If your basement freezes consider insulation for the box sills (the area where the frameing sits on the concrete our block wall) - spray foam is usually the best as it will create an air tight seal and as a nice side benefit it also keeps bugs and spiders out.

In a similar vein, more communication.

I prefer getting there 20 minutes early to set the thermostat to a comfortable temp, turn all the lights on, pick up any trash in the yard, sweep the front step, kill the spider on the counter, fix the running toilet, take care of any strange odors, ask the neighbor to stop smoking weed/shut their dogs/kids up/ stop screaming at each other, etc. 

Or would you just think I was some kind of vein narcissist if you found my page?

Do you have actual blood in your veins?

Spiders or ants?

If this is her one and only path to happiness (which I would highly question, unless she has spent considerable time shadowing NDs, spending time in clinics volunteering, has experience in that vein, etc...), then it is necessary for her to realize this dream is not possible right now. 

I choose to thrive instead from the adrenaline that runs through my veins.

I consider myself a hard worker and very coachable your time will not be in vein.

We had been evicted from our apt, (long story) and I was giving blood on a weekly basis for food money, to the point my veins finally collapsed and I was no longer allowed to give.It was at this point, on one of many sleepless nights, at 3 o'clock in the morning, that an older silver haired investor spoke to me through my television.