Moving to wordpress?

Blog Might be Moving

I am for sure going to start blogging on Dreamajade.wordpress.com I think I'm going to move my most recent blogs over there because it seems like a more friendly sity to follow and blog on so if you guys want to go make an account and follow it I would appreciate it so so much! I'm probably going to blog there, however it does cost money so I have to make that decision. I will keep you posted. 

Rainy Day

Today is rainy

It was warm and nice earlier, but the sun has been hiding all day and it finally started raining. Before it rained we were enjoying the weather outside with blitzen, which is always nice. I was in shorts and a t-shirt and I was actually like too warm. Which blows my mind, like I can't believe it's actually warming up for summer. Sometimes in Ohio it feels like the weather will never stay warm.

This is a picture from the window behind my computer. So dreary and blah outside. I just want to be able to lay out and swim in the lake already.

Stream Times

I have been all over the place with my stream times lately, I know that's hard for some of you. but I just wanted to see if I could stream during the day and see how many viewers I could get. I've come to the conclusion that late streams are better, but now I'm trying to figure out when exactly the best start time is because 11 pm start time makes me completely reverse my days and nights, but I think maybe like 9 or ten start time would bring in the same viewers and allow for longer streams. What do you guys think?

Why I started streaming for a living

Why I chose to make less money and change my entire life plan

Okay so I know this will be two blogs in one day, but I was inspired to write this by something I read online.

This other blog I read on cosmo-- http://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a39772/why-i-gave-up-a-95k-job-to-move-to-an-island/ -- got me thinking really hard. I can relate to it so so much and I just felt the need to write my own story that I feel relates to this one.

Okay so I don't live in the Caribbean and travel, but I definitely changed up my entire life plan on a whim really.

I graduated high school high in my class, with honors and so many ap courses under my belt I could barely breathe. I was so set on going to college that's all I saw myself doing. My senior year I didn't even spend in high school, I went to Ashland University FULL time through a post secondary program.

My Freshman year of college I was a sophomore, I didn't have many friends from my school because I was so indulged in my work, I simply didn't have the time. I'd worked since I was sixteen, I quit my job at McDonalds right after my senior year and got a job at Buffalo Wild Wings. I had classes from 8 am-3 pm and then I worked almost every school night 5-10. Bdubs was right across the street from my school so after my last class I would go to the library and do my work that I needed to type and print stuff for. Then I would head over to bdubs around 4 and eat some celery and carrots because I didn't want to eat bdubs food all day, I felt I needed something nutritious. And I would start work around 4:30 even though I wasn't scheduled until 5. Then getting off at ten on most nights really means 11 or 12 because you know how the restaurant business is. I made decent money, but I killed myself doing it. I would get home around 1 am every night and then be out of the house by 7 am the next morning since I was a commuter. Most of my Saturdays were filled with 12 hour shifts and then I would take Sundays off, maybe go to church, usually sleep and then maybe catch a movie with Dakota.

It was insanely tiring and looking back I don't know how I did it for 2 years. One day I just woke up and looked at Dakota and said I just don't want to do this anymore. What's the point? I'm working my ass off for a job I don't even think I'm going to want by the time I'm done with school. I was going for Psychology with a minor in business management and let me tell you. Those aren't the easiest majors in the world. On top of that I hated my university. It just wasn't my style. I didn't fit in with the privileged private christian college rich kid. When we would have group study stuff and the would want to meet up at bdubs around 6 for drinks and to go over presentations and I explained that I had to work there at that time I would literally get the stupidest looks from people. And the response "you work on school days." Like yeah sorry my parents aren't rich or like the owners of a business where they could get me a 12 dollar an hour job on Saturdays and sundays only.

To be honest, I loved my job at bdubs. I loved the environment and the people, but it just wasn't the life I wanted. Then when Dakota talked to his boss and I realized we could spend 24 hours a day together working from home, I couldn't miss the opportunity. Now, I don't make the same amount of money, but I don't spend nearly as much in gas and food either. Plus I am so much happier. My family doesn't quite understand, but they're glad I'm happy and doing something I am passionate about so all in all this worked out for the better even though it was scary at first and its definitely not traditional.

Dakota and I have always spent a TON of time together, so while most of you are cringing at the 24 hour thing I am practically dancing with happiness. Our relationship is the best it has ever been and I feel happier, healthier and just more where I belong than ever.

Successful Stream

I FINALLY went a whole stream without my internet dropping

That shouldn't be something I need to say, but thankfully my internet didn't drop an entire 5 hour stream today! I also streamed in the morning and 12-5 and I got like 50 viewers which is so awesome. Thanks so much guys for supporting me so much. Like it's been so nice not having to worry if stream is going to get mad at me because of the crazy stream times and the issues I've had with my internet. I seriously hate timewarner. Like it took four technicians to get the shit figured out and I don't even know if it's actually fixed or not because today I streamed alone dakota didn't and I have a weird feeling that if we both go live it might cause the internet to drop again which will be suuuuper inconvenient because its nice to go live at the same time and now have to worry about the internet like before. I have no idea what changed. 

Mail

Yesterday I got my selfie stick in the mail and I can't wait to use it! It's so much nicer than the one I got from walmart and it's sooo nice to not have to charge it. Plus this one is green and I love it already

Said Selfie Stick

 Here are a few pictures with the selfie stick

LOL that face

He loves me

Those are the first pics I took and I actually just took them so I could upload them 

Baseball was fun yesterday

There's a selfie from the game, it was alll bright and sunny and warm and now today its cold and rainy. This is why I hate Ohio. The weather never knows what it wants to be. I had the scarf and long sleeves on because of the cold from the ball fields, but I promise it was 65 ish and warm and I was so happy. Also, I think my lips have been looking more full than usual. Is it just me?

Anyway, if you guys haven't go sub to my youtube, Dreamajade, thanks for readingggg <3 all="" love="" p="" you="">

Connected to the World

Literally cannot tell you how good it feels to have internet

We have had no trace of any internet the past few days and after a long appointment yesterday we are finally connected to the world again. Now I have yet to test how well my internet will stream, but we will see tonight I suppose. As long as all goes as planned I will be live tonight. 

Youtube news

I got approved for a custom url on youtube so you can now find me and youtube.com/dreamajade! I am so so excited about that! I also got 150 views on my first youtube video and I'm up to 20 subscribers already! Thank you guys so so much for bearing with me these past few days with the crazy internet and still wanting to support me in my youtube and blogging adventures! It seriously means so much to me and  I love every single one of my supporters because you enable me to do what I love every single day and you make me feel like my voice is being heard by people. That feeling is something that is so hard to explain, but it makes me feel so so happy. 

Family Matters

These past few days I have spent a lot of time with my brother, finally. It has been so nice to feel a connection to him like I have the past few days. He went through a phase where he wouldn't really talk to me and we were fighting a lot, but I think we are passed that now and I actually feel involved in his life. Part of it was me not being patient or really making any effort to rekindle our close bond, but I went to his soccer game two days ago and it was so awesome to see him in his element like that. I also met his friend Jared and played basketball with them both and it was just nice to be in his life again and feel relevant to him, you know? 

 I think we take sibling relationships for granted. We were best friends growing up and if I didn't have him I literally don't know who I would be. The best thing my parents ever did was give me him even though I give him a hard time and tell him they shouldn't have had a second kid. He was my best friend and I can't believe the man he is growing into. 

Dak and I might go to the outlet mall today

After I'm done writing this we're going to decide if we want to go or not. Our sleeping schedule is so messed up though, like weve been up since like 5 a.m. so I don't think were going to be able to stay up until stream. We are going to have to nap or something because I know I am going to be so tired come 11 o'clock, but we don't nap well so we have to decide whats going to happen there. If we napped now we would definitely be up by 11, even if we overslept there is no way I could sleep for close to 12 hours, but I'm not really that tired right now so maybe I will just try to make the day busy so that we don't have time to sleep. One way or the other I will be testing the internet to stream tonight so lets cross our fingers that this goes well. 

Snizz

Snizz told me he hates me

And on top of that he won't watch another episode of Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood with me. Usually I just think he's kidding, but I'm starting to think he really doesn't like me..... :( No matter how much I love him I just can't get him to have the same feelings back

I'm just kidding

I hope Brett still like me, he spends entirely too much time in Skype with me to hate me. Plus our characters on FMAB are in love. In fact Roy called Riza his queen today so therefore he has to love me because our characters are in love. 

On another note, 

There's a guy coming to look at the wires and stuff for all of the electrical that is involved with the internet on Monday, finally. So hopefully it will finally be resolved and I'll be able to stream for more than half and hour without the stream dropping. 

As for tomorrow, I plan on being live as long as my internet is cooperating. I can't promise that it won't drop, but I will at least try because I miss you guys :( I get sad when I can't stream I feel like uncompleted for the day because I didn't actually achieve anything. 

I don't think I posted my youtube video here yet 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyPwn3RVL4Q

There's a link to my first video. I have 100 views and I think like 12 subs already so THANK YOU if you have done any of that already, but if you haven't GO DO IT. It really does help me and it encourages me to do more videos. 

Again thank you all so much for all of the support I've received on this blog

I honestly didn't expect it at all and it makes me so happy to think that people actually like to read my thoughts and opinions things. 

Adsense

Officially Approved for Adsense

That means there will be ads along the side of my blog. I don't know if you will know what adsense is or not, but basically its another way to make a little bit of money through google. It puts ads that are relevant to things I blog about along the sides and bottom of my blog. 

However, I only make money if YOU click on these ads and interact with them

Yes I know. What a pain right? Well they won't show up for like a week or however long it takes for them to take stuff that seems relevant to me and things that you as viewers might click on. Now you don't have to interact with them obviously, as far as I'm concerned these ads won't pop up or anything, but if you see an ad that looks interesting, go ahead and click on it! It helps me too!

I didn't stream again today, I know I suck

To be honest with you guys, we slept like all day and then we had shit we had to clean when we got up that we have been putting off and I had motivation to do it so I got that all done. Now all I have to do is laundry which I have also been putting off so I'm not looking forward to that at all. For it just being me and Dakota we really go through a lot of laundry. 

As Far As Today Goes

Its almost 10 AM and I'm not even tired so I don't really know when we will sleep, but I know I am hungry and have to shower yet so it will be at least two hours before I sleep and maybe we will just stay up all day to try to fix this sleeping schedule a little bit. Man if I had a dollar for every time I said I needed to fix my sleeping schedule I would be rich. Anyway, IF we do stay up all day I will be doing an into video for a vlog type channel on youtube, if/when I do that I will blog just to post a link to it so you guys know that it exists and where to subscribe and stuff. OH and speaking of, did you know you could "follow" my blog? You just have to be signed into your gmail and I'm pretty sure you can. It's a little weird how it works on here and I'm not super familiar with it all so let me know if I'm wrong here. 

I might be going on a run before my shower and after I cook food. Blitz could use the fresh air and it wouldn't be the worst thing for me either. That's all up in the air though. I'm currently listening to Dakota bitch at the electric because the breaker for his computer just randomly blew and he's on a competitive cool down for CS:go because the electric hates him. He and turtle play that game all the time now and I can't play it because it makes me sick. He just asked me to play league with him and turtle while he waits this two hour ban out on CS:GO so that's what I'm going to do, keep you guys posted. 

Here are a few flash back picture from California in 2012 because I want to go back to the West Coast so badly (these are also my senior pictures)

Yosemite National Park (Dakota's mom took all of these pictures for free)

Yosemite National Park (this was the summer before my senior year)

At Dakota's family's house in Monterey (it was also my first vacation with Dak and my first one away from home)

My Personal Favorite (it was also my first time flying, I was terrified)

In Yosemite National Park (8 hours on a plane, across the country to a totally new environment)

Half- Dome Mountain  (All-in-all I had a blast and would do it again in a heart beat)