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Working for a Living
Good news is that I have a small freelance job that will be the first graphic design gig I've had in 2017. Hopefully, it will lead to more work with the same client and their associates. I would love to find meaningful work again.
Bad news is I was, essentially fired from my remaining retail job yesterday due to my inability to sale the ( Read more... ) -
Hot Spring
Our hot water heater developed a leak yesterday in the rusted pipes connecting it to the water lines, letting us know the end is near. I'm sure the ancient heater in the basement is close behind. I'm trying to stay out of the process to replace it to avoid the usual argument of price vs quality vs time.
Despite that, I woke up in a good mood this ( Read more... ) -
Motivation - a rant
If you want a happy update from me, don't read this entry. Check again later to see if I am up to anything new ( Read more... ) -
Motivation
I'm having a hard time finding motivation to do anything with myself this month. There is no work anywhere and that should mean I have all kinds of time to follow personal projects now but I can't think of a single thing to do. I've got plenty of art supplies in my office but feel uninspired to do anything. Maybe it's the cramped space. Maybe it's ( Read more... ) -
Snow Day
It started snowing around 5:00PM yesterday before I left work at my retail job. I wasn't scheduled for that day but they called me in and, since I'm close by, I agreed to fill in for a while. When I worked on Thursday we hardly had any customers while the grocery store next door was slammed with people cleaning out the produce and dairy shelves. ( Read more... ) -
New Years Eve
We'll actually be spending this evening with some friends in Greensboro tonight. That makes me happy to be with other people and out of the house for the evening. The only down part is the risk of driving home on roads shared with holiday drunks, so my drinking will be kept to a minimum tonight although I will have a glass of sparkly at midnight. -
and so this is Christmas
And this year, Channukka began at sundown on Christmas Eve. Yesterday, I worked from 7AM to 11AM. Looks like I'm back on two 4-hour days a week at my only job now, a little retail gig. Last night, I went with MonsterMustDie to see Rogue One at our local cinema and ended up seated next to a woman who coughed uncontrollably the entire movie. Left my ( Read more... ) -
Goodbye. Goodbye.
Last night, I finally severed ties to Murray, a.k.a. Baby Maurice. I had been avoiding speaking to him since my mother's death, because I knew there was nothing good he would say to me and any conversation with him would send me down a very negative path. This started when the first words out of his mouth over the phone, while I was grieving with ( Read more... ) -
Happy Halloween
It's Halloween night and I worked tonight and yesterday so there was no attempt this year to host a pumpkin carving party and I ended up giving all my candy away to a pal who would be home to enjoy trick-or-treaters tonight. Living in High Point, North Carolina still absolutely sucks but I also still have hopes for a better year in 2017. I wish ( Read more... ) -
The Final Showdown at the time clock
I've been doing the two part-time job dance for a while now, still hoping to find full-time work and unable to get more than two half-days a week from job no. 2 but hoping for more time on a regular basis from them. Job no. 1 still only gives me two days a week, usually, despite the fact that I was hired under the agreement that I would train at ( Read more... )