Hope this finds y’all doing very well. My job hunt continues, with some very good days and some very bad days. if you hear of anything in your stretch of the woods please drop me a note! I need to find a way to feed my kid and pay for the computer I had to buy because my old one finally gave up the ghost at the one point in my life where it didn’t need it to die =/ Ah, well. Murphy’s Law and all.

I’m making decent use of the downtime. I’m writing again and spending a lot of time with the Kid. I’m also expecting to start some college work – I’d planned to (finally) get my degree before the layoffs but now that there’s a little more time in my day it’s the perfect opportunity to get things started.

OSM is continuing to debilitate. Being home every day with her has been a challenge. Where I used to answer the same question five or six times a day I’m now answering it ten or fifteen times a day. I’ll be taking her to the SSI office next week to discuss the possibility of additional support so that I can either get her into a program or get her into a care home, both of which she dislikes as much as staying with me. But the cold, hard fact is that the job market is scary and I may have to think about seriously downsizing. It would be much easier on both of us if she were someplace secure while I go through this transition.

That’s it for now. Love each other!