The month of October turned out to be a bit more eventful
than I expected it to be, some of it not to my liking.  The tradeoff is that some major headaches have finally been removed.  Now, I'll get the opportunity to get some things done that I've been unable to do for almost two years now.

Routines Of the (Not-So) Starving Artist

   My contract assignment finally got cut.  It was a bit disappointing, though the workload was slowing down in recent month end, to be honest, I wasn't so happy there after all.  At least the United States requires states to issue limited unemployment benefits to lessen the impact of being jobless for a while until new work can be found.  Frankly, I think I'm due for a vacation, however limited my means will be at this time.   The new situation thus established, my routine will begin to look like this:

   • One or two days spent job-hunting

   • Two or three days spent doing personal business away from home

   • Two or three days at home working on art projects

   It should give me a chance to pull a few things together.  Hopefully, much of what I had wanted to accomplish in
the artistic field might actually take shape this way.  On the
other hand, I also want to go out and do a few other things which had been put off for a couple of years since starting the contract
assignment which recently ended, such as taking a weeklong trip to Florida to visit some relatives with whom I've had no direct contact at
this time.

   In other words, I'm chillin' until after Thanksgivings
Day...

   My hope is that the next job after I get my feet in it
again will be more to my liking.  The ideal job should be a
full-time position on "traditional" hours (Monday - Friday), preferably on 2nd (evening) shift which allows me to enjoy the weekends with the
rest of the crowd.  At worst, I'll take a part-time job with
limited weekend hours which still allows for some weekend activities such as attending local and regional comicbook conventions (like a pizza delivery job I once worked while attending college).

House Cleaning Projects, Continued

   One of the things that I've gotten around to at this time
is further refining a few house clearning projects that I've been
putting off for a time.  There are a number of things I've been
considering doing, mostly in the vein of clearing out a bit of floor
space around the house.

   What am I doing now?

   • Narrowing down and cataloging my fishing tackle selection

   • Getting ready to build a larger bookshelf for my book
collection

   • Going through a pile of old paperwork which needs to be
shredded

   These are just a few of the items which come to mind right
now, so I'm sure that there'll be more popping up.  I'm sure that much of the housekeeping will be done within the next couple of weeks as the opportunities present themselves.  I know that I'm going to
need to clean out a lot of that storage space in my bedroom, the computer room and downstairs in the basement.

   And that's my update for the half-month.

-- Abayo!