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Paula's Grand New York Scheme has been put into play!!! Nothing much has come of it yet, but the first steps have been taken:
I applied to Starbucks. Who knows if I'll actually get it, but at least I wrote all that stuff on the paper they handed me. There are a couple of other locations in town that I could try if this one doesn't work out, but hopefully this will go over well. Even just a couple of hours a week would be great. I'm having this odd desire to open, selling coffee at 6am sounds really nice to me for some reason. The goal of this is to get Starbucks on my resume, so they can help me get a job in the city next year, and some health insurance (they have amazing benefits even for not-full-time workers).
I contacted my exercise physiology professor to help me achieve a more competitive "dancer's body." I'm not fat, by any means, but I can't stand next to a girl who never eats in an audition and look like I should get the part over her. So this guy (who is a swim coach and has years of experience in exercise phys) is going to help me stay healthy and achieve peak performance level. I've got a year to work it out, so it should be pretty good and not like me trying myself and ending up eating nothing but carrots like Angie did in high school.

Doesn't sound like much so far, but the first steps are the hardest. Now I have to find $800 to get laser hair removal...