3 days in a row?! What?! Eventually a little more color will join this blog with some photos. I just uploaded 2 of my SD cards onto a photo storing website. Over 2,000 pictures. And that's only in the last 2 months tops! At least I can say that about 800 of them were from our recent 3 day vacation (we took the kids to Great Adventure in New Jersey and stayed in Princeton for the 3 nights). That makes it better right? Or maybe it makes it worse. I have no idea, but my kids' lives will be extremely well documented, I can tell you that much!
I took two steps towards the ooycte donation today. The first one was speaking with my fiance when I got home from work in the morning. He's such a laid back guy and really had more of an outlook of "it's your body so it's up to you." I explained that I would probably really need his support while going through the process and he joked about getting a hotel while I am on hormones. He also expressed concern about side effects and possible complications. I did a lot of reading on several different websites, some hospital sites, clinic sites and a NYS site. I feel like I gained a significant amount of knowledge about the process. I also spoke with a very trusted friend about it. So I am trying to ensure that I have a support system. I also sent in my application to a clinic at a local hospital. I also printed out an application that has to be filled out by hand for a local clinic. Both are very well known and upstanding businesses so I'm not worried about that. It is a bit nerve racking though. I'm anxious about it, but in a good way also. I'm looking forward to being able to help people.
Helping people is why I want to be in the medical field in the first place. I want to have a positive influence on peoples' lives. An impact on my society. And even if it's only very local, even if I am only making a difference in one persons day, I feel like that is successful. You never know what someone else is going through in their personal lives. Maybe your kindness or just a friendly smile will help someone realize that maybe things aren't so bad. Maybe helping someone have a more positive outlook would change the course of that persons life for the better. Those who have positive influences on our society have done so because someone had a positive influence on them. Every little bit helps.
Maybe that is why I think manners are so important. You know, saying "please," "thank you" and "you're welcome", holding the door open for someone else that is coming through, giving up your seat for someone else who really needs it, not cutting off someone in the lane next to you... I could probably go on and on. But I won't.
On another note, tomorrow I go to a local medical office to apply for a job that might be opening up (thank you, insider information). Hopefully that will go well. I've heard wonderful things about the doctor there. And, in my opinion, a small office that keeps it's employees for 15+ years has got to be doing something right. And I want to be a part of it.
I've also been trying to do some work on some ideas for kids clothing. My girlfriend and I are going to try to start a little business. We've got some cute ideas so I can hardly wait until we really get cracking. My goal for this project is to make at least 5 pieces a week each from now through... whenever really. I'd like to start to become a vendor at local craft fairs next year sometime. Maybe late spring, but definitely by summertime. If we are each making 5 a week, then we are looking at at least 40 pieces each month. It's the end of August now, so even if we say we are starting September 1st (even though we have already started), then by May, we should have about 320 pieces. That is a tremendous amount. It would be outstanding to go to a craft fair with all of that product and sell our wares. I love crafting and I am pretty proud of it. I know it's super popular right now so it makes it a bit competitive unfortunately. Which then makes me question how cute the things I make really are. But I think that the more we make, the better we will be at it anyway. And if I keep a positive attitude, maybe our situation will take a positive turn!
Fingers crossed that things start to come together!
Thanks for reading.
Peace & Love,
Emily
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