Winter Rambles

[przed]

It's been exactly two weeks and two days since I got the bad news at work. And this is the very first day I haven't been swamped with a crazy amount of stuff to do. My first week I was fighting with my resume, and putting together a budget (still in progress), and taking a Photoshop course that work had agreed to pay for before the axe fell.

This week I've been in non-stop job search seminars, also paid for by the company. And when I haven't been in class, I've been staying up till all hours, tweaking the resume until it is a shiny wonderful thing (I took it to my job coach yesterday and she couldn't find a single thing to improve, yay!), and struggling with stoopid cover letters (I hates them, precious). And then there's the Christmas shopping. We're scaling back a bit, but there will still be Christmas, gosh darn it.

So today I finally get to do the unemployed, watching TV and eating bonbons thing.

Except not really.

Because I've still got three Christmas stories to write.

The Pros one is, blessedly, pretty much done except for the betaing/editing. But that still leaves my UNCLE DTC story, that is two thirds done but has not yet given up its ending. And the Yuletide story, which at the moment consists of a single line and a vague outline swirling about in my head. I shan't be aiming to go much over the 1,000 work minimum for that. (Note to Muse: Do not give me a idea which involves lots of plot and research!) I'm thinking maybe today is a good day to watch the source for that.

Hope you're all well and happy in LJ land, and those of you who've had winter storms the last few days are nicely dug out.

Thanks to everyone who sent cookie and other virtual Christmas gifties earlier in the week. You're all awesome. (I only got a few sent out before they revoked the free cookies, but know that I was thinking of you all.)

Comments

[sooguy.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you are coping as best can be expected. Hope you find something fulfilling and shiny to work at.

I completely understand the scaling back for Christmas.

I was going to suggest we call a truce on birthday/christmas presents this year. There will be a lot of other ones to celebrate.

[krisserci5.livejournal.com]

I hope you get swamped with job offers. I'm trying to imagine you do the bon- bon thing. . .can't. . . you'd get a bon-bon music vid stuck in your head and have to act on it =0

[przed.livejournal.com]

You're right that the bon bon thing just doesn't work for me. I always have to be doing something. (Besides the writing, that's a Batman vid at the moment. Can't wait till it's done and I can maybe do a Pros vid.)

[przed.livejournal.com]

The truce might not be a bad idea. With luck, next year will be better for us all.

*sigh*

Wish Rebecca luck on the job front for me.

[ci5mates.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about your work woes, couldn't happen at a worse time of the year. Good luck in finding a new position that you enjoy and I hope it doesn't put too much of a dampener on your Christmas :-)

Do you mind if I friend you as I really love your writing and it sounds like there is some more on it's way!! (Yay)

[przed.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the good wishes. We're determined to have a nice Christmas. And then I shall go into serious job search mode.

Feel free to friend away. I shall friend you back.

[ci5mates.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that although you won't find much exciting happening on my LJ I'm afraid!!

[agentxpndble.livejournal.com]

Blast. So sorry to hear about the walking papers... Welcome to the bread line. :::HUGS:::

[przed.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the sympathy. This bread line thing pretty much sucks, huh?

::HUGS BACK::

[canadiansuzanne.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you're doing all the right things.

Fingers crossed that good fortune will come your way ASAP.