Life is Falling Apart.
I've started looking for another job, but everything they say about Ontario's employment prospects is depressingly true. There have only been a few places around here that are even hiring right now. Though I have applied for these jobs, it sure isn't the same as when I was living in Edmonton. Edmonton is a scary place to live though, so I'm not entirely missing living there.
Niagara falls is a nice place to live. You can take good long walks without being harassed by chuggers, bums and panhandlers. Actually, people here in Ontario are nicer. On the whole the province is in a fair bit of flux due to the Conservative federal government and the Liberal/NDP majority government here in Ontario. As a result, government agencies are cut left and right and those who are unemployed will have to wait even longer to get their benefits. I'm trying to find work of course, but it's been going pretty much as expected in a city where everything is dead six months of the year.
Greg's not doing all that well lately either. Depression has gripped him and he's had to take some time off of work to get well. While we don't have money problems and debts per-say, things haven't been that great in terms of money. Greg is doing the income taxes. It's going to be a bit of a nightmare due to us moving, changing jobs, EI and other things. At least he's taking the bullet of doing our taxes. I only did my taxes once, and it was before we got married and it was much more simplistic. Even still I'll do anything he needs and help out if need be.
My weight has become a signifigant problem. Due to depression and lack of activity, I'm about 225lbs right now and this is the heaviest I've ever been in my whole life. I'm taking some measures to be active and not eating so much in the evening so hopefully this will help combat this weight gaining.
The only thing that seems to be on the positive is the webcomic. Ever since getting terminated at the Mariott, I've been devoting more energy into drawing and advertising the comic. The viewership is much, much higher than it was a couple of months ago and people are actually starting to talk about it in other forums. We got our own forum as well, and that too is growing in viewership and membership. Even still it's costing money to advertise the comic and getting a job will help that very much.
Niagara falls is a nice place to live. You can take good long walks without being harassed by chuggers, bums and panhandlers. Actually, people here in Ontario are nicer. On the whole the province is in a fair bit of flux due to the Conservative federal government and the Liberal/NDP majority government here in Ontario. As a result, government agencies are cut left and right and those who are unemployed will have to wait even longer to get their benefits. I'm trying to find work of course, but it's been going pretty much as expected in a city where everything is dead six months of the year.
Greg's not doing all that well lately either. Depression has gripped him and he's had to take some time off of work to get well. While we don't have money problems and debts per-say, things haven't been that great in terms of money. Greg is doing the income taxes. It's going to be a bit of a nightmare due to us moving, changing jobs, EI and other things. At least he's taking the bullet of doing our taxes. I only did my taxes once, and it was before we got married and it was much more simplistic. Even still I'll do anything he needs and help out if need be.
My weight has become a signifigant problem. Due to depression and lack of activity, I'm about 225lbs right now and this is the heaviest I've ever been in my whole life. I'm taking some measures to be active and not eating so much in the evening so hopefully this will help combat this weight gaining.
The only thing that seems to be on the positive is the webcomic. Ever since getting terminated at the Mariott, I've been devoting more energy into drawing and advertising the comic. The viewership is much, much higher than it was a couple of months ago and people are actually starting to talk about it in other forums. We got our own forum as well, and that too is growing in viewership and membership. Even still it's costing money to advertise the comic and getting a job will help that very much.