Day 105: I got them moves like Julia Child

Jobs Applied For: 9. 
Interviews Scheduled: 1 (the same one)
Music Practice: Now that I have more time, I can dedicate a few more hours to this.

Happy Holidays readers! I hope your Thanksgiving was full of family, fun, turkey, pumpkin pie, and lots of wine. The list of things that I'm thankful for are as follows:
1. My family for putting up with my constant complaining about jobs, boys, life, etc.
2. My amazing friends for the same reasons listed above (and them some.)
3. An excellent thanksgiving meal.
4. The hope and anticipation for tomorrow. Knowing that something better is on the horizon for me and will show its face sooner or later.
5. The 2 jobs that I currently possess (SPINtern and babysitter extraordinaire.) While they aren't full time, they did pull me out of an awful summer and provided me with something to look forward to.

While it is disheartening to see that I've been searching for 105 days with no full time result, I still have extra time on my hands to work on certain side projects such as songwriting and music business pursuits (stay tuned for that one.) One of the easier side activities I have recently enjoyed is cooking. This is a small creative adventure that few are aware of. Growing up in a large family such as mine, I had to learn the art of cooking at the young age of 12. My parents were always working so my older sister and I were usually responsible for Friday night dinner. As I got older, my taste became more refined as did my 'mad skillz.' 

Fast forward to today. As you all are more than aware, my parents went through a messy divorce. This means that for my youngest two siblings, holidays are constantly split, divided, and fought over. As for the older three (myself included) we were able to make the decision, seeing as we are all over 18. Since we spent the Jewish high holidays with my mother this year, we decided to spend Thanksgiving at my dad's house. This obviously led to bitter fighting. While yesterday went off without a hitch, I still felt bad about not spending the holiday with my mom. Which is why I'm using my 'mad cooking skillz' today to make a mini-thanksgiving tonight! On the menu, we have Arroz con Pollo (not so American but she celebrated yesterday with friends and family as well), roasted asparagus, and home made pumpkin pie made from scratch by yours truly. I can't believe that everything came out so great! I'm not going to lie by saying the the slow cooker didn't save me a ton of work today, but the pumpkin pie. Because of that, I will never buy store bought pumpkin pie again. Maybe I should just leave the music business, open my own bakery (not to toot my own horn), and call it a day. Let me take care of all of your holiday baking needs (for a small fee of course)!

And as for all of you, my wonderful readers, I hope you all have a thrifty black Friday and a magical holiday season no matter what you celebrate. Let the fun begin!