on the yanking out of rugs from under me

[dchenes]

I managed not to be grumpy by the time I went to bed last night. Some of my being grumpy was financial, and some of it was other things, and I really should know better than to let the other things get to me like that. Despite the fact that I know they get to me, and I always tell myself that this time I won't let them, I always end up letting them anyway. Or maybe it was something entirely else and I just blamed it on something convenient. I don't know. In any case, today is a better day than yesterday was, and I'll leave it at that.

I did hear from the temp agency again yesterday (I forgot the cardinal rule of temping: Thou shalt not attempt to fax anything to a temp agency at 5 PM on Friday), and again this morning, with the result that I have another interview tomorrow morning. If it goes well, the temp agency tells me I could be employed again by Thursday. (Of course, we all know how well that went last week, but that was last week and this interview isn't with MIT.) I let myself dream when I thought I had a steady income again, and even though all my dreams have to be put off until I can really afford them, it was nice to entertain them. Then when I found out it really wasn't going to happen, I had to go back to being practical all of a sudden, and that sucked.

The translation boards are about dead. I don't know if it's a slow season or what, but it's a good thing I knew I couldn't depend on making money to live on from translating. I still don't particularly want to be a secretary, but at least it pays the bills.

I feel like I should be outside today, but I don't know what I want to do outside today. Maybe I'll just take the Moose with me and find a place to sit and play Civ III for a while.

Comments

[sebastian-tombs.livejournal.com]

...The same thing we do every night, Pinky...try and take over the world!

sounds like a fine way to channel off some stress.

[dchenes.livejournal.com]

I think so, Brain, but "Snowball for Windows"?