Proof of concept on API calls...

...remains unproven.

src/app/src/components/Dashboard.vue

@@ -2,14 +2,22 @@
   article
     page-title(:title="title")
     p here you are!
+    p(v-if="isLoadingJournal") journal is loading...
+    p(v-if="!isLoadingJournal") journal has {{ journal.length }} entries
 </template>
 
 <script>
 import { mapState } from 'vuex'
 import PageTitle from './PageTitle'
 
+import * as actions from '@/store/action-types'
+
 export default {
   name: 'dashboard',
+  data () {
+    this.$store.dispatch(actions.LOAD_JOURNAL)
+    return {}
+  },
   components: {
     PageTitle
   },
@@ -17,7 +25,7 @@ export default {
     title () {
       return `${this.user.given_name}'s Dashboard`
     },
-    ...mapState(['user'])
+    ...mapState(['user', 'journal', 'isLoadingJournal'])
   }
 }
 </script>