So Long

Yes, once again its been too long since my last post. I am going to blame the fact that I have been on teh computer too much as it is from my NEW JOB to have much interest in sitting in front of a computer screen for leisure. Yup, I have a job as a writer. I'm back at County Wide Newspaper, but where before I was there on a freelance basis, I am now a staff reporter. That basically means that we come up with stories until the paper is full, and get paid the same no matter how long or short that takes.

The first week I earned my money with hardly any effort at all, for I went there for what I thought was an interview and was promptly hired and out to work as soon as my computer could be set up in my curbicle. Yup, I'm a Carrie in a Box, but I have a small area where I can see out of a window, and its really not a bad cubicle overall, as far as those things go. No this is not my aforementioned, "dream job" and no I am not deterred from my plans, but it is blissfully wonderful to have some income coming in from doing what I was meant to be on this earth to do even if I'm not doing where I am meant to be doing it. Oh-- I got the job just before Thanksgiving, so it really isn't entirely accurate to call it my new job, but it is my most recent job. I now also have a different distinction than I had when I was freelancing before, or even this whole time that I have been writing as the "Daycare expert" for suite101.com (Yup, got to get a little plug in each post) For the first time in my life, my primary source of income is coming from my writing. When people have asked mw what I am doing at holiday celebrations or in any of the countless online forms that you have to fill out stating occupation, I can say, "I'm a writer." Damn that's weird.