pursuit of happiness

I'm so sleepy this morning & it would be easy to sit around all day in my pj's, but I'm not.  Yesterday Stephen and I went to the park and kicked our soccer ball around, but the best part of the day was when we made honey chilli chicken for dinner.  yum.
This morning I made some birdie and rosie felt toys that I think I'm going to make into a garland or mobile for my friends bubba, scarlett. they look a little something like this:

then I started thinking of making awhole series of tattoo themed ones, like an anchor, cherries, skullerfly etc.  that only got me thinking of tattoos, I want to add to my half sleeve to make it a 3/4 one.  I was thinking an anchor, lock and key (at the moment I have a russian doll, gypsy roses/cherries).  but yeah, no job kinda equals no income for now, so my tattoo ideas will have to wait.
speaking of jobs, stephen and i were talking yesterday, and i realised that even though nursing sucked, i really enjoyed the assessment/admin side of it. i'm a sucker for filling in forms. then it got me thinking about workplace health and safety/risk analysis/health promotion/primary healthcare etc, which i also really enjoyed...yes i'm a nerd.  so i'm going to look into jobs in that field/theme, and also look into qualifications for the same.  i'm kinda undecided when it comes to 'careers'and jobs.  in the past ten years  i've wanted to be a childcare worker, lawyer, social worker, kindergarden teacher - and have at one time or another been accepted into uni to study law/soical work/teaching. because i totally lacked self confidence i never followed through with any of those choices and stuck with what i knew, which is nursing. but i decided this year was going to be my year and i was going to do or not do whatever i wanted, i was going to focus on activities and interests that made me happy, and i wasnt going to be influenced by other peoples opinions/actions.  because ultimately, i have to be responsible for my own happiness and i cant please everyone all of the time, and if they have a problem with what i'm doing, well its exactly that, their problem, not mine.  it wasnt until i was my early 20's that i finally learnt and accepted that i had to take action/responsibility for my happiness, and it is only now, at 28, that i'm really following through.  its scary, but in a good way.