It's about time.

Well, let's see....

The last time I posted in here I mentioned how I wasn't happy with my work situation. I hadn't been for a very, very long time. Yet I was forced to stay there because financial security outweighed my happiness. Ok, so basically I just needed to pay the bills.

Well, I got laid off about a week after I wrote that. Glorious! Now I would be forced to do something worthwhile with my life. Or at least have a little while to relax. Luckily, my company paid me for a month after I stopped working and I'm now receiving unemployment checks.

Fortunately, the $260 I'm getting once a week is enough to cover my bills until I find something else. I have t-6 months to get the gears in motion.

I've been making calls, sending emails, and talking to all the right people. Now I just have to get something going in my field of interest. I'm hoping that the few connections I have will be a little helpful. Until then....I am doing craft projects and going to visit my boyfriend for lunch to take up my time. Did I mention I'm simultaneously online and watching a bajillion hours of TV too?

In conclusion, Chris (the boyfriend) is quitting smoking. The next two weeks he's cutting back. The week after that he's cutting back more. Then it's nothing at all. So far, so good. He's been chewing a lot of gum.