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dolariI've stirred together some hot chocolate. Cocoa and Cream. Hard to find, but man, is it ever good. I used the last of the milk, and realized, that I don't have the money to get anymore. I looked into my pantry, and realized that food is getting thinner. My bank account is accounted for now. Right up to late August.
The tech industry in Austin has come to a grinding halt. Even the classifieds are drying up. And while I'm not too proud to flip burgers, McDonalds won't pay me near what I need to keep my apartment, much less groceries. My choices now are stay in Austin and hope for the best, Move back home to San Antonio with the parents and hope that the recent turn for the best stays turned for the best, or move elsewhere to stay in the tech industry (more than likely San Francisco).
There are a lot of fors and againsts (Austin won't be this way forever. San Antonio is a more hostile workplace to my kind. San Francisco will fall into the sea one day.) But the decision is coming. I will either have a job by the 15th, or I'll be moving away to someplace WITH jobs. And if Whataburger will keep me in a house, I'll take it.
2001 has not been kind. It's the kind of year one remembers alongside plagues and earthquakes.
Today just plain sucked. I was supposed to go to San Antonio to see the parents, but our communications got shorted out. I was told to call Mom ASAP, Mom told someone else to call her when I got into San Antonio and it all went haywire. I ended up waiting most of the day for a call that was never supposed to come. Late in the day, I got laundry done. That's all I did today.
And now I have some hot chocolate to calm my nerves and get me in bed.
The tech industry in Austin has come to a grinding halt. Even the classifieds are drying up. And while I'm not too proud to flip burgers, McDonalds won't pay me near what I need to keep my apartment, much less groceries. My choices now are stay in Austin and hope for the best, Move back home to San Antonio with the parents and hope that the recent turn for the best stays turned for the best, or move elsewhere to stay in the tech industry (more than likely San Francisco).
There are a lot of fors and againsts (Austin won't be this way forever. San Antonio is a more hostile workplace to my kind. San Francisco will fall into the sea one day.) But the decision is coming. I will either have a job by the 15th, or I'll be moving away to someplace WITH jobs. And if Whataburger will keep me in a house, I'll take it.
2001 has not been kind. It's the kind of year one remembers alongside plagues and earthquakes.
Today just plain sucked. I was supposed to go to San Antonio to see the parents, but our communications got shorted out. I was told to call Mom ASAP, Mom told someone else to call her when I got into San Antonio and it all went haywire. I ended up waiting most of the day for a call that was never supposed to come. Late in the day, I got laundry done. That's all I did today.
And now I have some hot chocolate to calm my nerves and get me in bed.
