Damn, I forgot Aromaleigh was back until after I re-ordered a BE powder foundation.

First-world makeup problems, I haz dem.

Upstairs neighbors have been coming in and out all day, slamming the doors hard enough to make my apartment shake a bit each time.

Get yourself actually rejected! Get actual experience in trying! And hey, maybe one of them won't be a rejection!

Totally what Liese said.

Yay for getting out in the world askye. I should look into that. Good luck with the job search.

Are any of us near Cranford, NJ?

I'm thinking about this guy: Pork Chop

Oh my goodness.

My friend C has a basset/boxer mix and he is made of awesome. Also of energy.

I think I'm ready for more rejection in the job world. It just sucks because I was applying for so many jobs - office and retail, and I only got one 2nd interview and that was the place I'm at now (where the hours really suck).

It is different now, askye. You are working - even if it isn't a lot. You now have the ability to say no, because you are offered something worse.

And I realized I sent out the resume but didn't put my current work experience on there.

hee Pork Chop! He sounds like a great dog!

Good on you, askye. I know it's hard.

It's so hard, askye. Keep it up.

bonny, Pork Chop looks like a total charmer.

Also, bonny, I've been working my way through the book you sent me, and I've figured out what a lot of my "scripts" are. I'm just about to the part where they tell you how to deal with them.

I want a cookie - I dealt with my budgeting stuff. Unfortunately, I do not have a spare dollar on the paycheck I get tomorrow to buy a cookie. Being an adult sucks. I have really screwed myself moving into this place alone. I can't really afford it if I want to pay off my debt in any reasonable amount of time. There are no doors so I can't have a roommate, plus I'm pretty wary of having a roommate in a shotgun again. I haven't signed a lease yet, but I'm supposed to sign a year lease, and AND I love my landlady and living by myself and don't want to leave. Plus, the idea of moving again makes me want to go fetal and cry.

So I'm left with trying to increase my income, but the idea of finding and working another job is absolutely not pleasant. I could maybe be a receptionist on the weekend at a gym, something relatively easy and low stress, but I need my weekends to recharge.

I don't know. I feel stuck. I've got some clothes to take to a resale place or two, and could put together a box of books for Powells, but those are stopgap measures. I'm trying to build up a buffer so the first paycheck of the month isn't so miserable, but I haven't gotten anywhere.

I'm mostly venting, but will also take suggestions for things I could do to bring in extra money or cut costs.