So it's that time again...
Nov. 23rd, 2009 12:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
letterbladeThursday afternoon, I was abruptly informed that I'm laid off.
It came as a surprise. I'd been working there for more than a year and a half. I thought I'd made myself indispensable. My health being what it was, I wasn't at peak performance, but still...
At any rate.
I have no delusions about getting a job any time soon. Even when the economy was supposedly booming, it took me months to find a job. I'll get unemployment, I've got savings, and now I have time.
Time to see what else I can offer the world.
First and foremost, what was a side business is now becoming my primary job: Firefly Spark Jewelry. And the holidays are coming up, people. Go see if you want anything, and remember, I do custom work.
And beyond that? Well. I've been writing, with the distant intent of becoming published, for, I'd guess, about twenty-two years. I think it's about time to start moving again.
And perhaps it's time to teach myself a few new skills. I'd like to think I have some talent at basic programming, and I've wanted to start experimenting with web development. And hey, who knows what else I'll find out there?
Watch this space.
It came as a surprise. I'd been working there for more than a year and a half. I thought I'd made myself indispensable. My health being what it was, I wasn't at peak performance, but still...
At any rate.
I have no delusions about getting a job any time soon. Even when the economy was supposedly booming, it took me months to find a job. I'll get unemployment, I've got savings, and now I have time.
Time to see what else I can offer the world.
First and foremost, what was a side business is now becoming my primary job: Firefly Spark Jewelry. And the holidays are coming up, people. Go see if you want anything, and remember, I do custom work.
And beyond that? Well. I've been writing, with the distant intent of becoming published, for, I'd guess, about twenty-two years. I think it's about time to start moving again.
And perhaps it's time to teach myself a few new skills. I'd like to think I have some talent at basic programming, and I've wanted to start experimenting with web development. And hey, who knows what else I'll find out there?
Watch this space.
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Date: Nov. 24th, 2009 06:34 pm (UTC)Mind if I come over at some point to talk about writing and bother the cats?
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Date: Nov. 24th, 2009 06:35 pm (UTC)Want to come for Thanksgiving, too?
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Date: Nov. 24th, 2009 08:44 pm (UTC)I want to, really want to, but I can't. Family will be kidnapping me. :(