What Does 2008 Have In Store for Me 1-2-08

Well the year of new beginnings is FINALLY here! I'm kinda excited about it too. 2007 was hell, but it was what I needed to get myself together and start focusing on myself instead of other people. I want to make some changes in my life. I was talking to my most favorite prophyte not to long ago, and she told me to write down the things I want to happen in 2008. She said that if I wanted things to happen that I had to put them in motion by writing them down. I know this isn't exactly what she meant, but here goes.

I started off 2008 in a new city of sorts. Atlanta isn't completely foreign to me because I've lived here before, but its been years. My comfort zone is still back in Tallahassee. My friends are still back in Tallahassee. I feel like I'm on vacation or something here in Atlanta. Don't get me wrong, I am SO happy to be out of Tallahassee. Tallahassee can trap people and suck people in and never let them leave, so I'm thankful that I got outta there when I did. Its just that in Atlanta I don't have the camaraderie that I had in Tallahassee. Which means that I need to go out more and stop keeping myself shut up in this house. I need to create the place that is the spot for me and the girls to hang out at (soon as I get me some girls to hang with). I need to create a routine of sorts. Most importantly I need to find me an Alumnae chapter to call home. I didn't pay my dues this year to not do any work, and work in Delta always leads to new bonds!

New city means new job, and that's exactly what I've been searching for these past 5 months. A very good soror of mine has me interested in adjunct teaching. She even gave me some leads as to how to go about doing so. I just have to wait on my degree to hit my transcript, and I'm good to go. Also, another soror who I met at a job fair down in Tallahassee has helped me tremendously the knowledge on how to get my school counselor certification. Yeah, I have to take a couple of additional classes, and I thought I was going to have to wait all the way until the summer to do so, but I found an online school that offers the classes that I need and they start in 2 weeks, I just have to scramble to get myself together in that length of time so that I can start classes on time. I also have to take the GACE, but I'm ready for that. I guess what's holding me up the most is money. I have to pay to take the GACE, I have to pay application fees to apply to the school. I have to clear up my debt to FSU, but I just don't have the funds.

I know this is completely random, but I finally got a call from the adjudicator at the unemployment office. She asked a couple of questions, and she asked me to send her some information that I asked them if they needed it almost a month ago. She told me she would create an official report, but that it could still take up to 3 weeks for me to receive a decision. I pray to God that it really doesn't take that long. I'm going to call today, and if they can't tell me that I'm going to get a check this week, I'm going to have to resort to some measures I didn't want to.

Anyway, back to what I was originally blogging about. In addition to all of that. I ended up getting this job lead from an Omega. He had a friend who is looking for people to do contract work with DFCS here in Atlanta. I called her and talked to her, and it sounds very promising. I'm going to follow up with her later on today to set up an in person interview. So, employment may be in my grasps!

One of my big goals for 2008 is for me to be a homeowner. I've been wanting to purchase my own house for quite some time now. I thought it was going to happen in 2007, but it didn't, and I'm glad. I've been going around with my homegirl looking at houses in different neighborhoods here in Atlanta, and there are some NICE houses here. But, I need to stop looking at fantasy houses, and start looking at something more practical, something that I can afford. I know it takes a lot to own a home, so I'm not rushing the process. I'm giving myself all year to do what I need to do in order to get myself where I need to be. So, my goal is to be in this house by December 1, 2008.

Well I think that covers it all for right now. Job, certification, house. Those are some big things that I'm working on. There is also the idea of getting a doctorate degree, but I'm going to put that on the to think about list. I really want to get myself up and running in a career before I go back to school again. I want to be more stable and have my feet planted. I want to get some experience in my field, get my feet wet. This will also help me decide which type of doctorate I want, Ed.D, Psy.D, maybe even a Ph.D (although I'm leaning towards the Ed.D the most).

I know I didn't talk about relationship goals for 2008. I've learned enough in 2007 to know that I'm keeping that area of my life in between me, him, and God. If you already know who he is...good for you, if you don't...he'll be mystery man...forever known as Boo!

I also didn't talk about friendships (thats a whole nother blog), just know that I am still learning who my REAL friends are, and that there WILL be some adjustments made in 2008!

So there, I wrote it down, put it into existence. Now I need to put it into action!

*sidebar* Randa, Ki, and all my Atl people...don't be offended by my statements earlier. I love ya'll like I love dressing and cranberry sauce. Its just that ya'll have been kicking it together for a while, and I kinda feel like an outsider. You know that girl that always is around the group hoping that someone will invite her to come and join. Thats me, or at least thats how I feel right now.