It has come to my attention that I need a hobby...

or moreso, it was told to me that I should probably find a hobby after being asked "what is it that you do if you aren't at work?" normally my reply would be shop, but I'm telling you, the paycheck in the human services field?? SO SHORT. I literally have enough to cover the two bills I have to pay and for gas to continue to get this small check. Not to mention, I have more clothes than I could probably ever wear. I mean, maybe not EVER; I'm sure if I started wearing everything I own I could easily finish the year without ANY repeats... (unless you're counting jeans bc honestly, I have one favorite pair and I have it in a light and dark wash and they go with EVERYTHING) I mean honestly, if I were to keep all the clothes I have right now, in 28 years, my 23 year old daughter would be in heaven. I digress. Given my current financial state, I need a hobby and it has to be cheap. SO! Here's documentation of me trying to figure it out lol

1. My best friend is like a super reader. I mean SUPER READER. At my undergrad graduation dinner, she had a novel and was just reading away like there wasn't a table full of people RIGHT there. She goes NOWHERE without a novel the size of an encyclopedia in her drawstring backpack. Dedication, man. And my pooh has this cool key ring with a library card on it, naturally, I was hating and decided "Hey! I want a cool library card key ring" so last Monday I ventured up to the central library (IN THE RAIN when I was getting a relaxer in MERE moments) and finally made a claim for my missing library card. I'm telling you, the last time I can vividly remember having my library card President Bush was still "ruler of the free world" (any gladiators out there? No? Okay.) I'm not at liberty to state whether it was his first or second term bc that would just be mortifying. lol SO reading. Yes. It is WORTH a valiant effort.
2. Vocabulary building. I don't know about you but an African American woman with an extensive vocabulary SCREAMS educated to me. I'd LOVE be considered educated before I even mention my accolades. And not even just in an elitist sense, just a deviation from the norm, you know, an anomaly :) [this is a clever ruse for GRE prep... I want to be in graduate school, but I do NOT want to take the GRE. Why isn't my transcript enough? All that hard work and it's not even enough for the next step... necessary, but not enough] 
3. I just happen to LOVE clothes. Dresses, shorts, skirts, blouses. I love putting them together and creating outfits. I love collecting them; making magic with prints and textures. I think I love clothes almost as much as I love children and the children aren't making me the type of money I need to collect clothes as much as I truly want to, sadly. lol I've had a fashion blog before but the attention span needed to run it was heartbreaking! And trying to finish with my first degree, it fell by the wayside. I think it's still up though, right here. I haven't posted in over 6 months, I could pick up where I left off over there. I mean, I have two jobs but I'm a woman. I was obviously born with at least 6 arms, it could be possible to take photos again. Especially since BOTH of my jobs only have one rule that I'm aware of  "no ripped denim" which can eased in on the weekends... but bugs yall. I'd kill myself running from bumble bees and wasps in high heels. 
4. THIS blog. I remember when I first started my fashion blog. I spent COUNTLESS hours thinking of the perfect background, font, where things were, the colors, whether or not I wanted a border. I mean, greatness. PURE greatness. I was thoroughly distracted and had a healthy hobby up until I had to actually go outside with my tripod and be on display for people walking by to just watch me running back and forth lol (yeah, there isn't a remote for my camera... super old model or something I guess).
5. Working out man. smh I lost so much weight at the beginning of 2014 and I've been looking high and low for it lol I decided in February that I would start consistently hitting the gym, but my friends were looking to lose weight and working out for me is basically weight training. Squats, lunges, healthy runs (why am I lying? WALKS lol) and showers 3x a week. I could do that and document my progress? OR I could do all of the above. Who says that my blog has to be ONE set thing? 

I think I've figured it out. Eureka! I'll do this blog, with EACH of these aspects in convenient little tabs at the top... I'll link my fashion blog for my fashion posts (if I know how to do that). And they'll all be small... This will be a perfect hobby for someone like me. Someone whose mind struggles to be fixated on one thing without becoming obsessive. I still don't want to take the GRE, please don't get it twisted; but I know I have to. The window for grad school this fall is closing as I type :(