Every day without a job is a day of many lessons – learning how to live on meager EDD payments, learning how to save money on food, learning how to save money on bills, learning how far I’m willing to go outside of my box to survive…
This past weekend I made some important decisions:
1) I’m not going out to eat (not even Taco Bell) or to the movies until I have a job,
2) I’m not going anywhere that costs money for parking or will cost too much in gas,
3) I’m going to mostly drink water to save money on groceries,
4) I’m making a lot of food at once so that I can spread my left-overs over many days, even if I’m tired of them,
5) I’m not going out for anyone’s birthday until I have a job that pays the bills (and more),
6) John & I are going to get a roommate in March if I don’t have a job by the last week in February
These are not easy decisions for me. I love going out for friend’s birthdays, seeing movies in the theater, getting coffee and lunch while I’m out on photo walks; and more than anything, I love having a quiet, peaceful place alone with John and the kitties! I really don’t want a roommate, but I may not have a choice soon!
I’m not comfortable with any of these decisions yet; but, I assume they will grow on me if I start throwing the ideas around in my head more.
So, on Saturday, I went to downtown to photograph the Chinese Lantern Festival. Adrienne paid for the bus fare. I brought a sandwich, granola bar and water with me. At night, John rented Hamlet 2 and we went over to Greg’s place to watch it.
Today, I went to Elysia’s for a FORM meeting, then came home. I worked on my bio and roommate ad. I’m not posting it until the last weekend in February. I want to make sure I get the apartment really clean first. I also have to box up everything in our office and take it to my dad’s. I made a tempeh sandwich tonight. I have enough left over for two more meals. 🙂
Tomorrow, I’m job hunting all day, then meeting with a staffing agency at 2pm, then I’m going to work on my photography business a bit (I want to get an album of my work done).
I hope I find a good job this week!