s downside is that you never have consistent hours. I thought that I’d prefer that, since I get bored quickly with routine, but ever-changing hours left me unable to commit to classes I wanted to take, consistent time with friends, and I can’t even tell you how many belly dance opportunities I passed up. Also, unfortunately, I just wasn’t making enough money for The Boyfriend and me to get by. My new job is the closest I’ve come so far to a Big Girl Job; a desk job with more pay and consistent hours that leave my nights and weekends open. Holy shit, guys, I can visit my parents for the weekend, or visit G.G in Pittsburgh!

           

            Now that I’m going to have a solid schedule, it’s time to plan my life around it. I’ve scribbled down a few lists of what I want to do, and I’m posting it up on Bite Me so I keep my goals in my sights. As I’ve stated in previous posts, after work I, like most people, want to sink into idleness, but I’m a naturally restless creature, and if I allow myself to be idle in my time off, I’ll quickly become depressed and discontented. Here are my goals:

Belly Dance: Oh, so much more belly dance. I want to take more classes, to perform, I want to choreograph for myself and my troupe, and to start up a Facebook page for myself and really go balls to the wall.

An excellent dance promo shot by the
RIDICULOUSLY talented Laura Dark.
www.lauradark.net

Writing: I’ll dedicate at least one night a week to writing. I have three goals for 2013: Get a higher paying job, perform a belly dance solo, and finish the first draft of my Demetrius and Chloe project. The latter is going to be the hardest, but dammit, I’ve been working on this project since 2011. There is no reason for me not to have finished the first draft yet.

Krav Maga: Maybe it’s because my mom, dad, and brother are all martial artists, but I really want to dig into some sort of fighting style. Krav Maga makes the most sense for me because it’s fun-sized friendly and relevant to real-life street situations. Also, I don’t like the idea of not being able to save myself in a dangerous situation because I was too lazy to learn to defend myself.

Spanish and Italian: Both, bitches! I want to learn Spanish because it’s a highly spoken language in this country and it would be extremely helpful in the workplace and in life in general. And I hope to one day be fluent in Italian, as it is the language of the vast majority of my ancestors.

Metal Jewelry Making and Pottery: In college, there was a Jewelry and Metals class that I attempted to get into no less than three times. I am dying to learn how to make rings, specifically, and test how physically crafty I can be. I’ve also wanted to try my hand at pottery for a few years now.

I wonder how much studio space
on Mount Doom would cost.

Yoga Vids: I’ve been letting yoga slide lately, and I want to get back into it. I also had an idea a few days back to post free yoga videos just for my friends on Facebook. I taught very gentle uber beginner’s classes in college, and I loved it. Yoga helps me in so many ways; flexibility, toning, a balm for my anxiety/depression issues, and many of my darlings are interested in it for those reasons. I’d love to give them an opportunity to try it out and see if it’s for them, in the privacy of their own homes, but still be able to ask questions/make requests. Also, I miss my friends terribly, and this is a good way to get back in touch with a lot of them.

            So there are my goals, posted here for the illusion of accountability! I’ve unfortunately passed the start date for the jewelry/pottery classes, so those are out until August, and Krav Maga is quite expensive, so I will be focusing on Spanish, writing, dance, and yoga to start. I’m going to miss everybody at Booky Wooks, but I am so excited to be able to launch into all these new endeavours!

            All righty then. Sorry for the boring post today and the bizarre post yesterday. See you next week!