Saturday, June 4, 2011

I might be homeless, but at least I like my blog design.

So part of my master plan was to create a fantastic blog to restart my creative self. I didn’t realize that I could just re-title my old blog, revamp it and you know… be fantastic.

This might have been lost on me while spending my fair share of the past 6 months working on math (which I believe was invented by the devil) and worrying about my future. Being a victim of the economy, married to man who cannot get a job, and receiving daily phone calls from my parents serving daily reminders that as of June 1st we are officially cut off.

So the past couple of weeks, I’ve either been catatonic or angry. I’m pretty much counting on getting an ulcer. My husband, my dear sweet husband, is on the warpath with submitting applications. Though, I’ve come to the conclusion that, being educated, certified and a hard worker is like a black curse if you happen to be non-American (Yes, he does have a green card). But he’s from England. It’s not like he’s from –insert non speaking English country here-. And I get it, we live in Ohio. But he’s not from –insert country which local racist rednecks believe is the source of all terrorism-.

Our rent is due in two days, which we don’t have. Our Nazi landlord (who repairs everything with duck tape) is going to make the decision to renew our lease or not this month. I am assuming not, since we’ll be late paying rent (if only by a couple days) and is considered a deadly sin (though to be fair, he does have to worry about his duct tape budget).

School will officially be over in a week, and there is almost a comedic value to the fact that I’ve spent so much time learning material that I will never use, considering we can’t afford college and my college fund has suddenly become a vacation package. Which is totally acceptable, it would have just been nice to be aware of this more than 2 weeks before the next quarter begins and after 9 months of effort.

But my blog looks good, no?

Xo,

Michelle

3 comments:

greenest mermaid said...

oh no, Michelle :(
I'm so sorry that you're having to worry about money and such...
I was having so much trouble finding work..but my friend made me commit to applying to 15 jobs a week (3 jobs a day). While I felt like I was just filing a quota and not necessarily applying to jobs I really cared about, it really came down to a numbers game. Close to 50 applied-to-jobs later, I feel like I'm getting all these opportunities now.
Don't give up hope, my dear!
And your blog does look awesome!

Kristin said...

Oh my goodness! So much to say . . . well, your blog design is FABULOUS. But I am not surprised there - you are so talented and I am a lucky recipient too! I love the keys, the colors, the white space, the picture of you . . . all just so beautiful.
As far as the rest is concerned, I am so sorry you are going through all of this - I will be thinking good thoughts about you both (and duct tape man ;) LOVE to you (and so happy to have you back)! xoxoxo

Fin said...

The blog looks great. Hope everything works out for you soon!