Looonnng Summer
I know, I know, it's been a while since I've posted here. It's been a very long, rough summer. Granted, it started off easily enough, but then... Someone had been keeping an eye out for the perfect job for me. Yes, I'd been applying to anything that seemed vaguely possible with my degree (BA in journalism, one semester short of an MLA in history), but I figured it didn't hurt to put the word out. The person looking (okay, a job coach...long story, don't ask!) called me to excitedly tell me that the perfect work experience had been found. Turned out that it wasn't exactly the best fit, but I figured that since it was only for a few weeks, I'd try to stick it out. But then, near the end of July, my son-in-law, B., died. While he hadn't been in the best of health, he'd been maintaining. Of course, it wasn't as simple as "he died," but I'll leave it at that for now. Let's just say it was not expected, and was totally ...