Good morning everyone!  How are y’all doin’?  Good I hope?  That’s great!  How am I doing you might ask?  (If you were actually here to ask that question that is). Well I’m just a little ball of anxiety this week, yay! (And next week, and the week after that, and etc., etc., etc..) 😅👍

As I promised in my last ‘Adulting Update‘ I finally called my local Driving School and set up an appointment to get my licence!  With any luck, I’ll have my certificate (knock-on-wood) by next weekend!  My licence however, will have to wait another few days after that, as I will be leaving for a camping trip the day after I take my test!  When I get back from camping, I have to make an appointment at the DMV to get my actual licence.

Not only do I have my Driving test and a camping trip looming over my head, but I have a 4th of July party I have to attend this weekend that my parents are throwing.  (Parents throwing a party = presence is mandatory.)

As of all of this wasn’t bad enough, I’m also in the process of trying to take care of a few other ‘Adulting’ matters..

While I am still keeping an eye out for my ‘perfect homestead’ (within my price range) to pop up out of nowhere and present itself to me.  I have decided to get serious about buying a house soon.  That means building up my credit, finding a part time job to help me save up money while I go to college, and start seriously saving up money for a down payment (and closing costs) for a property.

Saving up money is no easy task, everyone knows that.  But it’s not a ‘hard’ one ether.  It’s the simple rule of ‘make more than you spend’.  Sounds simple right?  Well, as someone who has been putting money aside since the first day I got a job when I was 16, it is fairly simple!  Except that right now, my ‘job’ is going to college and taking care of my grandparents.  I only get paid for one of those..  (And it’s not the one you think, ether.)

So now I’m faced with having to look for a part time job to go along with going to school full time and helping to take care of my grandparents whom I live with.  Personally, I think it’ll be rough.  But I also know that I can do anything I set my mind to, and I know/trust how well I am at managing my own time.

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(Work + School + Family)

Another little update..  That Bluegill Festival I’ve been working towards all year?  Yeah, it’s been canceled due to social distancing.  But that’s okay, because I have other tricks up my sleeve on how to make money without the Bluegill!

1) Everything that I have been working all year for the Bluegill will soon be up on my Etsy for people to check out and buy.  (But as usual, I only ship within the U.S.  Sorry international readers, I still love you guys!)  Why let it go to waste, am I right?

2) I am also throwing a huge yard sale at the end of July where I can not only get rid of some of my old junk that I no longer need, but I can get rid of some of my crocheted items that haven’t sold in the past two years at the Bluegill.

3) I’m going to be selling flowers at a road side stand this Fall to make a little extra cash on the side!  All of my cut flowers will finally be doing what they were meant to do!  (And I won’t have to pick a bunch of flowers to bring to family members who don’t even want them in the first place!)

What do YOU do to get a little extra cash?  Is there anything big you’re saving up for?  How are you dealing with adulting (no matter what age!)?  Leave a comment below!

As always, smile, have an amazing day, and always see the good in things. ❤