RFH Bound...almost

SO here it is: I need money. Yes, I know what you’re thinking: “Well hell, so do I”. OK, fine, point taken.

As some of you may or may not know, I recently was given the blessing to participate in Race for Hope…by my mom. This is a huge deal. It’s not easy for me to travel. I mean, it just sucks all around. Every single aspect of it sucks for me. So for her to even say that she thinks I can pull it off, well I’d be lying if I said I didn’t almost pee myself with happiness.

For the past 4 years (up until about a week ago), my “extra” source of income (anything that doesn’t go towards bills, necessities, etc.) was babysitting for my sister. She needed someone she could trust, someone who wouldn’t charge her half her paycheck and someone who was within close proximity. I pretty much fit all three. So, God bless that crazy woman, she trusted me with her youngest and also her oldest during school breaks. Last year, her youngest started half day preschool. THIS year, he started full day kindergarten. So long story short: yep, you guessed it, that bit of extra money is no more.

Obviously, I NEED that money to plan a trip to RFH. I’m determined to be there. Bucketlist item, kids. You understand.

So, I finally I decided to put my big girl pants on and start job searching. Allow me to be blunt for a minute: IT. FREAKING. SUCKS. And it scary. I’ve been there before. The constant searching. I spent 3 years of my life (1 before and 2 after college graduation) trying to get a job. Rejection, it destroys you a little. Especially someone who’s as socially awkward as I am. Someone who is told all her life “You can do WHATEVER you set your mind to” only to go for it and see NOTHING.

There are a few other reasons that are preventing me from applying to positions I think I’m otherwise perfectly qualified for. Things that are a bit more difficult to work around than my awkwardness, but dammit, I am TRYING. I won’t waste anymore of your time getting into THAT though.

As of right now I’m doing everything within my power to save as much of my money as I possibly can.

Right now, I have two concerts that I will be attending towards the end of the year. It’s been decided that that’ll be it for me for this year.

With the exception of the ticket I just bought to Sara Bareilles’ StageIt. But really, it’s for charity. I wasn’t gonna say no to that. Or to SaraB. You don’t say no to her. Ever.

Ahem, moving on…

It was a difficult decision to make, I won’t lie. Concerts are my only source of sanity and entertainment.

(Believe it or not, there really is a point to this blog other than my sob story. I’ll be getting to it right about…now.)

The point…I have put my thinking cap on and mustered as much artistic creativity as I possibly could to create a simple little design. That wasn’t easy, believe me. I’m no Picasso but I‘m pretty proud of it, however simple it turned out. Anyway, this design is now going up on Cafepress. I will be making a $5.00 profit out of every product sold. Yep. Just $5. I couldn’t bring myself to mark it up anymore than that. Want more bluntness? CP prices are ridiculously insane to begin with but I have no other way of doing this.

Here is the link to my shop(s):
http://www.cafepress.com/rockstarpick
http://www.cafepress.com/starapparel

EDIT: I have a few shops already open from a couple years ago. I will be "cleaning up" the those designs and re-uploading them. Once I do that, I'll be adding more links, so check back often. :)

Anything you could to, whether it’s buying something, spreading the word, etc. it will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for staying with me this far in my rambling. I appreciate it more than you know. Wish me luck. I’ll need it.

That’s all for now.

All love.